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TYPHOID FEVEK IH DISTKICT OF COLUMBIA. 
Employees, water-closets, etc. — There are 30 persons, including clerks and drivers, 
employed about the factory, for whose use there are only two water-closets: (1) One on 
second floor over office, and (2) one on second floor adjoining engine room and near 
plate ice factory. 
Horses, stohles, etc. — Twenty-four horses, used for delivery of ice One stable inside 
building, being changed to ice storage room; one in yard and adjoining factory, having 
entrances on yard common to stable and factory. 
HYGIENIC ICE COilPANY, FIETEENTH AND E STREETS NE. 
[Station No. 2 of the American lee Company.] 
Daily output. — Can system, 150 tons; plate system, 20 tons. 
Water used. — Some city water, spring water, and seven driven wells, one 80 feet and 
six 200 feet.® 
Processes, filtration, etc. — Can system: (1) Exhaust steam’ from engines; (2) grease 
separator; (3) condenser; (4) reboilers, three; (5) skimmers; (6) grease traps; (7) two 
old Loomis, two Hammond-Sashore’s charcoal, and one sponge filter; (8) automatic 
fillers. Plate system: Paw, from spring. 
Wells, and locations of same. — Driven wells: All in yard between factory and stable, 
fence and spring room (basement) . One is 80 feet deep ; the other six are each about 
200 feet deep. Spring, with very large volume of water, opens from foot of hill in east 
end of (an old, dark, and muddy) unused basement room (full of trash, rotting wood, 
and even horse manure). 
Employees, water-closets, etc. — There are 75 persons, including clerks and drivers, 
employed about the factory, for whose use there is only one water-closet, over the office. 
(Insufficient, and men use yard, hillside, basement, etc. — anj^where they can get cover, 
as by weeds. Human feces on board cover to deep well near door to spring room.) 
Horses, stables, etc. — Fifty-one horses used for delivery of ice. Three stables in yard, 
between factory and hill, and very near seven driven wells and door to spring room. 
(Horse manure on and urine around board cover of nearest driven well.) 
PURITY ICE COMPANY, BETWEEN K STREET, NAYLOR’s ALLEY, AND OLD CONVENTION 
HALL MARKET, NEAR ELFTH STREET NW. 
[Columbia Ice Company controls output. In hands of receiver.] 
Daily output. — Can system, 80 tons; plate system, 23 tons (April 1 to September 30, 
inclusive). 
Water used. — City water; three driven wells, 120 feet deep.® 
Processes, filtration, etc. — Can system — one side (old): (1) exhaust steam from 
engines; (2) grease separator; (3) Holman’s patent condenser and coke filters; (4) 
reboilers; (5) skimmers; (6) grease traps; (7) two charcoal filters; (8) cans by auto- 
matic fillers. Other side (new): Same, except (3) cold water condensers. Plate sys- 
tem: Water through one large Loomis-Manning sand and gravel filter. (Latter is 
doubtful.) 
Wells, and locations of same. — Driven wells: (1) Two under engine room, 120 feet 
deep; (2) two under boiler room, 120 feet deep (one of these not in use). Dug wells: 
One in fire room, 30 feet deep (not in use, supply insufficient). 
Employees, water-closets, etc. — There are 28 persons (no clerks and drivers) employed 
about the factory, for whose use there is one water-closet with one hole in engine room. 
Other persons must use market closets in old Convention Hall across the alley, which is 
in very' unhygienic condition. 
Horses, stables, etc. — Xo horses or stables, as output is controlled by Columbia Ice 
Company. However, many horses in alley between market and factory; also garbage 
and other refuse from the market. 
®For condensing only (?). 
