Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-04-06
VERY GREAT INTEREST
EXCITED AMONG ICE CONSUMERS OVER THE
PURCHASE OF THE KOEENLEN PROPERTY
By the Wheeling Ice and Storage Company
Large Meeting Of Saloon Meu Last Evening.
What the Storage Company People Say.

A great amount Of interest has been
aroused among large consumers Of Ice
by the announcement Of the fact that
the Wheeling Ice and Storage Company
has purchased all the ice, ice houses,
wagons, good will, ETC., OF the Messrs.
Koehnlein Bros, and a number Of peo-
pie evidently believe that this means
the absorption Of other private dealers
In frozen water, and that there will be
an advance in the price the coming
, summer, or at least a retention OF last
wears prices, Notwithstanding the cold
winter and the large natural Ice crop.
A representative or the wheeling Ice
and Storage Company was seen yester-
day, and by way of explanation be SAID:
at is true that we have purchased
all the property OF the MeSsrs. koehn-
lein. including their ice and ice houses
IN Bridgeport and on the Island, teams
and wagons, good will, etc, and we Will
supply their former customers during
] the coming summer"
.Does this mean the ultimate absorb
ton OF the ice trade Of the city by the
z Storage Company"
Il can't say at present. 1t may ulti-
mately lead TO our supplying the retail
) trade OF the Ontire city, but that Is
matter for the future. 81 present we
shall cOnfne ourselves largely to the
Messrs. Koehnlein'S former trade, and
the purchase Just made will en-
able us to give consumers the
choice of artificial or natural ice, as
they may prefer"
evil there be anv difference In the
price OF these qualities?
Yes; natural ice will be hve cents
per 100 pounds cheaper than the manu-
featured product. We intend 70 nave
an uniform and reasonable priee-not
an extOrtlOnate One-and hope TO give
satisfaction in this regard, as well as In
the quality OF the ice furnished"
The Wheeling Saloonkeepers' Asso-
citation held meeting yesterday after
noon, with a good attendance. The
most important matter before the body
was the question OF the price OF ice FOR
the coming season. One member stated
that he understood the Wheeling Ice
and Storage Company was attempting
to monOpOlize the market; that II had
already purchased one natural ice COM
pany's winter storage, together with
their wagons and horses, aud that an
other firm was about TO lay down.
This statement raised considerable
excitement among the members, who
stated they would not submit to extor-
tionate rates, if that was the scheme OF
the Wheeling Ice aud Storage Com
pany.
No one being qualified TO say what the
purpose OF the company was, President
Henry BieberSOn appointed commit
tee to wait upon them, and II the rates
were considered eXtOrtiOnate measures
would then be taken to protect them
selves.
In conversation with a REGISTER re-
porter last night President BieberSOn,
OF the Saloonkeepers' Association, said
that last year the price Of ice was con-
sidered too high, and Mr.. Reymann, OF
the Reymann Brewing Company, fur
Rished ice 70 his customers at rate
which set the price. This year we do
not care 10 embarrass Mr.. Reymann, or,
rather Inconvenience him In asking him
10 furnish US ice if the Wheeling Ice
Company means 70 mOnopolize the trade
and raise the price. We do not, Of
course, know just now that they intend
to do so; but if they do we shall get orr
ice from the lakes. 1t all depends on
the result Of the committees investiga-
tiOn."
Another matter discussed was the
question OF a Council committee scan
ming licenses, so that Objectionable
characters might be debarred from the
business. 1t was finally decided that
nothing would be done this year in the
way OF protests, as the recommendations
OF the Association last year were utterly
ignored.