THE REFRIGERATOR CAR. 



*? *^HE refrigerator car depicted 



above is built by the Pullman 



. _L Co. for the fruit trade, between 



the southwest and the central 



and eastern states. It is constructed 



according to the system invented by 



Mr. J. F. Hanrahan, formerly of Ottawa, 



but now of Chicago, and is especially 



adapted to the carriage 

 of tender fruits and 

 vegetables. Ice alone 

 is used. It is placed 

 in a chamber in the 

 centre of the car in large 

 blocks, just as it comes 

 from the ice house. 

 The consumption of ice 

 is much less than where 

 ice is mixed with salt. 

 In fact Hanrahan cars 

 run between Chicago 

 ^ and New York or Bos- 

 * ton without re-icing, 

 % while the ordinary re- 

 g frigerator car has to be 

 g twice replenished be- 

 tf tween these points with 

 ■\ a mixture of broken ice 

 § and salt. A great sav- 

 3 ing is made by dispens- 

 £ ing with the cost of salt, 

 icing stations, and lab- 

 or and machinery for 

 smashing, mixing and 

 charging. The cost of 

 the car is moderate 

 while its life is much 

 greater than that of the 

 ordinary refrigerator 

 car. Hanrahan cars 

 that have been running 

 for eight years are as 

 sound to-day as when 

 they were first put in 

 use. The lining of the 

 ordinary refrigerator car, especially in 

 the vicinity of the tanks, is usually wet 

 and slimy and rots away in a few years. 

 On the other hand every part of a Han- 

 rahan car, even the inner sides of the ice 

 chamber is at all times perfectly dry. 



As might be expected, the tempera- 

 ture of the car is not as low as where a 



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