The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-08-03

manufacture of ice, and where established
the natural ice-ponds have been deserted,
as we'll as the old-fashioned machines.
The Boards of Health in many Eastern
cities have already condemned the use OF
natural ice and compelled its abandonment.
In this city all attempts heretofore to sup
ply artificial ice has been killed by the old
ice monopoly before the people have had an
opportunity to test 1t, but now there Is
hope, the consumers themselves, with plenty
of capital, are determined ON an escape
from the impure and high cost ice OF the
past and the redemption of the people from
their aggressors. They can now produce
some forty tons OF pure ice daily, and al
though not month has elapsed since start
ing their machine the sales reach twenty
five tons daily, indicating the necessity OF
increasing the capacity OF the plant IN the
near future.
The larger the plant the lower the cost of
production, and the lower the price of ice
the greater the consumption. These eco
nomic truths the Directors. being old busi-
ness men, will bear in mind, and will pre-
fer to realize q dollar per ton profit on
large production rather than five or ten dol
lars per ton on limited production under
coercive methods.
The consumption of ice in California has
been not far from 100, 600 tons annually, at
very high prices, and it is believed that
with better ice and low prices the c0nsump-
ton would increase fOur-fOld The public
can therefore rejoice in the prospect of
cheap and pure ice in the future, and real
ize what intelligence. determination, CO.
operation and the use of some money will
do in securing more general prosperity of
the people, as against Incorporate greed.
The officers of the company are K. G.
Sheath, President; f. Dillingham;, SecTe-
tary; Directors, II. G. Sheath, +. j. Bald
win, ex-senator A. z. Williams, +. ID.
Green and T. Dillingham;.
All the employees of the company are CON-
petent men.
Every customer is requested to see that
full weight is given.
The stables adjoining the store-houses
are the finest, cleanest and most thoroughly
equipped in the city.
LOS GATos ICE COMPANY.
The company well known by the above
name has stOre-houseS and offices at IS
Townsend street, of which S. H. Simonds
is the Superintendent. This gentleman
has had an experience OF some fifteen years
in the business, which is the best recon-
mendaton to the company'S many custom
ers that their orders will be satisfactorily
and promptly attended to. The natural ice
is taken from the Truckee River on the line
of the Central Pacific Railroad and at
point in the Sierra Nevada Mountains where
the water is absolutely pure.
In addition to the natural ice sold the
company has plant at Los Gatos for the
manufacture of artificial ice, which has
capacity OF twenty tons per day. The ice
is manufactured from pure mountain water
which cannot be excelled in the State. no
matter what the process of publication is
The ice is delivered in San Francisco,
San Jose, Santa Cruz Oakland, Petalufla,
Santa Rosa, ana at points in tile southern
part Of the State, besides various other
points throughout the State, where it has
for years given the very best OF satisfaction
as to its purity and clearness.
Arrangements for storage and delivery
are most complete. and the company has
never experienced any difficulty in dispos-
ing Of every pound harvested or manufac-
tured by it.
u. S. Simonds, son of the Superintend-
ent, assists his father and is the principal in
the office of the company.