The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-06-20
WADSWORTH HAS
SOMETHING ON MEDINA
PLANS LAID TO ENLARGE
MUNICIPAL ICE PLANT
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The season has arrived when Medina
citizens come up against the mo ice
today" story. This in spite of the
fact that they are forced to pay al
most any Price that is asked-which
ranges anywhere from $14 ton on
up.
An artificial ice plant was talked of
recently but the promoters of the
scheme found it impracticable as the
plant they had was not sufficiently
large to supply anywhere near the
amount needed, and larger plant
could not be installed here until
winter, or late fall. ....
That there is a demand here for ice
is evidenced from the fact that outside
parties, on the strength of the new
plant rumor, endeavored to secure four
tons daily, while several smaller
towns within the county expressed a
like desire. There is possibility
that a ten ton plant will be installed
here this fall and winter and be in
shape for the trade next summer.
Compared to conditions here, the fol-
facts as they exist in our neighbor-
ing town of Wadsworth as stated in
the Banner-Press give rise to the
claim that in at least one thing that
village has put it considerably over
Medina:
While surrounding cities are on the
verge Of an ice famine, Wadsworth is
moving complacently along enjoying
regular deliveries of artificial ice.
And the price we are paying-50c
per hundred pounds delivered or 30c
per hundred at the Platforms re-
markably reasonable in these days of
high costs.
The chief regret that Wadsworth
has to face in connection with the ice
plant is that it's capacity is not twenty
tons per "a hours instead of ten tons.
The plant could sell all it could manu-
facture in the next three months and
realize a good profit. Under the
limited capacity it is a question
whether the output will be sufficient to
care for Wadsworth's needs alone dur
ing the hot weather we may expect in
July and August. Already local con-
sumption has almost reached ten tons
per day and it may be. necessary to
limit the supply customers may pur-
chase a little later on.
Up to a week ago occasional loads
of ice were sold to out of town parties
and farmers in the vicinity of Wads-
worth were permitted to purchase
what they needed. This policy was
changed Friday when all sales outside
of Wadsworth village were cut off.
The plant is owned by the citizens of
Wadsworth and it felt that their de-
mands must be supplied before any
others are considered.
That there is heavy demand from
outside is shown by the fact that one
truck load of ice was sold to Barber
ton early last week. The next morn
ing eleven trucks were at the plant
in an effort to secure a supply. All
went home empty.
The Diamond Match company has
offered to buy from rs to 1000 tons
OF ice from the local plant at the
highest market price. Once again Of
fcials found it necessary to give back
the laconic reply-nothing doing.
From these facts it is apparent that
Wadsworth must eventually limit its
citizens on the amount of ice they
consume or enlarge the plant so that
an adequate supply may be always on
hand. A storehouse in which the ice
manufactured in winter can be held
over to meet the summer demand is
an absolute necessity and should be
built in either case. The additional
expense of running to capacity
throughout the winter is very slight
in comparison to the returns and is
virtually matter of economy. But
there must be a storehouse in which to
keep the ice.
The original idea of Mayor Boyer,
relative to the ice proposition, was
the installation of a Is to 20 ton plant.
The opposition which developed to the
experiment" caused a reduction to a
lotion plant. This has made good be-
yond expectation and the people of
Wadsworth will demand enough ice
to meet their requirements if the ca
pacity Of the plant must be doubled.
Fortunately it is built on unit basis,
so that enlargement would not prove
a serious matter