The Winslow mail., 1926-04-30
CITY council TO |NAUCURATE
MUNICIPAL ICE DELIVERY
SERVICE At PRICE REDUCTION

Winslow is to have municipal ice
distribution beginning May first at
a reduction in price of over rs per
cent.
This decision was reached by the
city council, following two sessions
of the city governing body, the
first held last Friday, while at a
recessed meeting Monday night af-
ter much discussion and delving
into figures the decision was reach
| ed.
The matter had been pending
| since late last January when Mayor
Douglas began work looking to-
ward municipal distribution of ice
to the public at reduced rate, the
ice to be handled by the city to
consumer on strictly cost basis.
Correspondence with Santa Fe
officials at Los Angeles, covering a
period of over two months, finally
reached point where the city was
offered the contract of purchasing
the ice at the big plant here at a
figure that would allow the distri-
button at a considerable reduction
over the price charged during the
past year by the local private con-
Germ.
At last Fridays meeting, called
for the special purpose of consider
ing the proposal, considerable dis
cussion was held and the matter
was allowed to rest until Monday,
in order that city officials might
confer with the Southwestern Ice
company relative to taking over
their equipment and books and 9TH
er matters necessary for the op-
GRAFTON of the delivery service.
A conference Monday afternoon
by Mayor Douglas and members of
the council and officials of the COM
pany was not productive of results,
it was announced, although it was
said that slight reduction in the
price of ice would result if the
the distribution. Monday night
with a quorum of the council pres
ent, after considerable further dis
cussion and compiling of figures
of purchase, handling and other de-
tails that would enter into the ice
distribution question favorable ac-
tion was taken, Councilmen Gill
lard, Black and Edwards voting in
favor of the move, which was con-
Cured in by Mayor Douglas.
Councilman Holm, who was in
favor of postponing the action for
four or five days longer, he said,
in order to look further into the
proposition, voted against the pro-
posal, although later in the even
ing he joined the other members
of the city governing body in the
purchase of trucks and providing
equipment to handle the business.
Mayor Douglas and the other coun-
cilmen present expressed the opin-
ion that further delay in taking
the step would, in their opinion, be
of no benefit in answer to Council
man Hohn's stand, and whose
motion to delay the procedure did
not receive a second.
Following the decision the coun-
Gil voted to purchase two light
Ford delivery trucks and other
equipment necessary, while City
Engineer Lendecke was empowered
to construct small ice storage
box at the city hall, where custom
ers failing to receive service from
the delivery trucks might call for
ice.
A schedule of rates was then dis
cussed with the result that the
council finally adopted the follow
ing schedule, which in the aggre-
gate is about 25 per cent reduc-
tion over previous rates being
charged, it was announced:
100 Pound pieces (or larger), per
100 pounds, Soc; so pound pieces.
per piece, 35c; 25 pound pieces,
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