The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-29
MUST NOT DELIVER ICE
oy syNpAYs, SAYS ACTING CHIEF
ar PoLfCE PLkAS<Nfs.
IT.. p.onlo who Have no Eefr'Rerns"fs
Have TO suffer During These HOT p"'''
Explanation OF the Orders

The orders issued by Captain j. D.
,lsasants. acting chief OF Police 10 '"e
ooljee TO prohibit the ice wagons Ho"'
,,,nninp on sundays has created eo"-
aiaerahle comment and no niue 0oi'.
plant among the poor people % '"a -,
who are not prepared to lay J" . -
suppli Of ice on Saturday eNe"ins ~
~ Them through the follo"ihb u"S
when / called upon CaP app that 'f me or
Yesterday afternoon he saia INV w MIN
- 80 neon issued IN accordance VIZ"
Snsirnrflons from Chiet 81 IViiSc -,
ard IN explanation be added s'a. "i H,l,,.,s
who are regularly e"t tpp,,r or fiye larger
-. sa.Icrs hnd applied 70 the Tnl't -
Police fo ~ ohibit the peddlers Oh 'Oe , 'o'
dsl,.erius u on sunday, lot ' W ,S he
ma ina ~, zee artVers working on the Sab
o1 Tsp,ain Pleasants referred me to the
Following section OF the t0de Oh virginia
,stf.n n, Said. covered the case: .,
".if - frrson. on a sabbath Gay, be found
,at,rtof al any trade OF caiinS, or en-
riov his apprentices or servants IN IaDIi,
~ ofner business. except IN houschOln
- orb.r work Of necessity or chAflty, no
SHALL forfeit two dollars Tor each olth't'
exerv dav any servant or apprentice ~
so employed constituting "a ulSli"0'
In an interview with the superintendent
OF one Of the principal ice cOnlpai"..'' i,-
the city 1 was given the foHo""'s
formation.
A QUESTION on COMPETITION
About eight or nine years ago tme io
dealers were prohibited II"n uV' ~ de-,
ice ON SUNDAYS Since that uHe ~,
livery Wagons from the iaI-tI es'nD-' -
ments have been sent ont lfVlh "o '.g,,i1
house OH the sabbath. ana il ""9 hV~s' q,
" understood that peopc ShpnlN 80 no.
their supply OF ice ON o@tuiNn ,s'u,, thrr,.
for the following day. 1IaduaI5 49, ~,
suruup tlu Il number ~ slndlier uc"iCiS
here and there throughout the Cl,S VIZ,
delivered Ice Oh SUNh"t'' oVI ~ -,
dealers used wagons loi ue"sortS a.
noees ana others hand-carts lhey uc
- tbr REGULAR icc-men OF a ld!6e
trn,nf,.r ~ their Saturday evening y"
irons. Many purchasers t'tGSeI " ~, t1e
ice from the principal acale's Vn 80
.sronn1 that thay had 10 make thef pui-
ebae.s fYr Sundl ~ on the evening beioie'
Tbe regular drivers recognized tpat uh-
less These peddlers were prohibited Ioi"
deIiyrfing ice On sundays t"e supei, "a 80,
ants of the ice establishments Wouid nav
10 nnt the drivers 20 work on SUNNY 90
AZ e. rstain their regular patrons
About "a week ago the drivers mace az
ntiratiou for the issuing OF thS "iue'o
above mentioned. claiming mat ny 49,
Sunday az a day oi RESI-. A.. picb-
Superintendent Landerkin. OF the thCn
mOnd lee Z tnUAi9s Stdiet 49, ~
were at least hundred places i'll NJ No.
mOnd where ice could De secured vm -.
DAYS. and consequently the pl""lul'oi
orders as 10 the delivery on SUNDAY "ou'"
not be a serious matter with consumes
TIKI POOR PEOPLE sCFYKR
II Is a recognized fact that there are
q, very large number OF people ia blCn-
Yronl who have not refrigerdtors IN when
IN keep ice over Saturday night Nhch
the mercury reaches ~ degrees IN the
shade. as il did yesterday, 10 be Wltholt
ice is "A very serious matter HUNDREDS
OF people in Richmond occupy low-pitch-
ed small. close rooms, where the neat i
Intense and almost sunOcaunS on "a u1Y
like Yesterday. They must have Ice. 10
b. without Il brings about tAttnis ulS
comfort and no little suffering. III al
The fce-W agons in the city stop delivering
on Sunday what are these people 10 40
Go without? They should have Ice on
SUNDAY. which is supposed 10 he a day
of resi-. II the ice is not delivered at their
house. will not each OF them either go 20
tho ice-venler for IL or send some
one? il would seem that for nifty or
seventy-flve men 10 deliver ice on sunday
morning would require less work and
fewer people working on the sabbath, than
for TWO OF three thousand COOKS, walters.
A,utlers. and heads OF families TO 80 10
the ice-venders 70 purchase the desired
article The poorer classes are The ones
those who can afford TO have refrigerators
and other means Of keeping ice over
Sunday. With the mercury AT % degrees
today. which Is not at all unlikely. there
will be no little suffering for lack OF