New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-16
have been made in each Successive 20
greater supply for the New-York market. TIE -hoie
amount actually obtained during the las; four

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! The greater psrt of the last quite NJ
/ favorable, u.iich than the preceding, or a
| greater quantity would have been secured. Until
near its coee the ice-leeers expected very short
Weld; aud some offered - cents hundred pounds Ia
be suppled
The sources Of these supplies situated NJ consd-
ernble distances from the city and mainly Z. deren:
points upon the Hudson River, or near it. From the
following statements, may form Approximate
estimate OF the amount Of ice that is housed Is
sought TO be Lou.ed annually, from each source:
| The Knickerbockcr Company have ioe-houses with
storage capacity follows at Rockland Lake, houses
covering four acres and capable Of containing 900
tuns; at Highland Lake Fort Montgomery, $1,000;
at Esopus 23 eco; and at Rhinebeck AMI other points
on the Hudson 60 Geo ;uns. Rockand Lake is st
distance of 81 miles from New.Ycrk, and abou, s
| nile from the lIudscn River Its shape is somewhat
elpticsl, and resembling egg; It's length is about
mile; its circumference two aud reeourt miles and
twenty rods; and its 2S5 Is is in
deed much less than than is generally supposed even
| by those familiar with its appearanee-and We have
heard doubts expressed TO the correctness Of its sur
veyors report H. surface is ne feet above high tide
| in the Hudson. Il is surrounded by graceful sweep
Of hills To the north of it is veririeteges Hook-a
Just below Heverstraw Bay This lake consists of
unusually purc water and the ice obtained from is
as clear ano solid as pc-sible It's outlet is Of lie
sources Of the Hsckensack River. Highland Lake,
near the Hudson abou. half mile from it, !. opposite
trthOny's Nose and few miles below West Point.
II has not been accurately surveyed and it, exact
is unknown but il is not probably than third
Of that of Rockland Lake. It, vicinity j. called Fort
Montgomery, after the old fort Of that name of Rvo-
u.;orary celebrity which was there erected. Near il
| was old Font Clinton, OF equal rcnOwn.
| TIE New-York Company obtain most of their
! ice from the upper part of the Hudson La; winter
they gathered in Athens about $1,000 tuns at Cats
! kin some 60c00; at New-Baltinore, 1900, &c.
This company owns Crystal Lake at New-Rcchelle,
from which about Is 600 tuns taken last winter,
| though Tie usual yield is more. This akeet has
cutting surface of about ory acres, end the store
| houses there erected cover acre of ground This
company also obtain ice from near New London Conn,
as well rs other sources this Staie. In March last,
several Of their storehouse- at Athens destroyed
| bv fire, involving loss of % 600 tuns of ce
The convey .nce of ice 10 this city is effected entirely
| by barges towcd by stean-tugs. These arc of Pc
cuIiar construction, and in several respects are very
different from those formerly used for the same pur-
pose. A few years ago they were built to carry two
| hundred tuns--bui now TO carry sA hundred. On
| each barge there usually three hands, regularly
employed FOR the In taking the ice out from
I the -torehouses and loading the barges, from fifty to
| sizty are sometimes engaged, and portion OF
these are employed permanently. The knickerbocker
| Company has II barges with aggregate capacity
| of G,OGO TINS. The New-Yor, Company has twelve
barges with aggregate capacity OF 5000 tuus, half of
them old and half new. The latter cost from $4,000
10 sl3 OO0 The companies sell al wholesale to the ice
dealers who with their TO the hargcs and
obtain their supplies. Icedealers who are stockholders,
in either or both companies, pay the same rates for co
Il. those who have stock in them. At the barges MI
ice is sold by weight, excepting the shovel ice. The
prices Of ths year arFrom 100 to 300 ib 80 cents
per lOO H. for 500 ID and upward ~ cents per 100
Shovel ice is soi by the basket (holding bushe er
| sol, and the price for that quantity is - cents
! The New-York Company sels at Wholesale entirely,
and thus has wagons horses except those used
Mt the storelouses. The Knickcrbocker Company hns
u retail business, supplying its customers daily like
any ice dealer, but this part OF it, business IL much
more extensive than that Of any single frIn. II has
100 or more wagons, Of which about - in regular
use; 80 in New-York end ~ in Brooklyn. The num-
Der Of wagons and horses kept by dealers depends of
! course upon the extent OF their business. Most of
the dealers have from ~ 20 horses not more
than two or three The whole number Of dealers in
the vicinity of 40. The list given in Wilson's business
Directory for this year, comprises % NAMES, beside
the companies, which have in oil ten Offices a, their
barges, &C.; but as jgst intInaed, there arc con-
| siderable number of extensive dealers whose uames
! should lsve been given The whole number Of ice
wagons used in the city ia over 300; Of which shout
| one-sixth perhaps morc, drawn by two horses.
The most noticeable lesture about the ice-wsgons is
their soldy of construction and consequent weight.
A single wagon averages from LOO to 900 lb AMI
| some weigh > 100 ib. s double wagon will average
from 250O to 3c00 ID. The average cost Of the sl-
gle wagons j. slsj and Of double wagon. Of tie
class $500 for spring wagons the prices 5000 to
| $50.
The following is comparison Of the retail rates Of
this Summer and OF the last. 1t statement of the
number OF pounds of ice furnished daily during the
season to families countng-houses, Offices, etc. for
| certain iIed sums:
! ror 9c.us................. .ls.litol5 -
! forl: oent'.....'.'.'.''''''''-.'.' D.
tUr ID 5celts........................ Da.-o 70 "
| The prices Of larger qualities compared thus
1858. 1857.
For % n dsly........'.
FOI 100 2 daily % Ga
| The great hotels aud the ocean and river steamers
are the largest Of ce and, after these,
ccn,e the butchers, fish dealers, eonlectIoners, &c.
These classes Of customers charged for ice By the
un, delivered, viz; in 1853, So 80; in 1857, 50. Tho
consumption Of ice at the very largest hotels probably
| averages, ior the whole year, much as two tuns
day: in Summer amounting three daily,
and in Winter to only tun sometimes less. Tie
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