The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-07-18
ELLIS ICE COMPANY MAKES
STATEMENT ON PRICES

l. the quantity of ice that you have beer
!, getting. informed my customers a
= the beginning of the season that
' would sell ice at the same price a.
last season, eighty cents blocked ont
or $1.O0 weighed out. have kent
my promise on my own manufacture
but as to car ice | can not weigh II
out at one cent per pound. You are
all well aware of the fact that have
gone to a very heavy expense since
last season III constructing cold
storage. now have storage capaci-
ty OF l25 tons which means little
better than car loads. | thought
at the beginning of the season that I
had plenty of ice to bridge me over
without ordering any cars. Six ear
loads season above the capacity Of
the plant heretofore has supplied
all demands. Knowing that | was
not going to have enough ice in
storage, after | had pulled all the ice
from one storage room, I commenced
to ordering cars the first of July.
When l had at least 80 tons of ice of
my own manufacture in storage.
l have been carrying this so
tons to bridge over the promis-
ed ice famine in the hot
month of August. There was an ice
famine last season in the month of
August. We are sure to have a re-
pitition this year if this hot weather
continues, in fact there is almost a
famine now. | can not get a car of
ice short of Henderson or Evansville.
The last car got out of Hendersn
/ | had to place my order a week be-
fore hand. / have been ordering
these cars, purely to accommodate the
people, and to avoid an ice famine in
Hartford, if possible. / have lost
money on every car l have ordered
| this season. Have received cars
this season and ! know that the
cars lost me at least 100000 and
have received one car out of Evans
VILE that cost me 20 cents per cwt.,
(S14.00 per tom put in the cold
storage, not making any estimate of
the damage to my tank while placing
this car in storage. This damage can
only be estimated approximately,
even by the best practical ice and
cold storage men. 1t takes at least
3 hours to place car of ice in stor-
age. Ask any practical ice and cold
storage man what the damage is to a
5 ton tank to keep the cold storage
doors open. of storage that will
hold at least 100 tons. Then add
this to 40 cent ice and see what a re-
fir geratOr car costs delivered out of
Evansville. not allowing for any
shrinkage. Ice shrinks at least 20
per cent in a refrigerator car. In
view o. this fact how can you expect
me t. sell ice at cent per pound2
Ice will cost less weighed out of a
refrigerator car than box car. The
shrinkage is not near so heavy. AS |
stated above | have 80 tons of my
own ice in storage. l will sell this
at so cents per 100 pounds blocked
out or $1.00 weighed l believe
that | will need at least or more
cars above capacity of plant l will
make this proposition to any RESPONSE
Bile man: Twill turn all the cars over
20 hin that | will have to have above
the capacity OF my plant and will
give him a bonus of $1,000 on q car
to start with. Will furnish him
hooks, picks and wagon free of
charge and will furnish delivery
cost me, provided he will deliver ice
at cent pound and take care of
my wholesale trade at $500, seven
blocks to the ton. | will also promise !
him that will not sell a pound of I
ice from my plant as long as he has |
any This proposition will make /
money over the basis at which !
have been putting ice out. l offer
ed a responsible man $500 to take !
the last car off my hands rather .
than put it out on the basis | have |
been putting my own ice.
Now, as to the price of my own ice.
Ice was cheaper last year and is now
cheaper than ever before in Hartford.
Ice was never. retailed for less than
so cents a hundred blocked, mot
weighed.) | have been getting 80
cents blocked out. Prior to my
of the plant ice was
sold at $1.OO per block of 500 pounds.
| get $l.50 for the same size block
You see | have only advanced 80
cents on the hundred and so cents on
the block of 500 pounds. | will sell
any one block of ice on my platform
for $3.50. This is as cheap as you
can get block of ice anywhere.
will ask you these questions; What
was greensboro getting at retail for
Ice prior to the war? What was Louis