Arizona republican., 1905-06-17
SOME FRIGID FACTS
The End of an Ice War - A New Cold
 Storage Plant.

The Independent Ice ompany ceased to exist yesterday morning. The man ager of the company was w R. Reno and the ice handled by him was a Tempe product. He began operations at the beginning of the season and soon
 worked up a big and growing family trade though he did not encroach upon the down town business of the local company. His prices were the same as those of the local manufacturers.
 Representations were made by w. B. Lount who is in charge of the selling department of the local ice manufac- turers. to the Tempe manufacturers that unless the supply of the Independ- ent Ice company were shut off Tempe would shortly be overwhelmed with Phoenix ice At first no attention was paid to the threat and finally a cargo of Phoenix ice was sent to Tempe. One wagon load by the way was lost; it got stuck in the river. But after that shipments were made with regularity and it is said that the ice was offered to residents of Tempe at unheard of prices; it is further said that the Phoe- nix ice dealers announced that if nec- essary ice would be furnished within the Jurisdiction of the Tempe ice works for nothing.
 Day before yesterday the Tempe manufacturers weakened and the daily supply for the Independent Ice com pany was not forthcoming. MT. Reno had maintained headquarters in the rear of the Mckee grocery store. They were closed and those who called to know why ice had not been delivered were informed of the collapse of the opposition to the Phoenix icemen
 ,I-s., have another cold storage plant and a big one. It is being built by w. H. Constable, representative here of the Cudahy Packing company at the cor ner of Fourth avenue and Jackson street. It is situated on the south side of the Santa Fe main line and north of the spur which runs to several ware houses in the vicinity. The plant will be fifty feet wide and 125 feet long and will be equipped with the best machin- cry. The foundation is already in and the brick work of the superstructure will be undertaken within a day or two
 The foundations are extraordinarily strong, the stone walls being laid on thick layer of cement several feet be- low the surface of the ground 4 pit for the machinery was dug in one cor ner and after the foundation walls had been put m IL was discovered that the pit was not deep enough by four feet. The downward extension is now in pro- gress and when the proper depth has been reached the present cement foun- dation will have to be supported by another foundation from the lower depth.
 The plant will be in operation in about ninety days. It is announced that cold storage will not be supplied to the trade so that the new plant will not be in competition with the present one. It is said, though fl has not been verified, that Cudahy will enter the local market with fresh meats. A con tract will perhaps be made for the handling of Prescott beer in large quantities.
 Concerning the handling of fresh meats from abroad wonder has been expressed for years that the local mar ket has not been invaded for it is said that Phoenix is about the only town of its size in the United States which has escaped the attention of the Big Four.