Charlottesville Ice Co.
The art of preservation was for many
years a most serious problem, but now,
through the medium of cold storage,
it has reached such a stage of perfection
that even the most perishable
articles, such as fruit, game, poultry,
meats, etc., can be kept for months in
a perfect condition and without detriment
to their flavor or tenderness.
Of the companies in this section who
have attained a wide reputation in
this business the Charlottesville Ice
Company is the most prominent. In
addition to its cold storage department
the concern does a wholesale and
retail business in coal and ice and has
a large patronage in all its departments.
The warehouse and factory is
located at Fourth and South streets,
and is one of the largest and most
finely equipped in the South, having
only been in operation a few years.
The main structure is three stories
with a floor space of 12,500 square feet.
During the busy season about twenty
hands are employed, and the plant has
a capacity of 25 tons of ice per day,
ten of which are used for cold storage
purposes and the remainder for the
trade, which extends over the section
bounded by Lynchburg, Alexandria
and Richmond. The concern also has
a standing order for one carload of ice
per week which is shipped to Staunton.
One of the latest models of ice
machines manufactured by the Frick
Company is installed, and a triple
brine cooler, the latest invention of its
kind, has just been placed in operation.
This machine is so arranged that it
can keep the cells and rooms cool
when it is necessary to withdraw the
ice to cleanse the pipes. The company
uses the calcium chloride method
of manufacturing. The cold storage
department contains 30,000 cubic feet
of space and is used for the storage of
beer, apples and meats, every butcher
in the city having a room in it. This
department has proved highly successful,
apples after having been kept over
a year coming out in such a state as to
lead one to believe they had only recently
been plucked. The business
was opened in 1901 at which time the
buildings were erected. The officers
are Judge R. T. W. Duke, president;
T. J. Wills, vice-president, and J. F.
Elliott, secretary and treasurer, while
the directors are F. W. Twyman, W.
R. Duke, and C. M. Bolton. Judge
Duke is one of the best known men in
this section having been Judge of the
Corporation Court for many years and
a lawyer of high repute. At present
he is President of the City Council.
Mr. Wills is also well known in business
circles being largely engaged in
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Modern Plant of the Charlottesville Ice Co.
the mercantile line. Mr. Elliott,
who has direct supervision of the
work and to whose untiring energy
much of the company's success is due,
is well known and highly esteemed in
this city and in addition to the business
described above is agent for the
Standard Oil Company. Mr. Twyman
is book-keeper in the People's National
Bank and is also an officer in the
Albemarle Telephone Company, while
Mr. W. R. Duke devotes himself to
agricultural pursuits.
Not in the clamor of the crowded
street, but in ourselves our triumph
and defeat.—Longfellow.
