The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-07-09
ICE FAMINE END
IN SIGHT TODAY
Factories at Last Working to
Their Full Capacity
Some of the Incidents of the Shortage
for the Local Consump-
ton.
OTHER TOWNS ALSO SUFFER-.

Politics and business as subjects OF
conversation have been 'relegated 10
an ignominious oblivion in the fam
lily circle, and the housewife with her
pitiful tale of the scarcity of ice. and
the dire results to her larder. is the
center OF attention. The two Ice dis
trlbuting companies In the city awoke
this morning to e situation worse
than yesterday and the setback In de-
liveries OF ice was further increased
by the delay In securing the commo
dity at the factory.
Al O'Clock this morning wagons
began to arrive at the factory but
that old maxim about the early bird
getting the worm was disproven com
pletely. as at noon today. some of
the wagons were stih standing at the
ice chute waiting for their first load
The South Third street factory got
into operation this morning and relief
from the ice famine seems in pros
pect for tomorrow. The First street
factory never stopped last night and
has been In continuous operation
since early Sunday morning.
Business Houses First.
Wisdom has marked the handling
OF the situation by the ice dlstr.but-
ing companies. They have ignored
the needs OF the ordinary housekeep-
ers until the big consumers have been
partially supplied. The soda water
fountains. saloons. ONCE buildings.
tFa nd nfhnr thlfR
places have been gwen nrst consid-
Grafton and this has in a measure
stopped any efectpal protest. or
course. their telephones have not
ceased 20 ring since the famine began
from irate housekeepers. but their
protest Is not public and can to lin
tied extent be ignored until the
heaviest pressure has been relieved.
Like a situation one winter In Pa
ducah during a coal famine. the
wagons have been held and Ice de-
manded whether or not II was agree
able to the drivers. Some of the
soda fountains and other public con
sumers. took no chances and doubled
on their early morning purchases. At
the offices OF the ice distributing COM
panies. the first load of ice received
at the factory was unloaded so that
any requests In person for ice could
be met. Whenever an especially
strong request for ice comes In. II isl
met. but not usually in full and some
of the drivers had instructions to
sell only a certain amount TO each
consumer. so that there would be
enough to go around.
Allowances Cut.
Il is because many consumers did
not get their usual supply yesterday
that the scarcity was felt today more
than yesterday, with the output run
ming along uniformly at the factory
Frozen desserts were rare In private
residences yesterday both on account
of the small amount OF ice received
and the lateness OF the hour It was
delivered.
Ice wagons have been forced to de-
liver ice whenever they can get i'll
from the factory, and any regular
schedules of delivery they formerly
had have been wiped out. II has
made the usual hard work much Sc
verer on the men running the wagons
There has not been any thought OF
an increase in price though many
consumers would gladly have paid 1t
to get the coveted ice. Orders re-
ceived at the factory from oHt-of-
town customers are not filled until
the local demand is supplied. To-day
I'm all probability will be the last of
the scarcity and with the second fac
tory running, no further inconven-
ience will result this summer.
lee Famine Elsewhere.
Paducah is not the only town
where the ice factory was found un-
prepared to meet the extraordinary
demand brought about by the ex-
cessive heat. according to a director
of the ice company speaking OF the
situation here this morning. They
have telegraphed to Cairo, Mound
City, Fulton, Peoria and other points
near Paducah, where ice is manu-
featured and have found them un-
able to meet more than their local de-
mands.
1--WE will be turning out 1875 tons
a day by tomorrow and there Will be'
no ice famine at all, said director
of the company this morning. For
three days we have tried to get full
crew Of laborers. either Mite or col
ored. but It has been inn ssible, and
that has been partly responsible for
the inconvenience caused. II requires
rs hours to manufacture ice,-36 to
freeze II after It has been boiled
and this extraordinary demand COM
ing so suddenly has been handled re-
markably well. Then the torn up cpn
dition of FIRST street has made II dihi-
cult for the wagons to get their lolds.
Usually a Wagon comes up. geyAa.