Show GE SUPPLY S SiUT It I Quantity Harvested in Utah t Nearly Exhausted BIG SHIPMENTS FROM DENVER The Mildness of the Past Winter Caused a Shortage of the Ice Crop and for the Remainder of the Season Sea-son Dependence Must be on Shipments Ship-ments and Artificial Ice Fifty Carloads to be Started from Denver Tonight Condition of Ice Plants F New Plant Not Ready Salt Lakes supply of natural ice has been practically exhausted and from now on the congealed mass Is lo be im ported from Denver On July 1st tIme rates will raise about 1 a ion except lo families who will be supplied at the old prices The Mountain Ice companys plant for the manufacture of ice was lo have been finished and in operation by this lime bul 11 wont be ready until July 15lh when It can supply all demands de-mands The first shipment of fifty carloads leaves Denver tonight and will be fol lowed by others The shortage in the Ice crop last winter was 35000 tons quite a larg figure but Manager Sweet stales that as the winter was the mildest mild-est known In years the Ice harvest suf fcMed accordingly Both the railroads are compelled lo import ice to supply their own demands which are very grcalthe icing of re frigerator cars alone requiring hun dreds of tons a week The Union Pacific Pa-cific and Oregon Short Line are to order ice from Omaha while the Rio Orando Western will get a supply from Gunnl son Cole Work on the new Ice plant of tIme Mountain company Is being pushed electric lights being used so a shift can work all nlghU The Sail Lake Ice company Is manu facturing Ice to Its full capacity but the demands are so great that the nat ural Ice will br badly needed until the new plant Is ready Several small dealers deal-ers have on hand only a limited supply so for a few wn > ks al least foreign ice will be used extensively this city |