Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-23
orders and many have to be turned away
empty handed.


Famine at Hand.
Washington IL again in the embrace Of q
partial ~ fsM1ne and . large ma3ozfty OF
tbs Ice takers Of thu oity were tpday pux on
half rak1ens. Thai IL, the drivers of the
Americas I0e Company wagons havo nsen
Instructed to furn1ah each Customer with
Aalf tbs usua1 supely o< Ice, end this VIII
b continued until the vessels now bound
for this port with ice aboard arrive here.
In the local Ice houses the reserve store OF
Ice b practically nothing.
This morning u the plant OF the Chaplin
Saks Manufacturing Company there was
declared to be not q pound of leo In stor-
age, and all that was coming from there
was the daily output Of the factory At
the 9th street wharf station of the Amert-
can Ice Company the reserve supply was
exhausted yesterday and by tonight the few
hundred tons that were in the GEORGETOWN
house Of the company will be gene. 90 that
there will be only the output OF the Ice
making plants. producing about half the
normal demand, to depend upon until the
ice-laden vessels begin to arrive
An official OF the American Ice Company
In conversation with q Star reporter this
morning characterized the situation az one
OF hard luck The tickle winds were de-
pended upon to bring the tour-masted
schooner Kreager to the capes last week,
but the winds failed and the vessel has
not been heard from since she sailed from
Maf1e-over ten days ago.
WINDS Are Un16voraDl0.
A telegram from Cape Henry dated 1880
O'Clock today stated that the winds at the
cape were from the south and were blow
Ing twelve miles an hour. The direction Of
the breezes are unfavorable to vessels COM
ing from the north to the Chesapeake. but
northwest winds are indicated for ton,or-
row. and II they come they may bring the
vessel. Two big tugs are cruising well
above Cape Charles looking for the Kreager
and viii start with her for this city as soon
longer viii be required to bring her here
after she passes the capes. 30 that she can
not be looked for before Wednesday night
which sailed Saturday, In tow Of the tug
Columbia, from the Kennebec. will arrive
here Thursday or Friday. SO that by the
end of the week Ice conditions should be
easy again.
The American Ice Company have $500
tons OF ice af1oat for this city, the last cargo
OF which Is due here about August l. Sew
eral echooners with ice for the Mutual Ice
Company of Alexandria have been out for
two weeks or more, having been delayed by
Gains and head winds at sea.
The companies controlling the ice-makfng
plants In the city Independent OF the Ameri-
can Ice Company. are. 1t Is stated. taking
care of their trade but are taking on no
new customers. These Independent manu-
facturers supply less than a quarter OF the
total amount OF ice used In the city.
The advance In the price of ice to retail
dealers and large consumers, the coming
OF which was mentioned In The Star last
week went into effect ttds morning as
stated above. Independent dealers are now
required to pay 81 per ton--an advance Of
80 cents per ton. and to retail dealers and
large consumers the price Is now 40 cents
per hundred for quantities. less than 800
pounds. and over that amount Is cents per
hundred pounds. This price Is at the plat
form and IS an advance Of s cents per hun
dred pounds. It Is stated positively at the
local offices Of the American Ice Company
that there win be no advance to the family
trade. At the price Ice IL being sold to
the Independent and retail dealers they can
readily sell It. 1t Is asserted, at 40 cents to
Eouseholders and still make a profit.