Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-16
situation Reached a Critical
Stage Vest erday When
Reserve Went Out.
SUPPL CUT DOWN ONE HALF
Artificial Product is Distinctly
Limited Owing to Long Warm
Weather Spell.
Real Trouble Is, However, Tint Salt
take Has Grown SO Rapidly That
Plants Arc inadequate.

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The ice situation@in Salt Lake City
reached a critical stage yesterday
# when the last of the 3,000-ton reserve
of artificial Ice which is stored every
year by the UtahsIc and Cold storage
company was taken out for distribu-
ton. There is already considerable
wailing around the city because of
big cuts being made in the daily
supplies, and this is likely to continue
until the weather gets SO cool that
ice will not be necessary, Briefly
stated the situation is this. The daily
needs of the city is from 200 to 24o
tons. depending on the weather and
the supply Is only about SO or so
tons of artificial and about SO tons of
natural, making a total OF 140 tons
per day available. It Is stated also
that the supply of natural ice will
Z be used up in the next two or three
weeks. and the peopleSw have to
20 through the most OF September
With only the limited SUPPLY of artt-
fetal Ice. III
OLD PLANTS INADEQUATE.
The cause of the shortage is attrt-
huted to the excessive hot weather.
during the month of June, as well
as the months of July and August.
thus far. but the real trouble Is said
to be the fact that Salt Lake city
has outgrnwn the plant Of the Cold
Storage company, and the Increased
population OF the city has made
demands u, on he ice companies
which they have never met
ii their history before. Ihat
In proof Of this the experience OF the
Utah Ice e Cold Storage company
+ states that Ii was compelled to draw
on its reserves this year much earlier.
-.si,aa .l1sual, and those reserves which
lin other years have held out until the,
end of September or later, have been:
cxhaustd this year Aug. Is. six or seven
weeks ahead of the time figured on.
ICE CREAM MEN HIT.
Yesterday was the worst day in the
history Of the ice cream companies of
the city 1t was impossible for them
& TO get out any of their orders until late
{ and a number Of orders We're turned
down on account of a lack of Ice The
( Franklin company uses from 100 to lSo
tons a month"; while the Kelley COM
pany needs about Is tons a day For
week phSl
been restricted, the climax being reached
yesterday. Instead Of getting their full
order they have had to be content With
about 50 per cent of their customary al s.
lowance The Crescent Cream company
q also reports a shortage, but they have
managed to rub along thus Tar WITH
out serious Inconvenience Inc con-
Kceley companies in about the same
condition as Yesterday. Both are OIL
Y the ragged edge. II T, IA
GRIEF AT DRUG STORES.
The effect Of the shortage is being
felt by the drug stores, and II their
customers are unable to get their reg
z ular allowance of cream IN the future
) they viii blame theice man. Just now
the leading drug stores report having
n sufficient ice, but their supply Of cream
Z Is cut down on account Of the troubles
of the cream people.
The Salt Lake Ice company reports
itself able to take care Of its regular
customers though 1t is not IN posi-
tIon TO care for any new ones. It's sup
: ply Is about so tons Of artificial and Az
tons of naturalSice. S.s.
The Alaska Ice company reports II
& self we'll able to care for all It's GUS
toners up to; the end of September,
though it is not able to take care OF
any more new customers number
having been taken on during the past
week s
The Hell Ice company and w, Cot
ten also report that they are unable to
supply new customers, though they
hope to be able to supply regular GUS
toners.
REGULAR CUSTOMERS ONLY.
4 1twouid seem from the report of the
3 Ice companies as obtained BY phone
and by personal talks this morning that
the householders have nothing to fear,
each company stating that regular GUS
Il toners will be- taken care off, From
what is gathered from other sources,
however. 1T seems that this is not exact
IS ~ CORRECT. as q number of cases exist
s IN the city where the housewives Whp
: take small and occasional supplies. aFe
been cut out altogether, in the efforts
s5of the companies to supply the homes
mat take larger supplies.
1t is stated that the Salt Lake Brew
cry is producing about@1 10 tons per day,
which is being turned over TO the SAT-
4 Lake Ice company for distribution IN
order to help the situation, and the
Inter- Mountain Packing company Is al
60 producing few tons a day which Is
being handled by the Alaska Ice COM
pany.
That the present shortage has been !
: helped by the unusual number of people
present in Salt Lake this summer there
z is no doubt hut for all that there Is
/ need of greatly increased facilities for
ice production, and preparations are
how under way for the installation or
additional machinery by the Utah Ice &
Cold Storage company which will in
crease the capacity OF the plant from SO |
10 $50 tons a day. General Manager 70. |
Q! Ulrich Is reported to be in the east |
now arranging for the machinery. which
& Is expected here this fall at which time
the new additions VIII be ready to re-
g..eive it. Part of 1t will be installed.
1t was said this morning. In the old
building west of the office. but the |
company will need additional boiler
s 10 being short on Ice this year the COM !
pany has also been decidedly hampered