Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29
Will |. IMPORT / ICE;
@ALERs I0Pl)(l
Cent Cut to Mhole l's
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|lers Also Decided on at
Conference.
NOT ALARMED

YolIowing q two-hour conference In
taS bee OF Hearth Onioer Fowler
Wkshington's ice conservation COM
tn5tee announced at / o'clock THU
afeernoon that a barge containing
1870 tons of ice would leave the Hud.
su9 river tomorrow. night for the
G8pital, to beS followed by other
MEges at intervals-of three or fohl
local companies. it also. was an
n4anced, have agreed to pool theil
sA&plus stocks, 50 that ice may be
ga tomorrow from all platform sta
chs. This equalization plan is ex-
pIfted to have immediate eHecf IN
narrowing the situation.
tales OF ice to wholesalers. 1t was
a4sed at the conference, shall be
cuft9iled 30 per cent, 80 that small
consumers shall not be deprived OF
necessary supplies.
.;,Commtttee Issues Statement.
W. b. Westlake. president Of the
Federation of Citizens associations
and a member of the committee, to-
morrow will be provided with a desk
in Dr.. Fowler's Office, where he will
assist the health lof1icer- in dealing
ton. Daily reports will be furnished
as. to production ana consumption.
The committee plainly is not alarm
ed over the outlook. 1t believes there
has been undue hysteria- 1t insnsd
the following statement after today's
meeting:
IF the ice consumers in the District
of Columbia wIu exercise q reasenA-
BILE economy during the next four
weeks there viii be mot the slightest
danger OF an ice famine.
THE present ice production in the
twenty-four hours; the consumption
amounts TO about i,5e0 tons per A4y.
There Is at the present time a reserve
supply o6 about 12I0o0 tons. The
American Ice Company has arranged
for the purchase of Hudson river Zoe,
and the nrst barge containing LOCO
tons VIII leave The Hudson river to-
marrow night, to be followed by q
thonsand-ton barge eEery fsur or five
dayh
the committee has arranged with
the ice companies to curtan sales to
All 1ho4esale consumers thirty Per
cent In order that the amaH consum-
ers may not be deprived of their nee
essary supply.
-Arna1gemenfs have also been per-
fected for drawing on the reserve dee
suppv TO = sufncient extent to &C
trfbutfAG points 10 the small nOn-
sumner in twanty-nre pound lots.
1t h the plain dnty Of all residents
of the city to conserve ice at This time
~ mecon1n1g fhe aef.ioe "a Ice In
wHter and taa or serving ice with
foods.
fhe committee has found that the
ice misunderstanding plants in taais CITY
are running 10 fun capacity, that
there IL neither shortage Of material
that these are not factors in the pres
emit nitaat3on. Azranxements have
also been made nv Which fhe ssryn-
mittee wfn he kent congtsmffr a.
vioaA pf The nttuafion. and Il ens 4
steaa Win - 4rlrer - sS. =. -.
heIIds a ~ 1nail ns,rsasr1sT u
~The 1nagt ,e0ec4iRe ~ nns,.4 l,,...
thrpuxh the axrte0aft. eaerfa, ~ ~
10 reduce TO fhe Eindrnnm -En.uire-
ROM veearF TI.f - h..,a ,.sFse,
siackers ,nrs-ss,,s NJ. ~
:
MANY Homes rH3f3sonf rce
wnile the hest wsve continued me
and 1ower. HUNDREDS Of homes were
nH ace: Many .eda fountains
drs-ars 80. ~-c1Sz -. - - s.1k
ed Int 1sctions. acoording 20 CD
sefyeEA we're the southeast and uail-
tfA northwest. In soEher DaxfH Of
the city ice. afthpugh mot In the a1uual
Qn1nt1f3ea. could be Aitniued.
"A tin Heu11ch aalxut. usmr 2s6h
ana Water st1eeis, Jsmss n Green.
mnnnGHr. eatiUrted tl.af n IsS~f
1.oOD 1eraunB wouia ne nerved 0ifh
tWaHty -6xe-DDnnm AlDoks N Zoe 0Ur
Is Dants each during the day, Nxrfv
tnas naming Ane 6ormeh Gnd has
At this point. where the aaryest ayafl-
able storage Of ice is supposed to be.
small dAalArD Aned nn IT was nnid,
all day long. only to be turned away.
Threughouf the day dealers were
'phoning Into the plant beeEfnx .snsS
Pieading for Zoe, Mr.. Green stated.
availslhae storage amount were re
leassd today at the Heurich plaut. OF
this amount 100 toms wxre Eiren IN
the feEuaar rosxte wnxuns of -fi,e nnn-
panH. diftV or sixty tons wera r.iusr -,
the small SlaaleD RcrustpxneN - - a
thdir wagons nj taIis p0inf aud -f....t-
or Afty tons wont 10 the .sS.1asssst
trnle sseh
oes 1u1m EARLY.
t- <h,.
'N's . dfne srsreen
fofm1ny Mt the Chapfn-Sacks doe
plant, near 1st and M stpeet. ,,r,,t,,-
Il -. -r.-t-,,,, - . .s.Su.aes T1nnfnB
yer a. .-...aIsa ~ s1Psy OF zuD tons
T,sr,..d ,oa.e u :. OF TINS emonnt was
49, .,sxS- - NsA.S Eo6 0iHI netEnDor-
Ssrs1 t,,s. .T.e. s..SM SACKS eetd
sS;s 1870 ..a sDon InEt 30 13r ~
= "s enteraeo Lhe Crisis
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