Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-04-25

" awaiting the verdict.n
We presume that Congress, 10 Its multiple
looked our claim that we have so patiently
awaited their action upon, and with this view
OF the matter respectfully invite their Atteu-
tion to II, hopinE that action may DO taken
upon II at an early day, as those to whom its
benefits will be extended are In great suspense
regarding IT, A ONE-LEaOED YErEGAN.
Tho supply Hnd Price Of lee.
Nh. EptroRi The following appeared under
the editorial head In the Evening star Of the
dBetween Gardiner and Richmond, on the
Kennebee river, there are twenty-five Ice.
houses, which contain 20i $50 tons of ice.
Prem other e. ,iss'proGgoinE quarters we have
| 10 pretty conclusive that the crop has not only
not been failure, but that II 10 nearly OF
quite up TO me aTerage' both 10 gu,Stity and
| submit to any attempt which may be made TO
put up the price during the coming season.
snY, above those which have. obtained In
former Year,, sad they sSSd avt se " dealers
are reasonably entsrprising 10 the manage.
| customera"
Let US see how far the above paragraph Is
| borne out by facts We Will examine nrst the
| quantity and quality OF the crop gathered,
and then give the reason why prices have
ruled so low here the past two years. with the
result to the ice eOmpaniea.
II is generally conceded, and known by the
writer to be the fact, that outside OF New Eng,
land the Ice crop has been = complete failure
the past winter, and that consequently, IL Ad.
dition to the trade usually supplied by that
section, New York city, to a great extent, and
Philadelphia, baltimore and Warrington,
together with the intermediate towns aud
cities, are wholly dependent this season on
the extreme Eastern section OF our country
for their supply. In ordinary seasons New
York not only supplies herself but has from
one to two hundred thousand tons TO export,
while Philadel phiA, Baltimore And W AshinEtan
gather from one half to two thirds OF the quAn.
tity required for their consumption. This Ad-
the crop gathered 10 New EnEIand, the buIk
OF which comes from tho small space IN the
Kenuebee river lying between dArdiner and
sheds and houses between these two points
capable Of housing $50, 900 tons OF lee, we ven.
ture to assert that OF the amount housed, not
eyer two sTS' ,S can % VIZ be e, shipped ro@
nominate Ice houses are nothing more than
temporary structures, imptoyised In the
highest aGd most crude manner, late this
spring when It became known that the crop
had failed everywhere else, and are oOnse-
quently not adapted to the preservation OF
ice.
New England this year will not meet the To-
creased demand from the four cities above
named, leaving out the innumerable smaller
elites and town that depend upon that section
The price al ghleh Ice IL held North this
year IL from t2bO to ~ per ton more than II
mas btth TOT hNNNth years past, Nnllo the
quality (pGrtieulSTiy that cut late this spring.
IL much below the average, both In solidlty
and thi ekness-eonssquehtly the loss In transit
doubled. We not only have TO pay the heavy
| advance for infeTior Ice, submitting to a loss
OF twenty-five or ihlIty per cent In transit,
freight on the quantity wasted during the
Il i generally known ihSt we have had two
| rival companies here the past three years, and
that Ice has been furnished at such prices a.
to entail an actual loss to both companies 10
fact, so great has been the loss sustained by
| the company that had done the largest buai.
nesG, that this spring they were very Glad 10
sell out their entire outht at its actual cash
valuation, as determined by dlsinteFested Ap.
ness, therefore, 10 principally In the lands Of
the Great Falls lee Company, q JOibt Gtoek
corporation, the stockholders Of which are
the community generally, We propose iC
| furnish Ice Of As good quality aa can be pro
duced, and At AS low price As II can be fur
do nU. INK P p. our s
ask anything morej less, we assure n, We ave
no desire TO 90 Our prices are now some
Baltimore, and we believe arc below those Of
Philadelphia and not above that OF New York
The writer will only say In conclusion, that
Great Fails les Oo@psny, that they have only SIS
declared Oas dividend since the company hal
been 10 existence, fouT yeArHD that he enjoy
hs privilege 81 paying re same per p0 y,
any one else doeai that no has sacrificed
| large portion Of his time and considerable
| money In ondeAvOTing to make the company
| aneeeas, and In meeting the wants OF the com.
| munity promptly and reasonably, and that 4
| any one thinks the company has "gooS
thing now, he can have his share OF It by puF
| chasing the writer's stock at = very heavy de
probation. GREAT FALLS.
| Our New NORFoLK LINR.-We are PLEASED
| to notice that abundant success 10 promised Il
| our felloW-tOwnHmen, MosaTs. \, y, Brow
and Geo, II. Plant h DO, 10 their enterprise
| In establishing a permanent steamer line from
| this city to Norfolk. The nne steamer "LAdI
| Of the Lake, arrived here on Saturday, hAV
| lug = passenger list Of nearly one hundred, ant
| bringing fun freight Of oysters, Dish and gar
den products. The appointments OF the YES
| sci are hrat class, and the Otfleefa experienced
| and AHable, with that tried seaman, Captain
| Joseph W, Denty, In command. Mr., ChATlei
Spear, the general superintendent, IL = gentle
| man OF energy, and has an eye slngle to TIT
| accommodation Of passengers aud shippers
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