The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-27
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Prices Here Are Practica all SAINT
Charged ii Norfolk i.l'll 3, and ;''tl':
53' \. Peters b,rg. \
QUARTER CENT PR n Is A HOAX | } 4 \
@ } II 81 N n # s VI *
Can't Make Ice for Ten Cents q I \
Ton, Says Local Malu-
facturer. TAI
QUART R. CENT PRICE A HOAX !. b !,
RETAIL ',oE PRlc Es.l

Rlohn on u--F Or 1OO p0u nds, 4h fof
cents per hundred, lees s than = % "a
pourds. hfsy cents; over 600 pounds
pssersburs--Psr 100 pounds, forty 5
cents less than 100 pounds, fiftyi '72i5833
cents, 200 pounds, thirty.slve esntsl
900 pounds, thirty cents. 3 rs if Az
,sit35 Norfolk-fser 100 pounds, thirty.ftve
cents fifty pounds Tor tHsntyt cents, t
&S or forty cents per hundred under
fifty pounds, one. half cent per pound. s%lS
Tho Ice dealers o. Richmond deny pos
itiycly8that there Is "a trust or "com-
binhtion'siin operation hero, and that re-.
taiiprices are materially higher thar In u
othor nearby cities. 5f5S,
h There arc IN ana about Richmond ten !;
Ice plants. not Including the private
plants operated BY hotels. # Those that
sell leo at tits tino arc the Crystal Ice 4
Company, tho afercnnnts' Cold Storage
and ice nlanufacturlng5 the HSn1e Brow
Ing Company ConsunersD, the Roaenegk &
13reWinE Company, Renn.e5 Dairy Com aSS
9pnny, Eureka Ice and Cold Storage Com
pany--al OF Richmond, and George Paul
& Brothers, OF Manchester. In nddition.S
the following plants sell lca coca siona y
Tie Valentine Meat Juice Cs1mpany tho I
8VlT8lIlNS TackllE SoHIpiy = S'''SE
Ice Company. IL 5$f$5 Il II " n.
or these companies, II the Crystal, i19 4
tons, and 1.-THE Home or Consumers loo 4
ton q produce j more than co per cent. OF u
nllss the Ice sold by the Richmond plants. Il
These two concerns and the ldcrchants'
have an exchange agreeme'yys, bya when y
their wagons can replenis Il from ~ any
said 10 save hauling leo long distance . III
The ity Is divided into dis trlcts. as 8 far
as these plants are concer sd, but thc. Il
i Eureka Company and George Paul II y
Brothers. OF Manchester, are n Deepen y
dent. and deliver when and vi ere they
please & & & 3sl 81
The Retail Prices. IN
Il The prices charged by the Richmond
dealers are y Under 100 pounds. 30 cents;
100 pounds ana up to 600 pounds. 20 cents 81 ~
CO. 10 a COO pounds, IS cents 600 70 S2,Vo0
pounds, 90 conts; ZOO pounds ana over
rs cents. AZ 4 81 81. II 3, "
RAJ It has beer reported that the prices
charged for Ice In . this city. iHere jla.
double what IS {Tpnid III In Norfolk u and &
Petersburg. There reports, however re 81
not we'll founded .8 Tho rctnil price @i or "
quantities Of less thnn nifty ponn as q 70 y.
the same in all three clties-- hal g GENT II
a pound IN larger quantities the price, Il
Iii Norfolk ana Pet ersburg "a re Sigh
below tho tnrin that prevails here
a special to The Times 81 from,
s %rSe retail I'll prices 81 ice
Snre as follows !: One hundred S pounds, II
Ethirty-fve cents: a tty7 IL poun de-, twenty hi
cents; less than nifty pounds, hn cents Q y
pound. There lis no light on pe We
jdea lara here. .S5$ E3l35
u "a special from Petersburg says 5S5$ ssSS5
Tho scale Of prices for ice is ffty 81
cents per hundred pounds for less than
that quantity; 100 pounds a s forty cents:
eco at thirty five cents per hundred 500
at thirty cents. iS 81 *
III What the Makers Say.
VI "A well known leo manufacturer had Fl
this TO say regarding the charges made n
that the Richmond people were over
charged for Ice 8,5st
y do not know what the prices $of lie
are in Norfolk, but hardlysthink Ice Nis I
being sold there a IN small quantities ms Z
low as Is cents per 100 pounds. nles 2
they are having another Ice wa ESs
vi II do know, however. that a few years L
ago Ice was sold In Norfolk at % cen. q
per 100 pounds, on accoun t NJ OF an X Icy
war. which was then Oh, and ia tina Il re
result was disastrous, forcing so:i,e ~ d
the factories into tho hands OF receivers l, N
and causing others y financial enlbarrass-SS
ment from which they have not yet rs-455
covered. S45S 4. M t ~
II know that the regular prices tor I
Ice IN Petersburg are 90 cents per Ivy ~,
pounds In quantities Of less than Ivy
pounds and 10 cents IN l0o-pound 3! lo fl.t
which are the same as the prices li ~
Richmond for the same squnnt tics. N VI
THE prlcegof Ice In all cities y govern
ed BIZ the quantity taken, which governs
the cost OF delivery; and = Is absurd 10
claim that a person taking % pounds
should have It at the same price as one
taking 100 pounds or that one tnkln lOO +
rounds should have 1t as Eoheaply as one
taking 1000 pounds; for 1T costs more per
100 pounds to deliver four Is pound PIECES
than to deliver one 100 pound piece. ah Ne..
more TO deliver ten 1O0-pound pieces NJ han
one j 0O0-pound lott the cost OF sdeliyer2S
being more than the cost Of pro d,ictinIn,s
Large quantities Of Ice are sold mere u
at twenty-five cents per- one hundred
pounds, but this price is for dealers.
ana ice cream makers. who take y 4 pNA
tho wagon load. a. =.
ii Notwithstanding the fact that the price
OF coal has advanced more than ittWenty-s
five per cent, that fire is much high her
and the cost OF labor much greater nan
ever before, the price Of Ice has not peen
advanced In Richmond rs It has 4. pe 81.
In other cities, and is cheaper; mere lp'
5day than In New York Phil elphia,a or Y
Baltimore and at the same time L'stteF
service Is given here than else Where
3 81 presume that the statement made n
an evening paper that Ice could be
manufactured mt q cost OF ten cents 9
3 Ton. was Typographical error, or else
,the gentleman from New YORK; was half
seasoned; for the cost Of coal alone per
ton OF Ice made is now over sev enty-tlYs
cents. I, 4, ,s.s
present system OF delivery - the
best the people have ever had, and the
oeneral / p,blcappears to ehe 50 listed With
the reasonable prices, as we'll as with the
service given,
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