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LARGE ICE PLAN!?f\WILL RELIEVE A NEED INSARASOTA C OI NTYIWlwre There Has Been a Shortage During theSummerjin-1 i**f in ?r.«- *«■♦- shortage! problem in Sarasota ami eons iderahh ! i el iff in the southern and cent ralpar?' f Saravota cM.nt' i- promi--1¥ in the announce men? made !day bv W L. Mclt; ’art v, \ i( * -r)!N*lt;id* n? !o; the A!bee lt;’• »n s t ruct i« n Clt;»mpan v o‘ Venice-Nokomi'. iu^t ac he wa* ileaving: on a hurried hu-sne*. trip to NVw York in connect - r uith hi'firm’' $ 1 ,000 huildmjr programat the White Citv **n C* Gulf. Mr.14*4 *MeCart y stated that a vioup * f \Yn- \ ’ tce-Nok*»mis men hav* decided to erect an ice fdant at * he tvvn cities. Realizing that the** is a vervwgreat need for more c»* plants in Sarasota county/’ Mr. McCarty said, “a group «*f Venice-Nok mi« men decided to make a canva- in Sarasota,Enifelwood, Osprey and Venice-No-* komi* t«» ascertain wha? -upport wecould gret in forming a com nan v to* •put in sych a plant and also to see what the demand wa- !■ i a ereaterj ice supply.lt;He found that th« demand f* r [more ice even jrreat* r than appear * , elt;! on the surface when \\** nr*t con-! aide red the proposal an! i- for hack-; in* in financ ing: the pr «■*•? lt;ur canvass . f a few hours re u*r»*l us thatif ere. igrh actual noou*. a lt;is?-»nce to}guarantee the enaction **f the* proposed plant. Having ohta ned the assurance will fro forward at once I with the formation of * he ice firm and after fha* will ktcgrin the construction «.f the plant a’ th«* earl e«t p«»s-i sihle moment. The AI bee ^ -ndriu--'i ..tion Company will erect the building:. While I am in New York I will attend to equipment details, etc ’According: to Mr. McCarty, his a*-j aociates in the proposed ice p!ant include Stephen Alhee, superintendent of the Venice-Nokovni* development owned by hi* brother. Dr. Fred H. Alhee, and W. O, Packard, selt; retary-treasurer of the Alltee Construction Company. The firm will build an ice [plant with a capacity of twmtv-fiva tons per day at the outlet.The new ice plant is to serve need* at VenieC-Nokomi* first and w !l provide for Osprey and Englewood and will take care of Sarasota if nv users there care to make use of the additional supplv Mr. McCarty 'tated before his departure that arrange-meats could be made by Sara ot ana to truck such ice a- they requir* from the new plant. The Venice-Nokomis plant will provide a much-needed supply for the fish indu«tr\ ?n thatsection of Sara-«da Countv *!«lt;*.
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Bradentown Manatee River Journal Herald
Bradentown, Florida, US
Thu, Oct 08, 1925
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