The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-23
at So per ton. He agreed with Col. Estill
that it was essential to start right.

tIat IL was essential 10 start right.
NOT IN FOR a TRUST.
Mr.. Collins said that he has satisfied him
self that the Artesian company is to be COLI
trolled by the Ice Delivery Company, and
tnat President Hamilton's talk about
cheap ice' and mo consolidation" is decep-
tive. Mr.. CavanaGgh, the secretary and
director in the "Artesian Company is man
ager of the Delivery company"
Mr.. Meyer said that he was willing to
subscribe to a company if the stockholders
can be bound not to sell out to q monopoly,
TWO at the first cut made to try to break up
the company. If he can get cold storage
he doesn't care for ice. He is willing TO
pay s., 900 year for cold storage for his
beer, and then he will save drayage, and
will not need ice. He is not the spokesman,
he said, for any company, He is interested
in getting ice cheaper if he has to use ice
He repeated that anything tangible will re-
ceive his subscription and support.
While the artesian company was being
toasted, Mr.. Julian Solomon got the floor,
and began to read a communication, but as
he proceeded, it was discovered that he was
there in the interest of the artesian com
pany, and chorus of calls to order went
up. The chair ruled that if the communi.
cation was calculated to detract from the
objects of the meeting, it was out of order.
Motions were made to ''retire Mr.. Solo
mon and his letter. and amendments and
substitutes came thick and fast.
MR.. HAMILToN's LETTER.
After a running debate, in which the
meeting concluded that the letter was not
dangerous anyway, the objections were
withdrawn, and Mr.. Solomon, remarking
that he didn't know whether it would
amount to much any way" read the follow
ing:
SAVANNAH, GA, May %. 1888.
To Al Consumers of Ice!
1t having suited the purposes of some parties
to start the report that the ArteSian ice and
storage Company had made an agreement with
other parties by which the product of this COM
pany would be controlled by Others, we take
this means of informing all parties interested
That we are in no way interested with any other
company or association that there are no nego-
tiations pending, and that we propose to deliver
ice to the citizens of Savannah ct the very
lowest prices that 1t can be sold for We are
now prepared to make contracts for the delivery
OF ice IN any quantity for one, two, three or five
years
We do not want to be misunderstood in
this matter. SO we repeat that any statement
to the effect that We have sold out to any party,
or that we contemplate doing so, is utterly
false and without foundation. Respectfully,
SAMUEL p. HAMILTON
President Artesian Ice and Storage Company.
ISAAC G. Haas,
Vice President.
Mr.. Meyer, after the letter was read.
because a gentleman present had asked one
of the largest stockholders in the artesian
company what they were going to furnish
ice for, and he wanted to ask that gentle
man what the reply was.
INFORMATION WANTED.
Chairman Elsinger said that he supposed
that Mr.. Meyer alluded to him. Mr. Elsin-
ger stated that ten days ago he had made
an inquiry of one of the members of the
artesian company as to what the price OF
ice would be, and he could get no definite
answer. When he had asked if consumers
in small way would get any reduction
from present prices, he was led to infer that
if they dubbed together and took larger
quantities, there might be reduction.
The letter did not apparently create the
impression intended. Mr.. Solomon tried to
get the letter recorded in the minutes, but
the proposition raised a storm of opposi-
ton, and he folded it up, returned it to its
envelope and sat down discounted.
The expressions which followed the read
ing of the letter were to the effect that it
would not do to call halt now If this
was done in year or two the people would
again be at the mercy of an ice
trust 1t would pay the artesian company
to make contracts with q few, cheaper ice
for awhile until the proposed company was
killed off and out of the way, and then
consolidation would follow and the price of
ice would go up to where it is now, and
that it is much better to subscribe liber-
ally and put the new company properly on
its feet and strong enough to me9t the OPP
position which would follow, rather than
go backward, and in year or two be worse
off than now. With this view of the case,
a motion was put and carried to canvass
the meeting for additional subscriptions,
and as result of the canvass tho amount
was increased to &c., 800.
TO CANVASS THE CITY.
On motion the committee was increased
to ten and it was requested to canvass the
city for stock. The chair appointed the
following gentlemen:
J. H. Estill, T. H. Williams,
Charles Kolshorn, B. D. Rosenbrook,
J. 5. Collins, II. Logan,
Joseph Baker, Charles Seller,
John HONG
The meeting then adjourned subject to