, 1869-01-16
TIE FREsBET AT ALBANY.


Aou oA properly on th8 R1Ors
From the Albany AsTns, J.n. Ia
son antl Mohawk, On Sunday, dAmmed M A.
the nall factory below Troy. and IL las Is = ~
N hour Rsvt way, breaking un and nnnvjor
me ice further south. Yesterday uornior'
about Il o'clock, It gare wny In front Of Till
etty, above the Hudson River bridge, TINT
Ing ise remaining 0rm opposite the city. te.
loF The bridge. The strong current Of water
passed tlEouEh the upper cut and forced tie
ice ont OF thu basin 10 a point near tbs toot
o. A Maiden Lane, carrying barge and canal
bs buat lnto tne HVer, between one and two
nonoFcd ftef from tho city.
At the south end Of the island aloyc the
CITY, inc Current Of TAter Is thrown On the
Opposite thore rear Bath, and thence turna In
ne oifection or shc upper on. Into thc basin
lne recent enlargement OF this cut g1yes free
aseess 70 the current, and when swollen 70
zee Gam ut the bridge, It dows With trcncud-
ons lorce, rendering It unsafe for vessels to
winter there, and threatening extensive dam.
age TO buildings md other property In the
Ticintty. The consequence Is that q cons,dera-
bic destruction Of buildings and theIr rdlushIe
If the unfavorable weather continues there ia
prospect Of the entIrc destsucu5p OF the
pier, from the Columbia street bridge to liz
Maiden Lane cut, and the loss Of ut {cast hslr
q million dollars Torth Of property, ii of
The building, Nos, =, u and 10, occupled by
Mcs6re. Van eanty1ord, Briggs, schnTler K
Co., ard Marin, u Offices and ssnrrhnnsss
were undermined By the water foVine
through the pier, and the rcar
Tbsy contained 's Considerable asas9n assn,35x
Of -four. &c, among the lot some sd -
Of 500 barrels Of -four, belonging to Water
man Buel. But US the owners had amn!e
warning Of the danger, 1t was safely removed
during the dAs, and the only loss is On tic
building and furniture.
The adjolsiog building, No. 50, is a larce
building, come SIX storica high, owned 81 i.
F. Washbusn. Of Wrst Troy, and filled with
cram owned By Mr. ". and others, Nj.
IzoWhridEe has quantity Of oats, and Z,
Gay q Co., cargo Of wheat In the building.
Abont o'clock P. n. the lower portion 81
the west wall fell, and large portion Of the
contents were prec1pstated into the basin. i
Large quantity OF barley came pouring out ol
the aperture, apparently Ut the rate Of fou,
q tve hundred bushels per minute, and VA.
- The next building. No. 81, is owned by J.
bridge & Cronble. The rear wall Of hi.
building was cracked In two places and It,
destruction WAS considered imminent, I,
contains large ainonnt Of grain belonging
to various PARTIES We hear that notaIoe
has been removed. The building cost III
| 7. nearly e25,o90 to erect. The spilcg unde,
this building WeTr driven into the ear h abou]
~ feet, as closely together O. possible, an
| capped With heayy stone, at a cost Of 4. .o0y
and Jet the cracking Of the walls, which m
u inches thick, indicated that The water va
making breach IL the foundation.
Nos. u ond 83 arc also owned by Mr.. Trow
-four mill, though uot running rrcentIy.
was formerly owned By n. l. 8. patten. an,
contained about t. 900 barrels OF tonr, Th
greater part Of this was taken out yesterday
and The halancc will bo removed to-day
possible. Mr. John Tweddle has Loo
and Glazier & Thaeher. Elmore &: Leou1rd
| and other parties, ! 1arRe amount Of grim
No damage was done hcrc up to laat evening
although the engine on the lower floor ha
tettled seycra! inchcs.
! No. 81 il owned By Samuel Morgan, IN
occupied by 1rowb.iage 4 Cromb!e 70
storage purposes. It is filed with graIn bt
LONGING to yarious partita.
No s5 IL owned and occupied bv Charlie
grain and iced. - va
This entire 5ow Of buildings is from four t
ah stories In height. They Ars supp -scd t
the property endangered Is tstlmaied 10 b
worth at least half q million OF dollars. inds
pendent Of that portion OF the pter, III
me!chApta doing business on the pier an
docks arc tnceused on account Of the enlargs
ment ot the upper cut and the erection
the bridge, and threaten Formidable move
meut to compel the removal. Of that stru!
ture. The Ice at al points On tho Hudson
becoming rotten and dangerous. At Two
TIC crossing to saueetlies Is very danRc,
Gus, the weak Ice almost prohibiting tt
people from stepping on it. al Rhiocbsc
The ierr5 boat Is running tegulasl,
which Ii au unusual thing ior ii
season Of the year. From KhInebeck
PouGhkcnpsle there GRE many large c1acl
visible IN the ice. extending fr1u ahoJ
to shore. At Poughkccpsie 80 wea
is the Ice that tho members Of the Icebo.
Association arc considering the propr1e1y ,
placing their boats on shore, fearing tho II
Will move. At Barnsglic, four miles toat
of Poughkeepsie, another largo c1nek il III
Tic, extending from the east to the wc
etore, 81 d MI Of ei1 feet vide. Al Newourg
the Terry boat IL In tull opesatluu, runniu
regularly. Below there the Ice IL last as /,
south as West Point, were IN immense Del
Is broken oil, moving up aud down with Il
tide, making the ferry trips there very IRE
m,r. In Prekskill Bay tic Ice Il firm, It co
slstlnE OF one vast field. which, float1ug dow
from the north, stuck there, enabling Poop
\ to cross with tfarns :"