Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-18
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Metropolis.
The American Ice company, which en-
| Joys q monopoly Of the business In Greater
New York, is In an exceedingly happy
mood just now. Outwardly Il presents a
cool. imposing front; lnwardly It chuckles
gleefuliy and gathers In the coin. But its
glee IL more dificult to control than the
| price Of ice and some ~ Il overhows for
public consumption The other day the
company tlckled its patrons with this no.
tice: ITO discourage the consumption OF
ice as much as possible the price OF ice
TO all consumers. except private families,
will be IS cents a hundred pounds after
July l6 instead Of 80 cents"
The excuse offered by the trust for the
boosting Of the price is that there Is a
shortage in their ice houses ana that UNI
less the consumption Of ice IL materially
reduced the company will be wholly with
out ice in the latter part Of the summer.
The notice philanthropically states that
unless the price Of ice is Immediately in
creased the people will be left without any
ice at all in a short time.
In a notice sent out on May Is the trust
cautioned consumers to be careful and
economical in the use Of ice, and in this
last notice the company says that its eau
ton was not needed and that the con-
sumption OF ice in June was greater than
in the same month last year.
The first definite step in the fight Of the
Independent dealers against the Ice trust
was taken last week in Brooklyn. when
plans were perfected which II is hoped will
free the independent Brooklyn dealers and
the residents OF the borough from tho
clutches Of the combine. One hundred and
nifty thousand dollars was pledged toward
the movement. Now that Brooklyn has
taken the initiative It is understood that the
independent dealers of Manhattan will get
together and adopt similar plans.
To begin with, the erection of a plant
for the manufacture Of artificial ice was
decided upon. This plant which will be
run the year round, will cost s250.OO0. OF
this amount $4,000 has already been
pledged by persons whose names were
withheld. The other 100000 will be raised
by the sale of stock to the independent
dealers at 500 a share.
The $4,000 guaranteed in advance elm
mates any necessity for delay, and the
work will be begun on the plant within
the month. It's exact site has not yet been
determined upon, but Il will probably be
built somewhere in South BROOKLYN
1t was also decided to construct three
docks for the reception OF ice from inde-
pendent cutters up the Hudson. One Of
these docks will be built in Walla bout ba-
sin. another on the Gowanus canal at
Sixth street and the third on the bay
front, between Twenty-ffth and Thirty
ninth streets. The money for these docks
Will be subscribed by the dealers and
storage facilities will he provided from the
same source. All told, the preliminaries-
for the hght which It is proposed to make
will require about 100000
Your honor" complained Mrs Mary De.
metris to Recorder Lazarus in court at
Bayonne, N. j., my husband here came
home, picked a quarrel with me and struck
me in the face several times. 1 did not
give him any provocation, but tried TO
pacify him."
Recorder Lazarus, who hates a wife
beater. is fond of ordering punishments
which are strange but therefore more
| likely to be remembered
y am going to rid this city Of men who
beat their wives" said he, scowIinE at De-
mctris. who looked shame-faced. And to
begin I will give all such who are brought
before me dose OF their own medicine.
MRS. Demetris, l want you to take your
| husband into the next room. There you
will strike him in the face as hard and as
often as he struck you. Perhaps the shame
| OF II will cure him OF the more shameful
habit Of beating you. Are you willing to do
as bid, or do you want me to send one
Of our healthiest policemen to carry out
| the sentence?"
Mrs. Demetris cast a frightened glance at
her husband, then looked at the recorder,
who nodded reassuringly to her.
II will do 1t. Judge said she. and walked
into the ante-room, Demetris followed
meekly; she closed the door behind them.
Every one in the court room listened in
tently for a moment. Then Smack"
''whack!" several times repeated sounded
in the next room. The door opened and
Mrs. Demetris. smiling, as IL her bruises
panied her no more, appeared Then came
Demetrs, on whose red cheeks the marks
| left by his wfe's hands were plain
! II hope this will be a lesson to you, De-
metris," said the recorder II am certain
the punishment hurt your wife more than
you. Go home and be good to her."
They went away together, she smiling and
whispering to him, he shaking his head
negatively as II denying that her slaps
hurt her more than him.
No large city OF the world has so many
| isianus Wltntn lts municipal boundaries as
New York reports the Sun. Some OF these
islands are mere dots. Others are large
enough to have almost the dimensions OF
cities.
Governors Island, with an area Of seventy
acres, is the property of the Federal
Government and is assessed at IS, 600, 900 by
the city, which is $4,000 an acre. and as
land values go within New York that fg-
ure is low.
Blackwoll's Island, which covers l2l acres
is valued at $12,OOOOOO. which is at the rate
OF nearly $4,000 an acre. Wards Island is
valued at 100000 and RandalI's at 5000
CO., North Brother Island is valued at
$4,000, Riker's Island at 1851. 900 and Harris
Island at $4,000
The most important OF the islands in
oluded within tho boundaries OF the Greater
New York is, OF course. Manhattan Island,
the value Of which is practically meal
culable It is at least 5000, 600, 900; how