The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-27
Crystal Springs Co. Expects
Shipments from Another
Source This Week
HOPES TO CARE FOR
BULK OF CUSTOMERS
Feels that Increase in Price Was
Justifed-No More Coming Here
from Keene-Situadon in That City
is Becoming Acute


is Becoming Acute
Beginning this week, the Crystal /
Springs lee company expects to re
ceivc shipments of ice from a new
source, being unable to secure any
more from the Kcene Ice company.
and rs it has cut off some customers
in the outskirts il expects to he able /
to supply most Of its trade for the
rest OF the season. until n new crop
can be harvested. although the supply
elsewhere is getting low. For some
/ time the company has been anxious
/ lest il be unable to secure enough ice
! from out OF town TO keep the bulk Of
/ its customers supplied.
Early ia the year the Crystal
/ Springs company made a verbal con
tract over the telephone with q com
pauy in Rutland TO supply a certain
amount Of zee but when the need
came aui tie local company called on
the Rutland company for shipments
the latter declined to carry out the
agreement, its supply being short.
Then the Crystal Springs company
made contract with the Keeue lee
company for 20O0 tons to hc shipped
here in carload lots as desired. but
only one-thri that amount has been
shipped and the kcene company i uD-
able to supply more. Another source
of supply has been found. however.
which probably viii he sufficient nm
less there is All unusual demand from
NOW on.
At the first of the season the com
pany announced that the rate OF 30
cents Il hundred would hc increased 10
So cents 4 hundred. which was done,
and subsequently it was cut to 80
cents a hundred. - We made the i'm
crcase in order to cut down the con
sumption, = said Mrs. Frccmout Hamii-
ton, head OF the CRYSTAL Springs com
Pany. to a representative of The Re
former last night. land if we had not
done so and had run out of ice people
would have complained n great deal
more than they dill because Of the
increase in price. Even now we can
not say for sure that we Will have
enough To 90 through the season. but
we are holding a small amount in the
ice house to draw from in case ship
ments do not come regularly. Not
only was the crop short in most places.
but it froze so slowly that it did not
keep well, melting faster than usual.
We could not have begun to supply
the demand had we not been able to
buy ice out Of town.
In kecne last week drivers for the
, keene Ice company notified their Gus
toners that they would have no ice
for delivery after Saturday. The pro
, prietor Of the company, Mr.. Lane.
said Saturday that he was practically
out Of ice and although he had an
, ether carload ordered he was afraid
+ he could not set it. lie was planning
z to 90 to Burlington to Try to get
some more.
e Commenting on the shortage in
i Keene, the Kcene Sentinel of Saturday
a said:
t ''Tronble with deliveries by tho
c Keene lee company began several
weeks ago after the cold weather in
! September when the quantity used in
e the city was very much reduced. Mr..
: Lane stated recently that at that time
{ he let some of his drivers 90 and took
off some Of his delivery teams. Then
:, came the warm and sultry weather
!, which has prevailed more or less ever
!. since and the demand for ice again
= jumped up nearly to the maximum
I dIItH IT, ls.tiit SAYS ne Nui hN'l u
hard as he could to supply the demand
. putting in his time at the ice house
e himself, but was unable, without thc
" experienced men and the teams that
\ were laid off. to DO so Customers
q complained that telephone calls for is,
e were unanswered or not filled. This
y continued for some time. and then
when it grew cooler, there was les.
Y trouble, but still more or less com
q plaint. Today some of the Keen'
le Ice company 5 teams were delivering
y ice, but Mr.. Lane said that he wa
practically sold out, as above stated
lo Asked if he had not recently sold ic,
= to 90 to Brattleboro, he said that b,
i had sold two or three carloads, bu
- that it was old ice, not of very goo,
4 quality. that was melting on Iii
os hands.
1e The Crystal Springs company doe
w not regard the ice received froI
Keene as of poor quality. but say
it was of fine quality, being bette
than some that was cut here. !
= Keene there are three companies an
of they are not making much money o.
~ their home trade. 1t would be onl
natural for them to sell out of tow
Y. if they could thereby get an increas
uf in price. Mr.. Lane has announced tha
an next wear the Keene lee company WI
L.,