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.STORING ' LONDON'S,. MEAT. \ . ' The erection at' Smithfleld by the Port ! of London Authority of cold storage for a ; : luttier 80,000 carcasses of -mutton is jret , ■ another. Britain'sVvef. increo/sing T6lirttice,nipoiir,slipi)ll£Sß:,of :fri)2eh And.cliillod' meat. -The.',huge :new ferro-concrete i ! building .in 'Charterhouse , Street, which > should be completed next spring, is an. of the elaborate. organisation which . nowadays distinguishes the trade. —Thirty years ago, when ; tho cold storage : . business. was lin its .inianoy.- tho Importins vessels,-, ■usuallysailing ships, were themselves 'in many cases used as ware- ■ .houses..'.Consignees would send to. Itho ' , docks for. delivery of a. few carcasses at i a time. The refrigerated holds of tho vessel would..then be closed until further ■ • supplies were needed. No other practice was. v . possible, for.;there were ' then practically ; .nn cold storage facilities on,land.' ' ■. Thus the intermittent . discharge of • a cargo of. 50M carcasses of mutton-rwhich. would be considered a large, consignment , nt that date—might occupy eix weeks. At !"• the present' time a steamer with- 100,000 carcasses. of mutton. 2COO' or■ 3CfO ouartera j • of beef and, several hundred packages of. Eundries'can land the whole o.f hercargo in the docks in four, days; and. even with- ■- out special effort can discharge such. a. • quantity ,in eight ;or ten days. This rapid 7 discharge lias only been rendered pos- ; sible by tho-proviaion.of cold storage'on nn enormous scale and tho introduction of modern conditions of discharge. • f... It is obvious, howovepl-'that ,thc needs of ■ the trade Tcauire that'a considerable percentage -'of the available supplies of . frozen meat shall be actually, at'. Smith-' ■ field, and thai/'therc -shall:* also be ade-, '■ i quate arrangements -'there, for tho re^ . jetorage ,of meat offered on. tho market'and :. ileft unsold. ■ For . this , reason the Port, of London * Authority and its predecessors jkivc had for a Jong time past a; very extensive cold .storage depot 'in' St. John ■ ./.'Street.. "It last year received, 854,000 'car- • I "mfscs of mutton, 19,0C0 tTuarters .of beef, ■«nd 94,000, packages .of BUndrjcs. Altogether tho St. John Street depot, can ac, ■ • 'commodate. 95,000 carcasses, or their cqulIrajcnt. but in-the present condition of the trade the "resources of tho depot. h<ivo;been ,found insufficient.Hence, tho de-eisioni .to. v ''buiid new;cold storage premises, which will . enable the Port Authority in-.-..future to ; ; 7'house'for the convcnleiicc of the trade a total of 175,000 carcasses at fjmithfield '. alone. ' i The new storo will be fitted with seven . -lifts and - two conveyors worked by elecitricity. Each conveyor/will be capable of carrying ,'t'o tho top floor of tho building, ■ ■ fomo 650! carcasses per hour. The ar- . irangements for delivery will .also . be. of i tho most modern character. Like-the ex* " i isting depot the note building in 'Charter-, jihouso Street will bo open practically day. ; «ji(l night.for at 1 a.-m. the market opens f;W receive supplies. I!'. Extended storage'facilities such., as thoßo I'liow in fcourse of provision atr. Smithfleld ; arc not'only called for by tho trade, but f. they ore a corollary of tho development of ■ the accommodation for frozen meat which 1 Is in progress - at the Port Authority's ' docks,- where there will within the next two years be accommodation for 1,350,000 ' carcasses. In' 1902 there were 41,225 loeomotivc .railway, engines in tho.Unjted States,.-.with.,a. • tractive power of 839,073'.779!!j.7' "oi'' of 20,3541b. per engine. In 1912 there were 60,890 locomotives, with a tractive power of 1,758,337,3811b.. or .an average, of 28,8901b. , -ncr engine. The average,,weight .per en- , sine in 1902 was 56.3 tons,'-,and, lii 1912 78.7 tons. Those are a.-class ..of ..statistics which - Would be'of advantage in'considering rail-' ■way statistics here..'. '.7 ...' ;' 7. -"4" ; ; . Tho Silk Association 'of America esli- ' mates tho world's'"production of silk, in 1913-14 at 1 57.399,GC01b.,' against 58.999.CC0 in 1912-13 . 53,255.000 in the preceding "year, and : ; 54,256,0001b..f0r 1910-11. . v . ' ' IVIIEAT. ' "; t '' '. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, December 31. The wheat market-is. very slow.' A sale of Australian wheat,<to'arrive in January, V was auot'ed at ".355..';9d;" '' 'J ' •The official estimate of the' Argentine! crop is 161 in:-Uion quarters, giving an ■ ■ exDortable surplus of 8i; millions. . . Tho American visible supply..--0f... wheat east of the Itockies is estimated at' 126,721,WW bushels: ' .
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