The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-29
BIRMINGHAM HAS AN
 ALLEGED |CE TRUST
Ice Peddlers Ask An Investi- gation of City Delivery
 Company

Alleging that the City Delivery compaUrx in violation of the code of Alabama has created a monopoly by securing the outs put of the several Ice making plants in and around Birmingham and are endeay4 bring to stife competition. the ice ped- ders of Birmingham filed a petition be@ fore the board of city commissionersty tyes< terday asking an investigation of tha matter
 The petition. which reads as follows, was referred to the city attorney, who will report at next meeting:
 ''ro the Hon. Culpepper Exum. James,
 Weatherly and A. o. Lane, City Com-
 missioners for the City of Birming-
 ham. Ala:
 Gentlemen-We. the undersigned H. censed Ice peddlers doing business in the city of Birmingham. respectfully reprssent unto your honorable board the following facts which we believe constitute griev- ance. for which we seek remedy. .'1. The City Delivery company, a body corporate. doing business in the city of Birmingham. has obtained and holds con trol of the entire ice output of ice made by the following ice making plants in and aro)nd the Birmingham district, viz.: The Alabama Brewing company, Birmng- ham Ice Factory, Avondale Tee Factory. EnsleyPratt Ice company Independent Ice company, and all others that mako Ice for sale That by said act of securing and holding control of the said ice making plants the said City Delivery company and the said ice making plants are violating sections 757s. 75so and 1881. criminal code of Alabama, 1907 said sections prohibiting the formations of pools, monopolies and combines.
 "2. Said City Delivery company sells and delivers ice to consumers of ice In the city of Birmingham at the rate of ss,5o and si a ton in ton lots or over. and said City Delivery company -oper- ates ice peddling wagons In the city of Birmingham for the sale of ice by retail.
 g. Said City Delivery company re- fuses to sell ice to the undersigned at the price of s3.50 or s4 ton for ton lots or over, but on the contrary sells Ice to the undersigned at the rate of 25 cents a 100 pounds, regardless of the quantity purchased That the under signed, at the prices charged to them. pay at the rate of 8 a ton, and each and all of the undersigned are pur- chasers of ice of lots of a ton and over.
 The undersigned allege that the said City Delivery company, by refus- Ing to sell ice to them at the rates and prices sold to other consumers, and by charging them rates and prices of 25 cents per 100 pounds, do so to stifls and prevent competition With their own peddling wagons and thereby violating especially section 75s1 criminal code of Alabama.
 Wherefore, the premises considered, the undersigned respectfully petition this honorable board to investigate these allegations and. If found true. to regulate by ordinance or otherwise the sale of ice so that all purchasers of lots of a ton or over may be placed on equal footing in regard to rates and prices.
 John owens, Reed Hil Hart Smith. Norman Talbot. James Edwards, Joe Bell, A. F. Jones, Eugene Gaudy Sam Broadnax, E. J. Jordan. w. A. MMeCoy.t c. L. Griffin. W. NJ. Jackson, Moses May"