The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-11-29
TIE ICE TRADE.
Dealers Already Getting IN their Work
Prospects OF LARGE and Good Crop.

OtuANIN AlIGhuy aGtllAk IN thtlE WuF1
Prospects OF Large and Good Crop.
Seeing men everywhere standing in
slippery places yesterday morning, was
enough to fill ones head with thoughts Of
Ice and lcicles. OF how dlsAgresable and
dangerous thing It is to feel our way
over icy pavements In the bleak winter,
aud how pleasant and refreshing 1t Is to
sip iced tea and soda water in June. The
uses OF ice are multiiarious. 1t has grown
TO be very valuable commodity Of trade.
Whenever there Is failure in the crop by
reason OF warm season, as was the case
last winter, the inconvenience is often ielt
very much among large consumers. So
much 80, indeed, that the fertile brain Of
man has long since turned out an apps::
ratus for congealing water by artificial
means. Such q machine Is owned by A.
Reymann, brewer Of this city, and it is a
novel and interesting sight 10 see 1t per.
forming It's work.
But ice produced by artificial means Is
not so good as that which Nature forms.
Nature triumphs over art here as well as
in all other departments. Evidently Mr..
Reymann is Of this opinion, for he has
already begun TO take advantage OF this
first freeze, and Is storing away the
Wheeling creek ice near his brewery in
large quantities. He had large force Of
men at work yesterday getting In as much
as possible before the threatened thaw.
Mr.. Reymann does not store away ice for
the trade, but simply for his own use at
the brewery.
The king OF Ice dealers in this Commu.
nifty Is Mr.. q. Selbert, who handles what
lis known as rs mile ice." At Pleasant
Valley, three miles up the creek, are the
ice houses OF Mr.. Seibert. He selects his
ice above Bedillion's dam, for the reason
that it is there free from impurities, being
located above all the slaughter houses. He
has very little OF last years crop on hand,
and has now many hands at work storing
away the new. Its oil very good quality,
being clear, fine.grained and nearly six
Inches in thickness. Seibert expects to put
up many thousands OF tons, II the season
proves favorable.
Up the creek at the Two Mile House,
Frank Walter is building two new ice
houses OF large capacity, his old one
having been destroyed by fire. He will
fill these, the season permitting, and do
his share toward cooling of the burning
public next summer.
Many Of the butchers up the creek are
engaged In storing away enough ice to
supply their own wants during the hot
season.
Mr.. John Ball, at Pleasant Valley, isalso
building two large new houses for this
seasons use.
| On the South Side, William Meyer, q
saloon keeper, has begun TO cut Ice on the
river at the foot OF Fortieth street near
tie old Washington Mil landing. The
river ice is not 80 thick as that OF the
creek by two or three inches. He will
store large quantity.
George W. Bowers, butcher, has been
cutting some for his own use.
The 2arnitz Bros, green groCers OF Mar
ket street, intend to begin cutting to-day
in the river opposite the B. & O. machine
chops, in case the weather continues suit.
able, and there is no brsak.up.
Robert Luke, former extensive ice
dealer, will not engage in the bnsiness
this season. His last years stock was
exhausted in July.
Hobbs, Btockunier 4 Co. are enlarging
their houss, intending to put up larger
quantity OF Ice this season than hitherto.
The Nail City Brewery men have not
yet commenced getting in their supply.
i A great many butchers and saloon keep
ers will depend on their own resources
for the next years supply OF ice.
At Bridgeport Nicholas KUHN and the
Koehnlein Bros.will be large dealers in the
cold commodity next season. Already
they have been hooking it out in great
quantities, and they have all provided
large packing room.
This year the price has ranged at 81 OC
per hundred. With the present prospects
Tor next seasons supply 1t is safe to pre-.
dict that the price will be about one.hali
less,