City Ice Co. Controls River

Purchased land of Andres and Western Brewery

University will build an ice house if it can get land of company--the ice co. has put up new ice houses and will plane ice

The City Ice company has purchased the ice rights and land of the Andres Ice company for $6,000 and of the Western Brewery for $2,000, and now practically control the river front from Weinmann's to the dam. On one side they own everything as far up as the bend and on the other side, they have just purchased the Andres property and leased the land beyond that way around the bend.

They have already torn down the old Andres ice houses and in their place have erected a large 40x70 ice house, the roof of which is now being put on.

The City Ice company have purchased a new ice planer from Boston and promise to put up much better ice than ever before. After the snow is swept from the ice, the ice planer is put on, drawn by horses and cuts off two inches of the ice, throwing it into piles. This will leave solid ice to be put up. The company promises to give the city the best ice service it ever had.

They are now cutting ice about 5 inches thick for present daily delivery, but are not putting up any, waiting for the ice to become at least 8 or 10 inches thick before putting it away.

The University is using about 800 tons of ice a year at the hospitals. They desire to put up their own ice and are negotiating with the City Ice company for enough of the river front to put up an ice house and to put away enough ice for their own use.