Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-07-09
ARDIT ICE


The public will learn with some surprise nv
tae circular of the associated dealers else
where that the ice business has been carried
on 81 loss Tor some years, and is not paving
enc his season. We had supposed that from
the amount Of business done by the assoc,a.
ton, and the reduction OF outlay effected
through the con solidation, that they must no
receiving fair return for their labor and az
pendi;ure. 1t appears, however. that in tho
sharp competition amongst the dealers prior
10 the censoiidatIC Il, the business was carried
o. a heavy loss. 1t is stated that a LEADING
cealec lost TO the tune of $780, GO In the nice
wa, and that two others lest some SIS aGo
each. The result was that the dealers found
this sort o. competition too expensive lux
Cry &c indulge IN further. and they formed an
ASSOCIATION with view OF economy in the
mans cement, and especially in the delivery Of
Ice, us all the dealers Dere sending their
EaseLs over the same ground The dealers
row state that though under me new arrange
1rent me expenditure has been much reduced,
jEtF aTe NOT able % carry the dell = cry re-
-nunsrstively at the present prices
We suppose that he public does not EXPECT
10 be served al Q loss 10 the dealers hur we do
'rinb there has been a legitimate source or
GIL -3Int II the lateness OF the hour ut which
i.F fa5 been delivered III many parts OF the
IT. remote parts Of The city 1t has not been
service until quite late N the evenIng-as Iata
- ia o. SIX O'Clock p. n. Lei the dealers
S@aEte lair remunarative price Tor their lee
" u lei them accommodate the pubIic fu,Iv
atu romPily. This We understand they pro
pcae TO do BY putting on more teams We
Hsa- Il also com planned thai the drivers of the
curtis 40 not always give the weight charged
-oE- IL THIS &c so. IL Is probably some ..xnock
iIg down arrangement on the part Of the
celinaueL. cartnen, for their own benefit. as
we II derstand they are Instructed in All
instances 10 1--WE full weight Customers who
suspect toat they are gouged in this partic ular
snodio Ie-Weisn their ice, and bring the de-
inluency home to the cartmen offending
IL Is cnriols fact that the per centage OF ice
to the population used diminlshes all the wav
South from Boston as far as New ORLEANS
ma 10 70 say, ice is much more ger orally
used II the North than at the South. contrarv
10 what would be supposed to be the case
Inc difference would appear to be not Ia the
cost, as We near II 10 delivered 1T about the
came price In Washington as it Is in Boston.
bnt IN the habits OF the people, Ii having be-
ceMe an article OF daily cons umption in al
most every household at the NerGh There
Vas Ior long time q decided prejudice
against its use in many parts OF the country.
curiously enough from the belisf that il was
unhealthy; now it il prescribed freely by
physicians as medicine. The excsptionaI
TACT In regard 10 Its large use in New Orleaa.
Is explained by its being introduced there by
Bosten company very early in the history of
1ne ice trade, and the people there got habit.
uased to it use before it was Introduced TO
any extent in ether Southern cities. Ice
wastes much more in the delivery in our
Climate and in traversing the magnificent and
rough distances Of our city than in the com.
pact cities OF the North, with level, well.
paved streets; and perhaps it will help the
lee.men in supplying US promptly and cheap
Is l. We mend our vaysn