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CITY MILK SUPPLY 



has ice bunkers or brine tanks in the ends of the cars and a ratio of ice 

 to loading capacity of about 1 to 11 cu. ft. In some of the more recent 

 cars a mixture of salt and ice is used to obtain lower temperature than 

 can be had with ice alone. 



Whitaker described the milk cars in use in New England in 1905 

 as being 48 ft. long, inside measurement, and in the center having an 

 office 8*/2 by 9 ft. This was provided with two windows on each side. 

 In each car were eight closets, each 3^ by 4 ft. and with two shelves 

 accommodating three tiers of 8^-qt. cans, the capacity of each closet being 



Courtesy of J. O. Jordan. 



FIG. 36. Old style car used for transporting milk in New England, showing cans on 

 floor and in closet, and clerk in office. 



90 cans, making the total capacity of the car 720 cans. There were two 

 doors, 3)^ ft. wide, opening to a space in each end of the car for receiv- 

 ing the cans, storing and breaking ice and for handling the cans. As 

 the floor space in the closets was utilized the usual carload was 960 cans. 

 This type of car has all but disappeared; the cars have been rebuilt so 

 that they have an office in the middle on both sides of which the milk is 

 stored. They have a capacity of 1,050 8j^-qt. cans. The type of car 

 that is in ordinary use in New England is a large refrigerator car 

 with doors at each end and an office at one end. It carries stacked 1,500 

 8^-qt. cans uniced or 1,300 iced. The new type car is a refrigerator car 

 with the door in the middle and no office; it carries 308 40-qt. cans. 



