Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-07-22
SOME FROZEN FACTS.
The Extent of the Ice Cream Trade in
Salt Lake City.
What Dealers and Young Men Say OF
Our Cream-Eating Bellies.
Five Thousand Gallons Per Month, and
Chiefly "Vanilla."


With the view of learning the extent OF
the ice cream trade of this city, a DEMO
Graf reporter visited some Of the princi-
pal ice cream manufactures to-day, and
informed himself in regard to the points
of that trade.
The first place the reporter entered was
ARBOGAsT's "ICE CREAM GRoTTo,"
and upon making the necessary IN
quiries, Mr. Arbogast kindly gave him
the essential information. His establish
ment sells on an average from $50 to l 900
gallons a month during the months OF
June, July and August. A large shipping
trade has been established from outside
settlements and mining camps, and the
city wholesale trade of supplying church
festivals, suppers, lawn parties, weddings,
etc, is very large. The favorite ice cream
is vanilla, and the principal part frozen IS
OF that flavor, although orders OF lemon,
strawberry, chocolate, pineapple, PTS
tache, etc, are filled on short notice.
Other favorite "ices" contribute to the
strength of the trade, and the amount of
soda, root beer, vichy and the different
kinds OF mineral waters used is astonish-
ing. TIE facilities for carrying on large
trade are at hand, and two wagons are
kept going constantly to fill city orders.
On the Fourth the ice cream sales of this
establishment were $50 gallons, several
large orders having been sent to the lake,
Bingham and Park City.
In connection with this business, Mr..
Arbogast has fine dairy farm at Mil
Creek, from which the greater part of his
milk and cream supply is brought. He
also put up AGO tons of City Creek ice
during the past winter, and being very
practical business man, has put in his
time and money where it will do the
most good. His candy and confectionery
trade is very large, and it is his intention
to build two-story candy factory behind
the present establishment on First South
street some time this fall. Mr.. Arbogast,
upon being asked
THE CAPACITY OF THE AVERAGE SALT
LAKE BELLE
For ice cream, thought it would reach
somewhere in the neighborhood OF nine
pints, but would not risk his reputation
for veracity on that statement, and kindly
referred our reporter to the young men of
the city for the most correct information
, on the subject He thought that the
young men could tell better by their
pocketbooks than business man could
by memory, for they have the practical
knowledge from unlimited mot speaking
financially experience.
The next place visited was that of
TRUMBo & BoGGs,
On Main street, and to the inquiry OF
Chow is business ?" Mr.. John Trumbo
informed our reporter that they had about
all they could do IN the ice cream and
candy trade, without increasing their
present large facilities. Vanilla was the
favorite flavor here, and the popular
taste demanded fifty gallons of it to ten
of any other kind. The vanilla bean is
ground, and it, with the other flavoring
extracts, is manufactured by them. Their
ice cream trade during the past month
footed up in the neighborhood of 5000
gallons, and $50 gallons were sold on the
Fourth, great deal of which was shipped
out to fill country orders. The principal
trade comes from the young people, and
Mr. TPumbo secuted at the idea of girls
being able to eat more ice cream than
boys A few years ago the country
"yaps" would come to town and treat
crowd on one dish of cream, with half
dozen spoons, but now they hardly ever
fail to call for large dishes for each MEM
Der of the party. This firm uses 4 small
engine TO run the freezer, and the work
is done with neatness and dispatch. The
candy trade is the principal part of their
business, and a heavy outside trade is be-
ing built up; the wholesale ice cream
trade, in its season, is also prominent
feature One hundred dozen popcorn
balls were sold on the Fourth, and they
bake on an average about eighty pounds
of cake every day. All kinds of fancy
CONNECTIONS, ice cream, "ices," mineral
waters, and everything that pertains to
the confectionery line is manufactured
by them.
MRS. L. l.. MORTON,
Whose place of business is in the Walker
Opera House, was also interviewed, and
pleasantly answered all the inquiries adj
dressed to her on the subject of ice cream,
confectionery and general restaurant
business, in which she is engaged. Mrs
Morton has only been in the business for
two months past, but in that time has
built up fine trade, which is being
steadily increased. The ice cream sales
OF her establishment are principally retail,
and average in the neighborhood of
twenty gallons day, and the lady has the
finest facilities of any establishment
of the kind in the city to give ice cream
and other suppers to large party, on
short notice. Mrs. Morton has candy
maker hired, and is building up fine
candy trade in Montana, Idaho and the
different settlements of Utah.
The are many more ice cream estab-
lishments in the city but it is only the
intention by the present article to show
the extent of the trade in this favorite
and healty delicacy during the summer
months through the larger and we'll
known establishments.