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THE ICEMEN ARE SLOWW. E. LLEWELLYN 8AY8 THERE ‘r~W!t-L l3E NO REDUCTFoN-INPRICE THIS YEAR.Unless Weather Gets Cold and More Harvested—Not as Much in Houses as Last Season.TV K. Llewellyn, the well knowiT iceman, stated this morning that the quantity of ice that has been harvested is much less than the total amount of lee harvested last 'year He stated that the weather of the last se\enty-t\vo hours has greatly interfered with the ice harvest, and It was necessary to abandon the Ice harvesting yestcrdaHo stated that the recent warm weather has had a most remarkable effect on the ice. Even on tho still ,wa£er tfest of the cityv where he ha» a fields the spring' water wo*e the ice down from twelve inches to seven and eight inches, and on the river the ten inch ice was worn from ten inches to four and five imhes.The quality of the ice this year Is excellent The water in the river and side streams has been exceptionally clear and fret from foreign substan-cfs that make the ice dirty and Injures it for household uses.As to -the price of Ice. he stated that he did not believe that there would be much reduction this year. The reduction would depend upon th^ weather for the remainder of the winter. He stated, however, that Uie weather may turn cold and that ice in sufficient quantities may be harvested so that there might be some reduction. He did not believe that there would be any reduction if additional ice is not harvested.Iilt;lt;t1
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Sterling Evening Gazette
Sterling, Illinois, US
Fri, Feb 14, 1908
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