Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-07-18
ICE FAMINE WAS
FACED FOR TIME
PEOPLES ICE COMPANY PLANT
SHUT DOWN; CITY WATER
WAS THE CAUSE.
AID FROM Outside FO|NI
Sixty Tons Short OF Usual supply
-Four Carloads of Ice Coming
From MuskUgce.

Tulsa almost faced an ice famine
yesterday when the Peoples Ice COM
pany l. subsidiary of the Public
Service corporation OF oklahoma,
shut down It's entire plant. officials
Of the ice company declared last
night that the conditions would be
relieved ind normal conditions re-
sumcd today -Four carloads of leo
win arrive this morning from Musko.
gee and will assist materially in meet
ing the unusually heavy demand oc.
cas.oned by the not weather
The Reason.
The superintendent of the fec
company stated positively yesterday
that the 4hlt down was caused by the
giving away Of the three boilers that
furnish Ia, power for the plant. He
said that the use Of water furnished
by the city waterworks department
had caused the boilers TO be weaken
ed The water, which contains a
great amount of salt and chemicals,
ate holes In the boilers. The same
fault has neen found by factories in
all parts II the city. II Is this same
city water that people are trying to
water flowers and lawns with, and
ally eats holes in cast iron.
The ice company has known for
some time that Just such an exigency
would arrive and they have tried in
vain to procure cars from the rail
roa1 cOmp8ny so that ice could be
shipped IN from outside points They
finally aba ldoned all their extensive
daily shipments Of ice to surround
ing town" and yesterday the crisis
came. After the plant had been shut
down the ice that was on hand In the
tanks melted and By noon all the ice
on hand had heen used up.
No Free Ice.
Only a limited amount Of ice was
sold to patrons and every effort was
made to distribute It fairly and equal
ly. Picture shows and other con-
Germs complained that they could not
secure even the smallest quantity OF
ice yesterday. The usual daily dis
tribution of free ice for poor folk
had TO be abandoned. Last night the
company officials said that they has
repaired two Of the boilers and put
Then into commission and that the
third would be working this morning
They lacked siNt tons OF Ice OF hav'
ing lee enough to nh the normal de-
mand yesterday The four car loads
from Muskogec will be distributed
with the regular output ot the plant
this morning and hy afternoon the
plant will again be working fun ca
paclty Tne ice company heads
stated thai they did not anticipate
another sh rtage during the remain.
der Of the summer
The Tulsa Ice company, the only
other concern Of the kind In the city.
Is always taxed TO its utmost capacity,
and. Of course, could do little 10 re.
lieve the situation. although the plant
was worked to the highest strain.
The excessive heat Yesterday add
ed further 10 what suffering resulted
from the ice shortage The govern
mcnt thermometer showed tenn
pcroture OF lO2 degrees Many heat
prostratlons were unoiicially report
Cd. but no serious cases were heard
Of A nun her Of horses were 20 af-
fected by The heat that they had to
ne taken from their work
The Asuhalt pavements were al
most Ike mud they were so soft and
the tar nlnrs In ia, Orlck paving
about the street car tracks stuck to
peoples shoes and at times helped
create scenes that rivalled the antics
Il flies ON 'Targlefoot' fy paper