Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1914 — ICE HOUSES FILLED WITH SPLENDID QUALITY [ARTICLE]

ICE HOUSES FILLED WITH SPLENDID QUALITY

F. G. Kresler Estimates That He Has 1,500 Tons to Supply Community During Heated Season.

The fear that there would be no natural ice is an annual one, but it began to look quite threatening this year until the cold spell which started two weeks ago. Frank G. Kresler completed the packing of his supply this Thursday, afternoon, although the main force was through Wednesday and were paid off that evening. He estimates that his supply of ice will care for the needs of this community the coming summer and that he has 1,500 tons or a little more in his three ice houses on the bank of the ice pond. The quality is excellent, the ice varying in thickness from 8 to 11 inches.

It is quite probable that Mr. Kresler will install a refrigerating plaht in Rensselaer some time this summer and that after this year he' will manufacture ice instead of packing the natural kind. •