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MET: COLD STORAGE PLAIIT OPLKED- FOn IN
SPECTION DURING THE FUR RENDEZVOUS
Tho non C.old. Storage plant for the pro
cessing-of fish,.-meat.and farm produce wa-s
bpened t.b tho nubile during tho* Fup
Rendezvous last nook. It is known. a.s the
Alaska Fish and Farm Products, Inc.
Tho building is on the water front and is
152 foot by 48 foot. The huge f;sh and
peat storage raorrjs hold 300 and 250 tons.
Tho re are two produce rooms with..pre
cooling and storage facilities for tons of
Alaska grown vegetables, berries and tuber
There ire also tiro sharp freeze units which
can be dropped •to 40 degrees below zero and
can handle 8 tons of.fish, neat or farm
produce every 24 hours.
The plant also contains large receiving
and preparations room where tho produce
outers for preparation .before freezing.
The walls of tho building arc 22 inches
thick and contain for maximum insulation
lualitics six inches of solid cork. The
iold :rooms will hold temperatures for 100
days with:only a half degree variation over
the iperiod. Straight ammonia is used in the
network of pipes as it is considered tho
nest efficient of all cold storage reduct
ion agents.
rhc plant -is a purely local enterprise and
it is financed by local capital. It expects
bo dray its products for freezing and
storage from Kodiak and Prince Gillian
Sound, Farm produce rill be obtained from
;he surrounding farm areas.
Sometime back the Settler carried an
article on this proposed plant.
BABY CHICKS
BY' AIR.
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CHICKS ARE' ILOWH BY AIR EXPRESS FROM
SEATTLE TO ANCHORAGE IN 11 HOURS —AT AN
AVERAGE .COST OF .$9.74 PER 100 CHICKS.
65,000 UERE CARRIED TO ALASKA IN 1945. •
DID YOU GET YOURfc ? '
BUS CONNECTIONS AVAILABLE-ANCHORAGE TO PALMER
JUST PREPAY AIR EXPRESS CHARGES ( $9.74 for eaeh 100 ehieks) TO YOUR
SUPPLER AND TELL HIM "SHIP VIA PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS"
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
WRITE OR PHONE
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