The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1099 
Farm Mechanics 
Slaughter-house Refrigerator 
A country slaughter-house has a re 
frigerator which does not work right. 
There is a room 11x15 ft.. 11 ft. high. 
Can a refrigerator be built in this room 
and still give a portion of the same 
height, and, if so, how? c. l» R. 
Leominster, Mass. 
You have given me very little data to 
work upon, hut from the conclusions 
drawn from your letter I would say that 
it should be possible to make a refrig¬ 
erator from this room by thoroughly in¬ 
sulating side walls, ceiling and floor, and 
putting in an ice bunker. The side walls 
may be insulated by setting up studding 
out from the walls, tightly ceiling them 
up with a good quality spruce ceiling and 
packing tightly with shavings. The ceil- 
Join The Half Million 
Used In 3000 Cities, Its 
Admirers Are Now Legion 
Who Praise The Essex 
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Cross Section of Slauph ter-h o use Re- 
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ing may he treated in the same way. al¬ 
though with a little more difficulty. Some 
of the patent cork preparations may be 
used for the floor, the main feature being 
to make a perfectly tight box with thick, 
heat-resisting walls. An ice hunker may 
he built in one side of this, as is indicat¬ 
ed in the sketch. This provides an in¬ 
ternal circulation, as indicated by the ar¬ 
rows. and the wall, “A.” should he insu¬ 
lated as well as the side walls, to pre¬ 
vent condensation of the moisture car¬ 
ried by the ascending current of rela¬ 
tively warm air as it comes in contact 
with this wall. We wish this condensa¬ 
tion to take place in the ice bunker as the 
air flows down through it. This aids in 
keeping the air of the refrigerator dry, the 
drip from the ice bunker being carried 
away by a trapped drain. This refriger¬ 
ating room should be provided with a ves¬ 
tibule or anteroom so that direct connec¬ 
tion is not made with the outside air 
every time the refrigerator door is opened, 
and. needless to say, should be fitted with 
tightly fitting stuffed doors. u. a. s. 
Installing Pump in Kitchen 
I wish to install a pump in my kitchen 
The pump is designed for outdoors, but 1 
want a longer stroke and a longer handle 
than the house pumps have, and this looks 
all right to me. This pump has 6-in. 
stroke, with cog gear, 3-in. fulcrum and 
handle 32 in. long. Would you consider 
this a good installation? Do you think it 
would be advisable to use a cylinder 3^4 
in. diameter with I'/i-in. pipe? What 
benefit is there to be had by using a plun¬ 
ger with two leathers, one above tin 1 
other? Would it help any to put in a 
vacuum chamber in the suction pipe, and. 
if so, how large should it be? The new 
pump would have to be a force pump in 
order to operate with extension spout. 
The pump is 350 ft. from well, l 1 /!-in. 
pipe. Well is 1 1 ft. deep; lift varies from 
12 to 16 ft. My object is to get more 
water, and at the same time have an easy 
working pump. A. V. C. 
Auburn, Me. 
I see no reason why this installation 
should not work satisfactorily. If the 
place where the pump is to stand is sub¬ 
ject to freezing, spine means should be 
provided for dram ing the cylinder, as 
there is in the common cistern pump, 
where lifting the handle to its extreme 
height trips the valves. Tf, however, it 
can be protected from cold, the addition 
of a foot valve at the lower end of the 
pipe in the well will prove an advantage. 
It will relieve the lower valve of the 
pump, and at the same time insure that 
the pump is always primed. The addi¬ 
tion of a vacuum chamber made from a 
piece of 3-in. pipe about 3 ft. in length 
would help to a certain extent in relieving 
tin- pump from jars and strains, and 
would make it work more easily if tightly 
made and fitted. It should be placed in 
the line of horizontal piping just below 
the pump cylinder. 
It is probable that the 3-in. cylinder 
will be found large enough in diameter for 
hand pumping. This will furnish water 
quite rapidly, a cylinder of this size when 
operating with a 6-in. stroke and at the 
rate of 40 strokes per minute furnishing 
about 20 qtfi. per minute. Plungers are 
fitted with two or more cup leathers for 
deep-well use or for forcing the water to 
an elevated or pressure tank against a 
head or pressure. The additional leathers 
prevent, to a certain extent, the escape of 
water back past the plunger; they make 
the plunger more nearly a perfect (it. and 
therefore increase somewhat the efficiency 
of the pump. R. It. S. 
The Essex is now known in more than three 
thousand towns and cities. 
Deliveries of new cars approximate a hun¬ 
dred a day. 
Thousands, through demonstrations made 
by dealers and rides with friends, are daily 
learning the qualities that account for Essex 
popularity. 
Their knowledge, like those who have not 
yet ridden in the Essex was limited to hearsay. 
But their impressions were most favorable be¬ 
cause of what others had told them. 
Won’t You Too 
Join Its Army? 
You too, will volunteer your endorsement, 
we are sure, if you will but ride in the Essex. 
It has never failed. Our estimate is that 
more than half a million have ridden in it and 
are telling their friends about the Essex. 
Such praise is not misplaced. We don’t be¬ 
lieve it greater than the car deserves. But 
that you will be able to judge after you have 
ridden in the Essex. 
Points Others 
Speak Of 
Note how motor car talk quickly turns to 
the Essex. 
When light, cheap cars are spoken of their 
qualities are usually compared to the Essex. 
Then someone says, “But the Essex also has 
-” and from then on Essex qualities 
are compared to large costly cars. 
It isn’t likely that anyone will say any light 
similarly priced car approaches the value of 
the Essex. 
In performance, for instance you won’t hear 
it classed with any but the most powerful. 
And so with its riding qualities, which are 
invariably compared to high ; iced large cars. 
So is the detail of finish and beauty judged 
by such standards. 
Comparison with other light weight moder¬ 
ate priced cars can be made only with their 
respective first and operating costs. 
Can You Resist 
The Invitation? 
We hope you won’t delay in accepting our 
invitation to ride in the Essex. 
The result, we think, will be your leaving an 
order to be filled as soon as possible. We 
know you will help spread the news about the 
Essex, for it must inspire you with the same 
admiration others voice for it. 
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