San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-01
THE ICE SEASON.
CAN KEEP COOL CHEAPLY THIS
SUMMER.
Prices Will Range From 0ne-third to
0ne-half Cent Per Pound With
Four Factories in the Field.

A LIGHT reporter called on Mr..
+. +. Glaze, superintendent OF the
Crystal Ice factory, and obtained
some very interesting facts for ice
consumers during the coming sea-
SOD. He found the plant in a neat
condition, the winter overhauling
have been just completed.
In answer to the query as to the
outlook for manufacturers and
consumers, especially families, Mr..
Glaze said that for manufacturers
it was not very roseate, and OF
course correspondingly good for
consumers. A rival company has
inaugurated the plan of cutting
prices, and, since all manufactur-
ers who enter competition will
have to follow the same plan, the
benefit will accrue to consumers.
Already the factories in San An
tonic have a capacity of more than
double the consumption. The larg-
est consumption in San Antonio
on the hottest days is 60 tons, be-
side there is no market price for
ice outside of town, for there are
few towns tributary to San Anto-
Mo that use ice that are not ham
died by the breweries. The total
capacity of all the plants in town
is l4O tons per day. Formerly the
maximum consumption of GO tons
was supplied by three plants, and
now that another has entered the
field, the effect on manufacturers
can readily be seen, though it is
difficult to say what the result will
be.
The prices during the coming
season will fluctuate between SOC
and SOC per hundred. Ice cannot
be made and delivered during
summer cheaper than 800, Sc per
ton, and at that price the manu-
facturer may barely come out
even. But it will leave no
margin for the winter season.
when the maximum consump-
tion is 10 tons per day, and
when the cost of making and de.
livering ice is $40 per ton. OF
course it is probable that, ice be-
ing cheaper, there may be more
consumers. Eut it is hardly pos
sible that the maximum consump-
tion during the season will exceed
70 tons per day. The trade, more.
over, will be injured by ice ped
oilers who have no investment to
make except in team and cart.
Ten per cent on the investment
is required to make the winter
overhauling, which is necessitated
by the deterioration effected in
plant through the action Of brine,
ammonia, and water. Mr.. Glaze
thinks that there will be little or
no returns on the investment.
The total capital invested in ice
plants in San Antonio will b.
about $250000. About 200 men
will be employed, and over 1000
miles a day will be covered by
wagons.
In the fall of 1898 son Of Mr..
T. A. Mcfarland, a prominent
merchant of Live Oak, Suffer Co.,
CAL, was taken with very heavy
cold. The pains in his chest were
so severe that he had spasms and
was threatened with pneumonia.
His father gave him several large
doses of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy, which broke up the cough
and cured him. Mr.. Mcfarland
says whenever his children have
Group he invariably gives them
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and
it always cures them. He con-
siders it the best cough remedy in
the market. For sale by f. Kalt-
eyer q Son, c. Campbell and j.
Clavin, druggists, San Antonio,