Brant Creameries (Ltd.), 72 Simcoe Street, is engaged exclusively in the manufacture of ice cream. Recently the Niagara Falls Arena (Ltd.) was organized as a corporation to operate a skating arena having a surface of 85 by 185 feet. This company will require a refrigerating plant for the production of from 60 to 75 tons per day. It will make ice for the rink during the winter and furnish ice for the local trade during eight months of the year.

COLD-STORAGE ESTABLISHMENTS

The cold-storage plant at St. Cathrines in the Niagara Falls district the St. Cathrines Cold Storage Co.-has been discontinued. It was used principally for locally produced fruit. A plant at Grimsby, Ontario, is said to be advantageously located for the marketing of the large fruit crop between Niagara Falls and Hamilton. In the city of Welland the St. Thomas Packing Co. (Ltd.) and and the Welland Packing Co. (Ltd.) have adequate storage facilities for the community, and handle pork and poultry. The St. Thomas Packing Co. is located one-half mile from the railroad. The Welland Packing Co., one-fourth mile from railroad, expects to have a siding. The equipment of both companies was supplied by the Linde Canadian Refrigeration Co. (Ltd.), Montreal.

NORTHERN ONTARIO DISTRICT

Vice Consul Harold S. Tewell, North Bay, June 22, 1923
ICE-MAKING PLANTS

Natural ice is procured in abundance and at a reasonable cost from the many lakes and streams in northern Ontario, and no plants making artificial ice for sale to consumers, therefore, are located in this district. Two wholesale ice-cream factories, however, have small ice-making plants for their own use, the artificial product supplementing, when necessary, the usual supply of natural ice. Details for the two concerns follow:

The Northern Ice Cream Co., North Bay: Compression-type plant, using raw water and the can system; machinery manufactured by the Linde Canadian Refrigeration Co. (Ltd.), Montreal; daily capacity, 10 tons; construction of a new factory contemplated, which will require an ice-making plant of 25 tons daily capacity.

Davies Bros., North Bay: Compression system; American equipment; produces 6 tons daily.

COLD-STORAGE ESTABLISHMENTS

In northern Ontario, which has an approximate population of 110,000, the lack of cold stores adds greatly to the cost of distribution of the necessary food products. Fresh meat, butter, eggs, perishable fruit, vegetables, and other commodities are imported during the summer months in small quantities, as required. No cold-storage plant operates in the district, neither is there any interest in the establishment of one, although it is believed that this section affords an excellent location for at least one cold store.

OTTAWA DISTRICT

Vice Consul Gilson G. Blake, jr., Ottawa, June 14 and July 12, 1923

ICE-MAKING PLANTS

The Artificial Ice Co. (Ltd.), 387 Nicholas Street, Ottawa, is the only ice-making plant in the Ottawa district. It is owned and controlled by local capital, but the manager is an American. Can system with low-pressure air and drop pipes and compression are employed. Blocks measure 48 by 24 by 12 inches and weigh 400 pounds. The plant has a capacity of 55 tons every 24 hours. No extensions are contemplated, and, so far as is known, no new plants are considered for the district.

COLD-STORAGE ESTABLISHMENTS

The only cold-storage plant operating in the City of Ottawa is the Canadian Packing Co., 44 Nicholas Street. The concern is American, but the local manager is a Canadian. The principal products handled-butter, eggs, cheese, and meats-all Canadian, are received at the warehouse from a Canadian National Railway siding, which obviates the necessity for cartage. Present facilities are sufficient for additional business, and no extensions are contemplated nor is there apparently any prospect of the establishment of additional cold-storage warehouses in Ottawa. Capacity between 32 and 40° F., 37,216 cubic feet; 10 and 32° F., all freezers; 0 and 10° F., 32,930; lower than 0° F., 14.324.

PRESCOTT DISTRICT

Consul Frank C. Denison, Prescott, June 8 and July 23, 1923

ICE-MAKING PLANTS

Artificial ice is not manufactured or sold in the Prescott (Ontario) district. The cold winter weather begins around November 1 and lasts until about April 30, providing ample supplies of natural ice.

COLD-STORAGE ESTABLISHMENTS

Two cold-storage plants are located in the Prescott district. Their description follows:

Laing Produce & Storage Co. (Ltd.), Water Street East, Brockville, Ontario: Principal products handled are condensed milk and butter; no imports; plant owns direct railroad siding and wharf connections to warehouse; milk and butter collected by its own fleet of 35 trucks for a radius of 16 miles; fair roads; facilities for additional business and no extensions under consideration; no prospects for the establishment of other cold-storage warehouses; plant has two units for cold storage, both machines manufactured by the Canadian Ice Machine Co., Toronto-one in use and the other held in reserve. Whyte Packing Co., (Ltd.), Brockville, Ontario: Canadian; principal prod ucts are butter, cheese, eggs, and meats; none imported; warehouse has direct railroad sidings; milk and butter within radius of 12 miles collected by trucks of which the plant owns six; roads fair; present facilities are sufficient to handle additional business, and no extensions are under consideration; no prospects of additional cold-storage warehouses. Cubic capacity of 40° F. or above, 14,400 cubic feet; between 32 and 40° F., 14,400; 10 and 32° F., 2,500; lowest temperature obtainable, 10° F., 2,500.

