Evening journal., 1915-03-01
merger Of CITY
ICE COMPANIES
IS ANNOUNCED
Diamond and Consumers
Businesses Now Under
One Head
Warmers OUT OF
The Coal BUSINESS

Announcement is made today of
changes affecting three prominent
companies in this city-the Diamond
Ice and Coal Company, the Consum-
ers Ice and Coal Company and the
Charles Warner Company.
The arrangements agreed to and
placed in effect today by board meet
ings OF these companies provide for
the consolidation of the Consumers
Ice and Coal Company with the Dia-
mond Ice and Coal Company, continu-
ing with the corporate title of the
Diamond Ice and Coal Company. With
this change, Charles Warner retires
ass president and Alfred d. Warner,
Jr., retires as treasurer of the Dia-
mond Company, and Miller Stradley is
elected as chairman of the board,
George s. Capelle as president and
Wilmer Stradley as treasurer of the
enlarged Diamond Ice and Coal Com
pany. Charles II. TenWeeges will
continue as general manager and G.
A. Dunning continues as vice-presi-
dent of the Diamond Company.
The new board will be constituted
as follows: George S. Capelle, Ernest
dupont. George A. Dunning, II. F.
Hansell, Jr., r. Allen Hilles, W. w.
Laird, f. w. Pritchett, S. X. Smith,
Miller Stradley. Wilmer Stradley,
Charles ID. Stradley, c. H. TenWeeges,
L. Scott Townsend, T. J. Ward, f. S.
Whitten.
Coincident with this consolidation Of
the ice companies of the city, the Charles
Warner Company withdraws from its
active interest in the retail ice and coal
business in Wilmington and has disposed
of its stock holdings in the Diamond Ice
and Coal Company.
This change on the part Of the Warner
Company is in line with its general pol
icy of concentrating its efforts ON tho
manufacture of lime products aud SINH
lar materials for the building, chemica
and agricultural trades in the Easter
section of the United States The War
ner Company will still maintain genera
offices in Wilmington and will continu,
to operate their retail building suppl,
yard in this city as a branch of then
main business.
The consolidation of the ice and Goa
companies, to be operated by the Dia
mond Ice and Coal Company, is planned
I for the purpose of improving the ser
vice and quality of materials being
served to the citizens of Wilmington, as
well as for the purpose of effectine
economies in operation arising out OF
consolidated management.
The old Diamond Company has
two large. modern plants in this city,
and together with the Consumers Ice
and Coal Company's modern natural
ice plant at Icedale. the new Diamond
Company will have a yearly output OF
10000 tons of ice. This assures az all
times to the people of Wilmington
and vicinity ample ice of the highest
quality, and by this consolidation II
is now possible to effect economies in
wholesale trade by making rail ship
ments to consignees direct from Ice
dale. thereby affOrding the opportun-
ity of reserving the greater portion OF
the output of the Wilmington plants
for the demands of the local trade.
The consolidated company also an
ticipates, without in any wise affect
ing the promptness of delivery or ser
vice, that consolidation Of certain OF
its outlying routes can be made where
two teams have heretofore been serv-
ing sparsely settled sections.
The new general offices of the en-
larged Diamond Ice and Coal Com
pany will be opened on or about April
I at No 911 Market street. where the
offices will be located permanently
These changes take effect today
with the transfer Of properties and in
stallation of the new officers of the
Diamond Ice and Coal Company al
today's directors meeting of the com
panies interested.