Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12


| lively that Washington will not again suf-
| fer this season for want of ice.
The Maine field Is the section to which
| the national capital must look for its prin-
The grand jury of New York declined last
week to fndct Wesley NJ. Oler, the pres
ident Of the American Ice Company; AS a
| result Of the proceedings against him. It
| Is suggested. Washington, Baltimore and
Philadelphia will be supplied in preference
| to New York.
Amount Of Ice Harvested.
The amount of Ice harvested in certain
years in the Maine ice fields shows the in
! furious effect following the comparative
abandonment Of those fields Since 1899.
when ice factories began to spring up all
| over the country the amount Of Ice har-
vested In Maine has steadily diminished.
| The Hudson river ice Is considered vastly
inferior to the Maine article, and Mr. Kim
| berry admits that the Kennebec Ice Is IN
1 some respects. superior to the manufactured
! product He says that it lasts longer per.
| haps. but at the same time declares that
many people prefer the manufactured Ice
Other authorities differ with Mr. KIM
berry about the virtues of manufactured
| Ice, compared with Kennebec. The latter rs
| not only harder, they say. but Is more
| healthful. 1t is scientific fact of decided
/ interest that a typhoid fever germ Will live
4 III q cake OF Ice lOr three HOHldS.. III eiiS
manufactured article the germ may have a
| chance, for the ice. as a rule is not Kept
| more than few days as matters now
| stand. But 1t Is pointed out that the typhoid
| fever germ would have no chance In cake
| of kennebec ice-even should there be any
| germs in that famous water which, 1t IS
claimed, Is as pure and free from contaml-
1 nation as is any crystal spring in the world
The ice of necessity, is kept for months be-
fore being used. The ammonia used In
manufacturing ice is objectionable to some
people and by others is considered IN
| healthy. The American Ice Company offi-
Gals say that they would rather 'handte
Kennebec ice than deal in the manufac-
| tured article for the reason that 1t is more
| profitable. A difference of opinion therein
| exists however. Some of the dealers claim
| that the American Ice Company has prac-
| tically abandoned the Maine fields in some
places because Of the cost of shipping the
| ice to the points of distribution.
Should Have Storage Facilities.
| Those who have made a study of the sit
| uation take the view that this city should
4 not have to depend upon the wind and
weather and a few manufacturing plants
for a necessity With proper storage ia
cilities the recent shortage could have been
| avoided, 1t is believed e..
| General Manager Kimberly says that IN
July and August $50 tons will supply the
city on very hot days, and that LILO tons
will meet all requirements on normal days
! in the summer.
Careful inquiry however, gives rise to
| the belief that Mr.. Kimberly bases his APP
proximate estimate Of the requirements Of
| the city on what has been supplied during
the very hot weather rather than what
| could have been used to advantage.
The shortage and increased price nave
somewhat reduced the amount that has
| been supplied to the city trade.
| The American Ice Company officials say
that they are operating the same number
of wagons as last summer Mr.. Kimberly
| states that there is one less wagon being
used from the 9th street station and one
| more wagon being used from the George
| town station. One of his teamsters, how
ever, says that only about ninety wagons
| are being used this season, as against 100
| last season.
| Mr.. Kimberly announced the number Of
| wagons being used by the American Ice
| Company to be 1OO-28 from the George
| town station, 81 from the 9th street sta
! ton and % from the plant at 18th and E
| streets northeast.
| Loading the Wagons.
Some Of these wagons have not been run
| recently because there was no ice with
which to load them. There seems to be suf-
| fcient wagons to do the work. The ques-
ton is to procure the ice to put in them
during the remainder Of the summer. Prac-
| tically no ice is stored here at present, the
amount being SO small that it Is not worthy
Of consideration In Georgetown. under the
! control Of the American Ice Company, are
| four storage ice houses their total capacity
being 5000 tons. They constitute Station 8.
is storage capacity for 1900 tons. At the
| two stations at the foot of 9th street,
known as No. and No. 4, there is storage
capacity for total Of 1900 tons. If the
| stations were filed, sufficient ice would be
available to supply the city for six hot
| days.
The Chaplin & Sacks plant includes a
modern storage house with a capacity of
10000 tons. 1t is built with hollow tiled
| walls and is in every way up to date. The
Heurich Brewery has a storage house with
| a capacity of 5000 tons The total capac-
ity of the storage plants Of the other COM
| panies probably amounts to about 5000 tons.
| Should all these houses be packed during
| the winter 1t is doubtful If they would af-
| ford ice in plenty for the early spring sup
ply should Washington grow in population
| and in other ways at the rate Of the past
year. AS there is little or no ice in any
| of these storage houses this city must look
to the Maine supply and the output of the
local plants for the remainder Of the sum-
| mer.
In this connection the city will never
| again be confronted with conditions as at
present, according to Mr.. Kimberly.
| The storage houses controlled by the
American Ice Company, with the exception
| of that of the Chaplin & Sacks Company,
| are said to be practically worthless They
| would not keep ice properly for any length
! of time in very hot weather. Mr.. Kim
| berry says that by next summer the situa-
iton will be improved All of the old stor-
age houses are to be thoroughly modern
| lied, it Is explained, SO that they will hold
ice without causing the company any ma
| terial loss by meltage.
| Plans for Next Season.
"By the first Of next May" Mr.. Kim
| berly states, I'VE will have 5O,OC9 tons of
| ice in storage here. We will repair the
old houses and build some new ones. We
| must, of course, have room for the ice
that we expect to make next winter. Dur
ing the cold weather there will be not
more than Is tons of the ice that is made
by the Chaplin & Sacks plant used For
$50 days, at least, that plant will be manu-
| featuring ice at the rate of 200 tons per
day that will have to be stored. Thus we
will have $4,000 tons from that plant, and
we shall fill our other storage houses which
will have capacity Of $500 tons, making
a total of $4,000 tons on hand with which
| to begin the summer of next year"
Mr.. Kimberly says he does not anticipate
any further shortage in this city. In addi-
| ton to the schooners Barrett and Worth
ington. which will arrive here soon, ad-
| vices received are to the effect that two
| other SchOOnerS with a total "a roo IF ono