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND DISTRICT

Vice Consul John C. Moomaw, Charlottetown, June 14 and 23, 1923

ICE-MAKING PLANTS

In the Province of Prince Eward Island there is but one small icemaking plant, operated by the Brighton Ice & Cold Storage Co. (Ltd.), Charlottetown. This is a Canadian company engaged principally in the manufacture of ice cream. The ice-making plant was installed primarily to furnish ice in case of emergency when insufficient natural ice is harvested. None is manufactured for sale, except occassionally to supply the soda fountain of an affiliated drug firm. Can system, using raw water without air agitation, and compression are employed. Equipment was purchased from the Linde Canadian Refrigeration Co. (Ltd.), Montreal. No extension is contemplated and no new plants are under consideration in this district. The long winters supply sufficient ice for local needs. Capacity, 2 tons per 24 hours; blocks approximately 8 by 8 by 30 inches, 40 cans to the

ton.

COLD-STORAGE ESTABLISHMENTS

The Province of Prince Edward Island, with its population of approximately 88,000 engaged principally in agricultural pursuits, has four cold-storage plants. All are owned by local Canadian subjects and three are quite small. Machinery was purchased direct from the manufacturers. There are no prospects for additional warehouses. A summary of the four establishments follows:

The Island Cold Storage Co. (Ltd.), Charlottetown: Largest in the Province; handles eggs, butter, lamb, beef, poultry, and other Canadian products; facilities for additional business; no extensions contemplated; uses two machines of 40 tons' ammonia capacity each, steam-driven; one from Linde British Refrigeration Co. (Ltd.), Montreal; other manufactured in the United States. No cubic capacity for 40° F. or above; between 32 and 40° F., 130,000 cubic feet; lower than 0 to 10° F., 10,000; lowest obtainable, -10° F.

Ellerslie Cold Storage Co. (Ltd.), Ellerslie: Handles meat and fish for foxes and for human consumption, all of Canadian origin; plant located 100 yards from railway; horse-drawn vehicles used for cartage; facilities sufficient and no extensions proposed. Capacity between 10 and 32° F., 12,000 cubic feet; lower than -10° F., 1,000.

Holman's Cold Storage Plant, Summerside: Handles meat for foxes and human consumption, and poultry, all of domestic origin; on a railway siding; facilities not sufficient for additional business and extensions are under consideration. Capacity between 32 and 40° F., 1,122 cubic feet; 10 and 32° F., 9,537; 0 and 10° F., 1,700; lower than 0° F., 1,700; lowest temperature, −6° F. Brighton Ice & Cold Storage Co., Charlottetown: A very small plant used solely for hardening ice cream manufactured by its owners, located about 1 miles from the railway; cartage by trucks; no extensions considered. Capacity, 2,592 cubic feet; temperature, -10 to 10° F.

PRINCE RUPERT DISTRICT

Consul E. A. Wakefield and Vice Consul Frederick S. Weaver, June 15, and Consul E. A. Wakefield, Prince Rupert, October 22

ICE-MAKING PLANTS

The following two plants manufacture ice in the Prince Rupert (British Columbia) district:

The Canadian Fish & Cold Storage Co. (Ltd.), Prince Rupert: Canadian's distilled water, 800 cans, compression and absorption used; blocks 10.25 by

21.25 inches at the small ends, 11.25 by 22.25 at the large ends, and 54 inches long, weight 400 pounds; American machinery; present facilities sufficient for local requirements as well as for company's own use; capacity, 100 tons per 24 hours, but present production only 50 to 60 tons.

The Canadian Fishing Co. (Ltd.), Butedale: A subsidiary of an American firm; has a small ice and storage plant; raw water and air agitation are used; circulation of the brine in the tank is effected by means of a propeller; compressors manufactured by the Linde Canadian Refrigeration Co. (Ltd.) and purchased through their office in Vancouver, British Columbia; ice tank holds 156 cans of 200-pound size; daily output about 8 tons.

COLD-STORAGE ESTABLISHMENTS

Two important cold-storage plants for fish are located in Prince Rupert, British Columbia. The Canadian Fishing Co. (Ltd.), Butedale, is situated on the northeastern shore of Princess Royal Island, about 85 miles south of Prince Rupert. It is a subsidiary of an American company having Canadian branch headquarters and plant at Vancouver, as well as a plant at Ketchikan, Alaska. Different varieties of fish caught in North Pacific waters are the only products handled. None is imported directly from a foreign country, but fish landed by American vessels from the deep sea or Alaskan waters is considered by the Canadian Government as imported, and is held in a bonded section of the storage plant until shipped to the United States. All such shipments sold in Canada are dutiable at 1 cent per pound. Its facilities are sufficient for increased business, and, until the North Pacific fisheries question is definitely settled, there is little prospect of any enlargement of the present plant. Equipment includes two 40-ton compressors having a storage capacity of approximately 1,500,000 pounds and cubic capacity of 75,000 to 80,000 feet. These were purchased from the Linde Canadian Refrigeration Co. (Ltd.), through its Vancouver office. Lowest temperature obtainable is approximately -10° F., applicable to each unit of the freezing plant. Average temperature varies from 0 to 20° F.

