Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-03
A NEW ICE PLANT
JOHN MoRRELL & co. WILL MAN.
UFAcTURE ARTIFICIAL ICE
THIS SUMMER
Work on Foundation Of Plant Com.
menced Today--IIiustrated Lecture
Next Week at East End Presbyten
Ian church-other East End News.

n1enced Today-lIlustrated Lecture
Next Week at East End Presbyter-
Ian church-other East End News.
Ottumwa is to have new ice plant.
John Morrell & Co.. Ltd, will erect
new plant with capacity of flfty-fiye
tons daily. This will go long way to-
ward solving the problem that has con-
fronted Ottumwa ice dealers and
householders, because Of the famine in
ice that seemed imminent.
Work was commenced this morning
on the foundation for the new plant.
| The building is to be of brick, two
stories high, but with no second floor.
1t will be 100 feet long by thirty-three
feet wide and will be located south of
| the old engine room, just north of the
fertilizer.
1t is expected to have the new plant
running within sixty days, as it will be
necessary only to build the structure
and install the pans, tanks, filters and
such accessories. John Morrell & Co.,
Ltd, have at the present time five ice
machines in operation, which are used
not for making ice, but for refriger-
ating the meat cellars. One of these
machines will be set aside for the pur-
pose of making ice.
1t is understood that nearly all of
this ice will be used by the local ice
dealers, as Morrell & Co. have enough
river ice stored for their own use for
refrigerating purposes.
| Illustrated Lecture.
| An illustrated lecture will be given
next Wednesday evening at the East
End Presbyterian church by DR.. M.
Loucks of Leighton. His subject will
be 1.-THE History of Christianity from
the Apostolic Period to the Reforma.
tion."
| A Quiet Week.
| The kill of hogs at the packing
house of John Morrell & Co., Ltd, was
small this week, only 1854 hogs being
slaughtered The receipts were also
light Altogether, it was rather quiet
week.
| Other East End Items.
| A. A. Lewis of the stock yards, who
has been sick for the past three
weeks, being patient in the hospital
during part of that time, will return to
work Monday
Mrs N. H. Webb of Texas is here
visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs.
G. j. Barnum, on East Main street.
Ben Bissell of the coopers' depart
ment was compelled to quit his work
1 last Wednesday. Mr.. Bissell, who has
been Ill. went to work a few days ago
but was unable to stand the work
/ T. Sargent of the green meat cellar
crushed the third finger on. his left
hand last Wednesday.
4 Mrs Charles Huddleston, of Rail.
road street, who has been quite Ill for
some time, was taken to the Ottumwa
! hospital last Wednesday to, be operat,
ed on for appendacitus.
4 Byron Bryar of East Main street
has been very sick since last Tuesday
I Harold Boyd, who lives at the Min.
eral Springs, slipped and fell on a
piece of glass and cut himself severely
on his left arm last Monday
4 Superintendent Bullock has bought
a fine driving horse and is building a
4 new barn on his place, on East Main
street.
John Seistrand, who resides on
Hayne street, is putting a new roof
j on his residence.
I Ed. Penney, of the local room, cut
the index finger of his left hand quite
severely last Tuesday.
j, Arthur Bean, of the fire department
. had one of the fingers of his right
hand dislocated last Monday while at
play.
j ]. Lambert, of the stock yards Of
. fee, was in Agency March Is, visiting
with friends and relatives.
/ Ed McGrath, foreman of the pipe
filters gang, was in Grinnell visiting
J at the home of his mother last Sunday
Mrs. w. H. HORNED will give lee
ture on India" next Sunday evening
at 7:45 o'clock at the East End Pres
, byterian church.
}, Misses Maude and Wayne Reynolds
of Agency were visiting with Mrs
Mike Moffit who resides on Walnut
avenue, last Thursday.
Fred and Harry Cline, of the kill
ing gang, who have worked for Mo-
rell about nineteen years, left last Sat
urday morning. They will so to st
Joe, Mo-, and begin work In one Of
] the big packing houses there.
j L. G.. Campbell, mayor of Blooming
Prairie, MINI, and friend of Geo. H
HORNED, was a visitor at the home OF
Rev. w. H. HORNED this week.
. T. D. Foster was In Chicago Friday
, of this week on business.
Buck Jasper, of the killing gang, is
off duty on account Of sickness this
. week.
: Verne Tharp, of the packing gang
is off duty this week, on account Of
sickness.
!. j. Peterson, of Clinton, was here OF
business last Wednesday.
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