| Show OCEANS OF r 11 aftret Aft rt the amount 0 ice used toy the gotori luent employed Empl at tho amount of ice consumedly consume dby the departments in in tho aggregate said a big ealer in the to a washington alar reporter attebe 0 a ton and a halt of ico Is delivered every morning for each room you its water cooler or at least a pitcher which must be kept filled with cold drink from anno a m to four p m the ice is delivered in great blocks from carts at and the messengers chop pieces fill buckets with the lumps and carry tho buckets all oyer tho building distributing to each pitcher or cooler its proper supply in the cellar there are big which aro filled with A reserved stock nothing is putt in these refrigerators except ice the clerks not oven being allowed to keep bottled beer in them for noontide refreshments it is the same waya the other departments tho war together use about as mu chasT isa consumed in the treasury building bu tat is atio department of the interior that is tho great dovo uror of ice jn the pension and tho main building atthe department together from five io six tons are used every twenty four hours tha office gobbles up twelve hundred pounds a day however you must remember that these quantities at al in summer much more goos than in and if tho hat season is unusually lon r intense we people who take the contracts are apt to find them far from each department makes its own contract for ico aids are advertised tor annually and the dealer who offers a supply for the following year atthe lowest rate gets the job it is to a certain extent a gamble inasmuch asilo definite amount of ico is agreed upon the contractor receives so much money for providing a department with all trie frozen water that it requires whatever this quantity may be taking air ane departments together with ther branches it is probably pro bablo that they consume about pounds of ice daily averaging the year round this makes a total annual con of a good deal and tons v tr |