The Canadian Fish & Cold Storage Co., Prince Rupert, British Columbia, is reported to be the largest freezing and storage plant in existence handling fish exclusively. It is equipped with American machinery. Facilities are sufficient for additional business, and no extensions are considered. Locally it is known as a low-temperature cold store. Capacity is reported as follows: 0 to 15 or 20° F., 780,000 cubic feet, lowest temperature obtainable, 24° F., in what is known as the sharp freezer section, capable of handling 80,000 pounds of fish in 24 hours.

QUEBEC DISTRICT

Vice Consul Knox Alexander, Quebec, June 28 and July 20, 1923

ICE-MAKING PLANTS

A considerable proportion of the ice consumed in the City of Quebec and vicinity is cut in the winter from the St. Lawrence River and stored for the short summer. The warm season never lasts more than four months, and during the long winter the ice forms to a great thickness on the numerous lakes and rivers. Several ice

merchants in the city sell only natural ice from the St. Lawrence, and, until a few years ago, this was the only kind consumed in this section. The present tendency, however, is toward the use of arti ficial ice.

The following summary is descriptive of the ice-making plants located in the Quebec district:

Frontenac Ice (Ltd.), 150 Renaud Avenue, Quebec: Canadian; furnishes the art ficial ice retailed in the City of Quebec; blocks 58 by 11.5 by 22.5 inches. weight 400 pounds; raw water, 272 cans of the above-mentioned dimensions, is used with air agitation and compression; plant includes a compressor operated by electric motor power, the current being purchased from a local light and power company; no extensions contemplated, with the exception of a new storage room; American equipment; capacity, 30 tons in 24 hours.

The Laval Dairy Co., Quebec: Canadian; blocks weigh 300 pounds; rawwater can system with air agitation; machinery from the Linde Canadian Refrigeration Co. (Ltd.), Montreal; capacity, 7.5 tons every 24 hours.

The Quebec Dairy (Ltd.), Quebec: Canadian; blocks weight 300 pounds; raw-water can system with a.r agitation; machinery maunfactured by the Linde Canadian Refrigeration Co. (Ltd.), Montreal; capacity, 7.5 tons every 24 hours.

Frontenac Dairy Co., 241 St. Oliver Street, Quebec: Canadian; blocks weigh 300 pounds; raw-water can system with air agitation; machinery manufac tured by the Linde Canadian Refrigeration Co. (Ltd.), Montreal; capacity. 7.5 tons every 24 hours.

Laval Fortier Ice Co., Pevis: Blocks weigh 300 pounds; raw-water can system with air agitation; machinery purchased from the Linde Canadian Refrigeration Co. (Ltd.), Montreal; capacity, 7.5 tons every 24 hours.

COLD-STORAGE ESTABLISHMENTS

Four cold-storage establishments, all Canadian, operate in the Quebec district. A description follows:

The Dominion Fish & Fruit Co. (Ltd.), Champlain Market, Quebec: Principal products handled are fish, fruits, vegetables, butter, cheese, and eggs; no imports. Warehouse located at 45 St. Paul Street, about 300 feet from the main wharves, and a railroad switch has been extended along this side of the building; the ability to handle more business depends on the produce being received and the season of the year; no extensions are under consideration at the present time; machinery from the Linde Canadian Refrigeration Co. (Ltd.), Montreal. Building consists of five floors, each about 100 feet square and 9 feet high. Generally, one-half of the capacity is used for fish and butter at a temperature of 10 to 15° F., and the other half kept at 30° F. and over for other products.

J. B. Renaud & Cie., 81 St. Paul Street, Quebec: One of the largest wholesale and retail grocery firms in the city; uses cold storage only for its own stock; handles principally butter, meats, and fruits; plant located only a few hundred feet from the main wharves and a few blocks from the railroad freight station; goods hauled by motor trucks and carts; no extensions contemplated; machinery from Canadian Ice Machine Co. (Ltd.), Montreal; establishment has 50-ton cold-storage machine, with following capacities: 40° F. or above, 27,328 cubic feet; between 32 and 40° F., 17,280; 0 and 10° F., 16,640.

Holt, Renfrew & Co. (Ltd.), Quebec: Operates a cold store in connection with its fur business; raw, dressed, and manufactured furs handled, practically all Canadian products; machinery from Linde Canadian Refrigeration Co. (Ltd.), Montreal; storage room about 60 by 30 by 30 feet, divided into three floors, all equipped only with hangers for furs and garments; temperature maintained, 40° F.

F. X. Lachance, 183 Bayard Street, Quebec: Small plant, handling principally meat and butter, but also stores some goods of other merchants; no imports; machinery from Linde Canadian Refrigeration Co. (Ltd.), Montreal; has a 15-ton refrigerating engine and four storage rooms in use, each 15 by 17 by 10 feet; two rooms are used for meat and two for butter; temperature maintained, between 10 and 15° F.