The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-27
ARE SHIPPING IN ICE
Local Manufacturers Cannot
Supply Their Trade.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Plants Are Working to Their
Greatest Capacity.

There is an ice famine n Wichita. The
manufactors in this city are unable 70
supply the local trade, even without
shipping in several cars Of ice Per week
During the hot weather great quantities
o. ice was used and the plants were well
able to supply ali customers with al the
ice they wished. There was 10 famine
unit the burning Of the Dold packing
plant This is the tine the trouble be
ga1. The Dold plant had been furnish
ing about en- tons per day to dealers.
When this supply was cut OF the demand
fcu or the four other ice plants IN the
city. All the plants were working %
their fullest capacity and but little ice
was manufactured except for local trade.
The plants had all they could do to sup
ply that Then the DOId customers had
70 be taken care Of. All the ice men OF
the city met and divided up DOlds trade
bur It was found that not enough ice was
manufactured to I'll all orders Il the
same amount was given So the dealers
were Instructed 10 ask their customers
70 be a little more saving in their use OF
Ice And the men were instructed 70 CIT
down the supply TO each customer. This
vas done in order 70 supply everybody
with some ice.
In many cases when people asked for
fifty pounds OF ice they received but
twenty-five. This was necessary 50 that
all could have ice. With some people ice
has come 70 be a necessity instead Of q
luxury. IN many cases ice is necessary
because Of illness.
The ice plants here could not 5. ppIy
the demand 50 they began shipping in
ice wednesday Mr.. Chas. Southwark
received a car OF ice from Hutchinson
Today ne VIII get another.
wichita plants ship ice" said M
Southwark 10 an Eagle reporter yester-
day. we ship lots Of IT, Last spring
we made contracts with outside parties
for their supply OF ice. we must III these
orders just as much as we I'll the city
orders. II all comes under the head Of
local trade. Last spring the ice plant at
winfield burner and q lew months ago
the one AZ SaIina suffered the same fate
The customers OF these plants looked %
wichita Tor their ice We filed their
orders as FAR as possible. but not until
the local trade had been taken care on
ar Southwark showed the reporter
several orders from towns outside Wich-
tia territory which wanted ice and want
"a 1t bad. They were turned down. Mt
Southwark had letter from the FL Reno
Ice Co. telling him 70 ship all the Zee he
could get Not ton has been shipped
to Ell Reno or anywhere else outside OK
the regular territory OF Wichita except
when there was a surplus in the plants
of this city" was the statement O. Mr
Southwark.
There has been two cars OF ice ship
ped 10 Fl Reno within the last month and
these were shipped by the CiJize-s Ice
company when they HAD q surplus. The
last car was shipped the drst OF last
week"
wednesday one OF the big retorts Of the
Citizens ice plant exploded and the plant
was shut down for twerty-f7ur hours
This cut OF the supply by tons This
was the cause II the Wild rumors that
were aaoat yesterday. The plant IS
working q fits fullest capacity The
regular customers Of the ice plants VII
rs supplied with some zee but possibly
not as much as some Of them want
Tr. Eick Srefen n the Citizens Ice
COMPANY was seen yesterday By an Eagle
reoorter who wanted 70 know the reason
OF The ice famine Nr- SteIen told the
reporter that their customers had 20
suffer Tor want OF ice because ore ot
their retorts began leaking and the ma
chfne-v had 70 be shut down We have
shipped three car loads OF ice out ~ The
city in thirty DAYS. says Mr. SteHen. and
the small town trade in the vicinity Of
wichita IS due 20 some consideration
from the ice manufacturers CT wichita
because they are iooalnE entirely towards
wichita for their ice supply and WE can
not JOY them ar drop az once without
any further notfce. Outside II these
sm1 nearby towns. we have not ship
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