The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-08-08
Property Of Company will Be Dis.
tTihuted Among Stock
holders Today.
PRICE UNCHANGED
Ice Will Be Sold at Same Old
Rate for the Present.
SOLICITOR LOFTlN WILL INSIST
THAT PRICE BE REDUCED TO
THAT cHARED IN JACKSON.
WILLIE UNDER AGREEMENT RE.
GENTLY ENTERED ENTo-MAY
COMMENCE CRIMINAL PRO.
CEEpINGS.

The Consumers Ice & Fuel Com
pany, which was organized about
year since, is now thing off the past.
It was dissolved yesterday, when
there was a meeting of the stock.
holders, and this morning what re
mains of the property will be dis
tributed among them. The dissolu
ton was the result OF the attitude O,
County Solicitor Loftin, who notified
the president of the company that it
was doing business Illegally and I'M
less steps were taken immediately to
remedy matters prosecution would be
instituted. The members Of the COM
pany, rather than go before the courts
and stand trial decided to cease bust
ness and the dissolution was the re-
suit
Some days since Solicitor Loftin an
Iounced In an interview in The Jour
nal that he was investigating condi-
tons with view 10 entering prose-
cutfon IL matters We're not remedied
This brought reply from President
Werles to the effect that whenever
the solicitor decided that the COM
pany was operating Illegally it would
be dissolved
President Welles stated to Jour
nal representative yesterday afternoon
that he was taking steps to close UP
the business of the concern, having
sold out all of the coal and that the
stock and other property would be di-
vided among the stockholders this
morning.
AS to the delivery of ice he
said he presumed that each factory
would conduct its own delivery sys-
tenn, and that in addition there are
about ten wagons which have been de-
livering independent of the Consum-
ers Company
Must Have Cheaper Ice.
The dissolution of the Consumers
Ice & Fuel Company does not reduce
the price of ice. as demanded by So
Hector Doftin, and the latter has made
a demand that unless the price Is re-
dqrced to twenty-five cents per hun
bred he will enter prosecution upon
his return to the city.
Solicitor Uofttn left yesterday at
noon ON a vacation Of ten days, but
before going gave The Journal the
following statement:
"On Saturday rerceived a letter
from Mr.. T. e. Wenes. written as
president Of the Consumers Ice and
Fuel Company, IN which he states,
that # upon tnvestiExt5on decided
THAT they were operating trust, they
were Willing to dissolve the company
az a moments notice. On Saturday
night / received a telephone message
from Mr.. J. r. Keller, requesting an
interview, which of course, granted.
fixing the time for Monday morning.
did not answer Mr. weIles' letter at
once. but decided to wait unti9 after
my interview with Mr.. Keller Mr.
Keller and myself discussed the ice
situation at some length. but he was
unable to change my opinion an 10
the Company being an unlawful COM
binatiOn. I then wrote Mr. Welles
the following reply to his communities
ton:
Pensacola. Fra. Aug 9th. 1905.
"Mr. T. T. welles. President consun-
ers Ice and Fuel Company. City
Dear Sir:-Your letter of the 3rd
inst, in which you state that II upon
investigation | decide that the stoclk-
holders of the Consumers Ice and
Fuel Company are operating trust.
they are willing to dissolve, received
and contents have my attention. In
reply thereto would say that IN my
interview in The Daily Journal Of the
Ord inst. announced that was sat
isfied that the combination existing
among the producers Of ice in this
city Is unlawful and that the parties
thereto are liable to criminal prosecu-
ton and after further investigation.
I am still of the same opinion. White
have no objection to the dissolution
Of the company, want It distinctly
understood that by this course the
stockholders of the company are not
to assume That they will be immune
from prosecution for their past acts.
every respectfully
SCOTT NJ. LOFTTN,
County Solicitor.
"In my conversation with Mr.. Kef-
Ter / stated to him that l would In