Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-22
TWO BIG oTTUMWA FIRMS COM
BINE BUSINESS INTERESTS.
THE DEAL IS CONSUMATED TODAY
The Hysienic Ice & Cold Storage Co.,
Absorbs the Samuel LiIburn & Co.,
Wholesale Butter and Egg Plant,
and the Two Are Merged and Made
One Big Concern.
CAPITAL s12o,ooo.oo.


The filing of the articles of incorpor-
alton OF the Hygienic Ice 6 Cold Stor-
age Co.. completes one of the largest
deals that has been made in Ottum-
wa for many years. The Courier is
pleased to give this news to its
thousands of readers Immediately upon
the contamination of the deal. The in
corporators are John B. Dennis, w. w.
Cummings, Henry Phillips, Calvin
Manning and Edwin G. Manning
the last two taking one fourth
and the others one fourth each.
These names give ample assurance to
the public that the business will be
well managed. Some two years ago,
the present ice plant was installed by
w. w. Cummings and John B. Dennis.
These two gentlemen believed that a
pure quality of ice made from distill-
ed water, free from sewer drainage
and impurities Of every description
that is always flowing in the Des
Moines river, would be appreciated by
the ice consuming public and that they
could build up a larger and better
trade with such product. They
backed up their faith with their CAPT.
tai and the increased business has
been far beyond their most sanguine
expectations.
Now the citizens of Ottumwa, wit
ness the Inauguration of mammoth
company as the outgrowth of this
small business and the equipping of a
plant that will have capacity Of
making 80 to 70 tons of ice daily with
a reserve capacity of 20 tons refriger-
ating power to be used in freezing
and chilling rooms, etc. The machin-
cry that is being installed is the best
that can be had being Of the Arctic"
type, and when the plant is completed
it will be one of the finest and most up
to date in the whole country and one
of which all Ottumwa should feel just
ly proud. In connection with all this,
one of the very important features of
the whole matter is the merging with
the big ice plant, the Old Reliable
and well known wholesale butter and
egg plant of Samuel Lilburn & Co.,
which was established in this city
more than thirty years ago, a firm
that has always been a very important
factor in the progress and prosperity
of Ottumwa. The business will be con
solidated, and the butter and egg bust.
ness as we'll as that Of the ice and
cold storage, will all be conducted at
the ice plant property corner of Cass
and Mill streets. The company has re.
Gently purchased the old planning mill
grounds and now possesses a tract OF
ground 300x175 feet, being 300 feet on
the G. B. &. @. R. R., tracks and liz
feet on the G. M. g. st. p, r. R..
tracks. This will make it far better
for the butter and egg business, as it
will give them the advantage of load
ing out their produce without drayage
and this will be a very important fea
ture with them as they are carload
shippers and send out butter and eggs
in large quantities. It is understood
that the company will at an early date
go extensively into the business OF
handling hard and soft coal, wood etc.
and the Courier predicts for them g
marked success in their all round big
enterprise. The officers will be:John
B. Dennis, president, w. w Cummings
vice president and superintendent;
Henry Phillips secretary and Edwin G
Manning treasurer, with John B. Den
mis-, w. w. Cummings, Henry Phillips
and Calvin Manning constituting the
board of directors.