Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-17
ICE PLANT LEASED AND
]. CLOSED, SAYS COMPLAINT
Labor Leader Tells Food and Fuel
SO Administrators of Alleged
Abuse.
TO BE CURTAILED
{ Ice for Soda Fountains and Ice Cream
Factories Cut From 40 to 60 Per
Cent-Limit Also for Boarding
Houses and Private Families.

y ffty-ton ice plant is kept idle here
bytice interests whose business ii is
alleged TO have effected. according 70
a complaint filed with the food and
fuel administrations yesterday by IL.
y. Monett. president OF Painters and
Paperhangers' Union No. lois, acting.
he said. for the Central Trades and
Labor Council
The plant in question is located in
First Street. the site of the old
Globe Theater. and is said TO be owned
by man named HirschberE. now re-
siding In Brooklyn. II is alleged TO
have been leased by certain ice deal
crs here several years ago and closed
by them 10 decrease the ci:y's total
output
The output OF this plant alone. IL
running at full capacity. said Mr..
Morett. would be sufficient 10 supply
Barton Heights Jackson Ward and. in
fact the entire north end OF the city"
Air. Mofctt went on 20 say that III
Barton Heights there had been posi-
tive suffering from lack OF ice. case
in point being woman with Il sick
cch;id who was unable 20 get any ice
"A, all for the little one and another
case being a loss of a refrigerator full
o: food from inability to secure ice
during the very hot weather OF n few
days past.
VI ARD TO GET LABOR
TO PULL THE ICE
Edward r. Fuller secretary of the
buchanan Springs Company. said last
might that the chief difficulty the ice
men were having was in securing Ia
Dor to pull the ice. His firm was in
need OF a number OF men. he stated.
As to the complaint of Mr. Moffett. Mr..
, F,r,lcr said he knew nothing OF the
facts save that there had once been
5, small ice plant out on North First
street He did not know what had
become of il. but understood tha' IL
had been out of business several years
and presumed that any machinery WIN
which il had been equipped would now
be out of date
The Richmond Ice Delivery Corpora
lion issued lengthy statement yes
s,1erday in which it was pointed out
that what was termed pupic hES-
teria' was 4 large factor in having
brought about the present shortage or
ice. ,a,,
1.-The difficulty in securing proper coal
the shortage Of labor. the heat. the u"-
usually heavy demands OF the recent
not wave from army camps Tor the'r
hospitals and small towns with no ice
nIants OF their own and the fact that
;hc output of one whole plant NC
Sweeney's, has been commandeereo by
the government. all were given as con-
t-ibutinE causes toward the present
grave shortage
LARGE SHIPMENTS OF ICE
co OUTSIDE OF CITY
Upwards Of 10000 tons OF ice
have been shipped out OF Richmond
,nfnis season the ice men declare. The
Richmond Ice Delivery Corporation
strongly defended its drivers in the
statement issued yesterday.
"a great majority of our drivers
the corporation declares, ARE straight
forward. honest, hard working men
and are trying to treat the public
right, and should be given credit for
IT, We admit that we have had. and
may have now. some undesirable men
condition which every firm has to
contend with, but their wvongdoinEs
are corrected by the company as fast
as they reported.
THE company does not fee! that
hey should he held responsible for
these mistakes unless their attention
IS called o them The ice dealers have
.Xertcd themselves to supply the pub
lio. fairly. They have sought earnestly
IL give the poor whether white or
black, the best service possible. and if
Inc people vii! only keep their heads
and use as little lee AS possible for a
few days. th@i. !jitua y!on will he re-
lievcd. In ,at meantime let IL be re-
membered that Richmond is much bet
tor off than many cities in the state"
ttRTAtL SUPPLY FOR
SODA WATER AND ICE CREA VI
Heavy consumers OF ice in Richmond
VIII of necessity hc compelled TO rec
oacile themselves 20 doing without
their normal supply for the present ac-
cOrdinE TO a decision reached al the
conference of ice men and food admin
!strat,on officials Yesterday The soda
fountains viii suffer most. as. in the
opinion Of 'hc food administrations soft
'riHkS and ice cream are purely lux
uTies. the absence o. which Will entail
70 great hardship on patrons OF these
places.
Ice consumers have been divided into
rye classes IN tho general schedule OF
reductions in the purchase of ice hos
nitais alone be!nC exempted from the
fuling; but even they ~" asked to r.,
strict their demand. to actual need;
and to exert care TO conserve in every
way possible Tho scale OF reductions
IS as follows.
FIRST class-Soda water fountains
and places OF refreshment. co nor cont
second clasS--lce cream ,na,,ur,c,ur
eTs. 80 per cent,
Third class - Boarding-hous and
large families using in excess of af,v
pounds daily 23I-& per cent,
Fourth class Families usin, b..
daily. % per cent.
fiftn class Families using less IN, ,
twenty-five pounds daily. no r.dnctinn
Butchers. IL was decided. viii n. -
lowed 10 use just sunicitn, ou.n,i,ia.
OF Ice TO keep their meats frn,r, -',
ing, ''" spoil