The New York herald., 1863-07-26
A WEEK WITHOUT MILK.

where Does the MILK Come Froml-Why
We Could Not Get the Usual supply
The Harlem MIX Depot and the MILK
Carts, sc.
Among annoyances caused by dstWba
the stoppage Of the usual supply OF milk The
want girls the morning of Tuesday July Ia, the day
after the Of the disturbances would look
at the clock the hands passed the hours Of six
eight and even nine O'Clock and wonder "What could
have become OF the milkman." They would rub their
eyes, and look again the tmepiece under the idea that
IL was fast that perhaps they had accidentally risen
earlier than usual. Still the milkmaD not. Break
fast announced, and yet his musical call
not be heard in many OF the streets There
milk to be had In the city-not "sumptal" What
could be the cause7 When the Croton pipes burst three
years since the OF water greatly felt but the
cutting of Of the supply o the limpd element not
greater domestic disaster than the loss OF the milk.
THE CAUSE OF THE sTorpAcE.
II appears that the excited crowd up the track Of
the Harlem Railroad above and below the bridge to pre-
troops from reaching the city This action also pre-
vented the milk trans from reaching New York until
after the could be again laid and when the rolling
stock laden with milk cans, reached the milk
depot the excitement around the vicinity remark
able strange The milk rushed 70 get the
milk ard the maids rushed to catch the milk carts and
msny mlkmen soid their stock that occasion
before they had proceeded two hundred yards from the
depot
wHERB Dos IHs nux oohx pRcnf
This question was often ashed during the time Of the
scarcity and 70 obtain 70 reporter start
ed on morning out OF town the empty milk train.
BY the word "empty' we that nothing bat empty
such articles aboard The locomotive soon
took MIN through westchester, Putnam and Dutchese
counties, and 10 his destination Undertook,
where he rested until the milk train ready 10 depart
for town.
Towy-FRsT sTArror.
He started at about O'Clock the evening and the
FIRST milk station his return Chatham, better
known as the -Four coraers and there the 1ain took
up the FIRST supply which rather email. The train
entirely special for milk freight, and although 1t
started with but few before IL reached town the
number far from being nconsderable Our reporter
then hundred and thirty miles from city
Hall and hundred and twenty-seven from the
milk depot There thirty milk stations along the
line Of irreguiariiy OF numbers arising
from stations being from time TO time located at n
termed ate points, Chatham s known as No 81.
MrIyRros-fIRsT LARGE
The train pushed 20 the station and the next
and 80 ON, picking up small supplies at each, until il
reached Millerton, a station ninetytw miles from
the New York mix depot, and known No 90
Here obtained the rst large supply. goodly
ber Of at the depot waiting the arrival q thc
train and they ready TO be taken 70 togn. BY
this the Duiehess county aud the supply
OF mix began accordingly. Here reporter
RECALLED himself with "drop Of the frcshp milk
is there Called and got up steam for fresh
xsEvlA wAssAIc
The two stations but OF email Importance
quantity concerned but sti they contributed
little. The two Amena and wassac. stuated at
eighty four and eishtyone miles from the New York
depot however, contributed pretty large supply,
raj hundred gallons o milk being ready for shipment by
tho time the train arrived. may be well 70 notice
here that the mix IS put up In cans of sire holding
twenty thirty forty nfty quarts and the bill of adng
specifies many Of each particular had been
shipped each station with the private marks there.
| on, &c.
| FuSAx oR1seE corS1M
After stopping and taking up small supplies from
three stations the train catered Putnam county
began obtain milk from that and the negbhoring
| county OF Orange At Pawlngs, about sixty. three
/ miles from the New York depot, shipped q
| fair supply; but at Paterson and Towners,
three am six niles town, the largest
supplies Of mix during the whole trip taken up
The could be counted by hundreds aud the busy
scene cf bringing the milk 10 the depot for shipment ard
the shipping Of ths same, that had TO be
10 be properly asdersieod. The effect produced
SIX miles further on, Brcwster bot no, 70 80 large
|
Asp prKpys.
These stations furneh pretty good suppy yhsh
principally taken Up BY one arm, smiths Morrlsana
dairy, Of Fortysxh street 10 this cty The cans are
all MARKED and ccrta My present presty good show
also the large array q earne and gold cooroa
ears that cali the depot o. the arrival a
the train.
COLLINS Euncs YOKE
The train had arrived IN W wesicbesor county and
from the SIX previous 70 Moant SEQ bad been
receiving hne supplies milk. The quaut.ties had not
been no large al Paterson but ft the static o. are
far from beng among the unmportant ones The
remaining statoDs Contribute zach small supplies until
by the time the had bed Harlem bridge about
twenty Ave hundred had been pot abosrds ing
revenue of about q thousand dollars for freight THIS
IN an average of daily supply and s relative value 10
| the company for carriage
| rrr sAslxs NILE Duur
ne tran arrived tho bridge shortly aftes mcnbt,
ana By hall past twelve mad reached the dept, which
ssanacd Lexington avenoe occupy ns the wAoe block
bounded BY Forty seventh and Fcy eighth streets and
lexington and sonrtn The railroad track
along TN lAst, s.turnouri connects the msin Inc wih
the bfsneh. aud the switched ~ under the
cred shed ,hst forms the depot Tbs ahed very sub
stanaily bait, and extends from 70 40,
along Forty eighth street With plat about
xa either side q tho branch track along when the
bad been switched. The whole block icoced 10
AM The area devoted 10 tho OF the ard
wagons except The soclhesst corner, which apart
1 Tor ihc freight once and restaurant
uus.ruS A,Kxrg-Br~Y sc,SN
Py oue oecrk tss ears ineir places under tbs
she resiy 10 discharge thor coaiens ON tts gt hand
nl.uorm. Ibe MA carts and waxDus b~s.u to sr,lx.