The New York herald., 1867-03-14

| creek, KINGSTON Point, Phnebeck Fiatbush fon the
| sonndl Turkey Point, Maiden and Catskil Point
Besides uese e qnarried from several points IN
Catskll creek Which have no parl,cnlar "a p III oa
OF these localities lie IN Ulster Rockland Counties
and are easily accessible. That '0s'ss'
THE BustSyss
are large may be deducei from the fact ina, thu , -
mostly in the hands OF a single company tine KacIar
booker and New York;, and from tho further fart that
corporations with monopoly have never been Known
either TO be troubled with scrupes Of or TO
lose money Ice dealers generally claim that the proata
OF the trade viii not overrun ten per the capital
invested but from the fact that the larger companies
make handsome dividends II may be argued that there
is mistake 70 settle this question
no more than brief caculatiDn based upon reliable
estimates s necessary The average OF gathering
the ice and bringing Il to the door OF the consumer viii
not exceed 81 per tom and may be distributed, the
estimates OF men in the business to be taken as
Per Ton
Cost OF gathering and housing ng...............$0 40
Cost OF shipping, loading, &c.................. 10
Cost OF distribution and delivery. ......... DO
TOTAL - %
The actual cost from quarryng delivery therefore,
Is not more than twenty cents a hundred, and If
on on the part OF dealers from whom the above table
elected, the by the including
expenses OF cartago and delivery be In Of
fifteen cents According TO their own estimate the
Knckerbocker and New York Company expect to
supply to the consumer 200 600 tons during the
OF 1867 at an expense probably, OF 100000 Granting
the company ten per cent profit its capital OF
1000 oo0 which amounts to $500 Ooo and adding that
sum to the original cost aud expenses from these 200 900
tons, should be realized equal $500 600.
In other words the price hundred demanded this
article OF consumption ought not 10 exceed twenty cents
and no doubt wcntynv cents per hundred would
taking ice dealers at their estimates all possible
costs and expenses and include the needfu per
Of profit
The above calculation oms take into account tho
wastage OF the ice n the processes Of shipping and
age; but this be reckoned the price demand
ed for the article ought exceed thirty
dred-aliordng tho ordinary profits OF business capi
tai investen-or we have only TO allow expense OF
egny cents per ton nstead OF forty the net quan
Isy brought to market and this item Is duly included
The table then stands as follows
Per Tn
Expense oil gathering. so SO
shpplng, &c.. ............................. 10
Carriage and delivery. so
TOTAL OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 81 40
This allowance will not therefore, materially affect the
validity OF the former cacuaton and further figures
are needed upon which TO base the demonstration that
thirty cents per hundred Is amply sufficient afford
proper business profit. or the prices which de-
increase this summer and probably paid, nothing need
be said for the that processes OF mathematics
usually render comment unnecessary.
FACTS AND DETAILS
The number Of barZes employed By the several COM
panies in and about the city s in round numbers fory
of which thirty owned by the Consolidated Company
IN Canal street This company also employs three
steam tugs and has three barges building for the
mer trade. $50 carts employed In the business, OF
which $50 belong to the Consolidated Company, and
about five hundred horses, OF which than thrce
hundred are the property of the Knickerbocker and
New York. Tho number OF pedlers, cartmen, sailors,
business Is estimated at more than four thousand, and
OF rrocs naarlv three thousand are In the employ or
single company In fact shis companv ex
poets to maintain an almost utter mon6p0y 1r
business, which, being gained, high prices may be
anticipated unless second company, with equal capital,
should DO started by men Of enterprise ana tact