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me pmner iwuaA. fifteen horse power traction engine Hi: supplies the motive force necessary for by ■ the endless chain. The chain’s weight, '-*rP* ns it moves downward, greatly lightens writ the burden of the engine. Six men are stationed on the slide. They the ^toncnkc*3 as they come along, stun Ding rega them one bv one with great IcehoOks, \c\ne A« a cake is hoofced it is twisted aside, orgaimrt guided through a door, of which erea there are four. Once inside the big ice- Phouse the cake moves along another sJi^e from which it is taken by ice packers who build up the tiers, one onanother. t t _Charles Abrams is In charge o*. the job. Mr. Abrams is enthusiastic over •the radices chain and planer. “We are Uloing the same work with sixty-six men and six horses which formerly required 145 men.” he said. “The ice, you •see, is all the same thickness. That makes it casscy for the men inside. I ve gotcumCo/iISwhclea\TknomoiLat wen tv-four men in the icehouse and syst4 A a ^^m my. -mi ft T*Luu‘iv.1 -thev are doing as much work a? «ven-tv-five meti couid do in the old L-ra -ford icehouse. .Mr Abrams Is courteous to visitor-.and is patient in answering question#.He explained that after the ice is all inthe house it will be given a covering o*straHonanlt;iMaiTalwCsar;havThe superintendent says that about20.000 tons of ice will be put away this week. The work was begun Monday ..j morning. It i# the hope of the man- yea agement to finish by Saturday night. dist
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Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, US
Thu, Feb 03, 1910
Page 11
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