The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-03-14
THE ICEMEN HARVESTING.
AN ABUND1Sr SUPPLr DESPITE THs
OPEN WINTER.
Working with Miqst and niniu, Night aud
Day, on su1dry- aud Week Days -Serriy
Hnif the Usual Crop nlrenIy H0us,d-
The lee Wall nenr PolIIp 4. Irinnd.


| Half tho Isuai crop nircnty Hsus,d-
The Ice Wall near Po,iip - Irinn1.
ht Coeymans, the " asbington Company have
1900 tons housed. Just below. at New Baltimore
| tie Knickerbockor company have 5000 tons
| housed. Further sou,b, Messrs Scott & Clark Of
New York citv, have erected q Temporary Ice house
| on Stuyvessnt wharf, wherein they have already
housed about 1850 tons, and the still work
| Ing. AT Coxsncklc, the Kulckerbocker Company
| have 100 men and horses nt work They lave
| already housed about $1,000 tons There are hrge
| Ice houses OF Athens, opposite Hudson, owned by
the knIckerboeket Company. Icemen have been
| 'fawing Ice TO them from Green's Lake. ave miles
distant Yesterday, however, q large number Of
men were put ot work the river IN front OF those
houses and they taking ice In from the Hudson
at the rate of t0J tons day. bat Is Of inferior
quality. Three thousand tons Of fee stored
tho wharfN Hudson, all Of the bost quality. It was
taken fron rndorhil's pond, in Columbia county.
Mr.. Van steohburQh, member OF Assembly from
Greene county has housed 1900 tons Of ice on Cats.
kill creek. and there arc 1900 tons housed In
the kulckorlook Company's hcu.e In Brandon's
bay A. Germantown. south OF Caiskill west aide
OF l5e tiNer, the New Jersol Ice Company has @O0
men vt WORK
NIGHT AND MY.
They hay, have 'lteady rot 5000 ton. IN house
sane company lave about 1000 tons stacked on
Sangettes wnsrl, and urye barn flied. A private
cinpnay have lorgo stock Of ice TWO mics east ~
1voli In !, . cid ice house south ~ Ola coe are
abou, scoi tens OF old leo. AZ Savesrort the knick
Barry ylown Mr. James B Livingston has 5000 tons
Housed lie Is tkng In from tOO to GJl tons daily
The Mutual Company, u. II. MuIfurd superintend.
eut, at tue same place. have about 5000
tons hou.ed, and are sul taking in 40 tons daily,
AZ staaishurs tho Mutual Company Is at work with
about cis ishly men putting IN ico
1EN or TWELVE INCHES TnIcK
They began noon Tuur-daN. "A have
2iO tons housed. They 6-c housing at thr rate Of
100 tons rer hour Tsey work nizht and day. Tue
hnirAcrbSck,r company 'lsU at work htSl at burg
emil wing s,ly men an, ,hev. too arc getting tie
very bes Ice nom ten to twelve iuehc. IL thicknoss
900 tons stor,i. All the men work ulkLs md day.
Mt Li'.n-ston's expenses at nGryiowne are
s5O0 pAY,
and he T. housing just c0) per dav From Stats
lurg 10 poughAeep.ie no iromen arr nj work. Fac
knckerbockc- Company /, gcttiDc In cOu,idcfab'o ice
nj Rhineoeck, but not 20 much as NJ other points
can work upon II vita safety Al Puughkoop.e Mr
o T. Boob hs- b., s'ac".j 5000 or 5000 tons Vas
and i OF GOOD quality. The Poushke epsie Ice Com.
t~ny IL taking Ice ION bay south Of the city aud
FLOATING ~ NyARSY nALr = NrLE
throu h canal to the ice houses. They will Get
shout 2cOJ tots They A. al@O storing Ice town.
fhe ice rom Mcrgnn's Ponds At pougnkce;sie is
nearly al gl,hered-lbont t,oO) toe. A, Mar.
bore ush. seven mics south OF Pougakeepsic, the
Wet side Of tie river the icc houses nearly al
Il led, eG G'eotns Mr. reck's 1he Ice in them IL Of
an excellent quality, having sil jcou taken from
ng;uborius ponds Tbe quantity stored Is about
500 tons.
IHH PRIVATE icE HOUSES
AZ New Hambursh belonging TO Mr. Grinnell Mr.
Nillard Mr.. Willis. MIR. suvdam. aud Others aro ali
omen and ANAL boa., rross pr,ya,. ,ca hnE
Newburgb are alao n nllod from lakes and tonds
sdaeen,. The ice in the Hudson a, Cold spring is
nom sS to twelve inches thick aud the river IL cum.
Pletely closed from Constitution Island to Poiipeis
Island, -ouihern entrance ~ Sesbursn Bay. There
has been
NO Ice STACKED
or housed near Cola Spring The Hudson below
West Point ~ fer - the eye ran reach i tree OF cn
ieh has boeh vatv scarce In that neghborhood this
% %psE % az ss EsE sJ + . Ts0ss , nsyag
the Military Acadcmy is ah"Vt t~ey. 'Ir ncsss o. H
thickness At peekskiil or In Peekskil Day the ice
is still strong, 81 strong in fact that
YisugGSSS TRAVEL OVER IT
d,ily Wli.e tursninz their ayoeation Icnt ard
Miliian.' NJ fcokskhl. have contracted With the
hni'ketbGkcr COMPANY to furnish them with TlQ
ton Of zee ZEE tom Wallace Pond, two miles from To,
village. There considerable ice cutting at Roahook
Just NJ the southern entrance to toe Highlands
Dargss are bdiy loading there with ice from ton TO
twelve inches in thicSncss. All the ice houscs At
Llko Mahopac are ted, the Ice being OF ~ exceed
ingir hne quaiity.'For three dayp prospects for
suppy Of Ice have indeed been cheering Yr.t.ri,y
nearly oil the ice companies on the worked their
men Us they did on sunday week ago. 1Loy say II
Is positively necessary to do 20.
ss>sHISo rnK IoE BLOCKADE
Between Wes, Point and Polipelvs Island i'm
nense muses. which hai hoateJ down from tbs
oren upper Hudson, had been driven together in a
solid mass and on Friday the propeller CITY OF New
burgh. which had forced passage through siN
inches OF ice. reaching this tremendous ice wall
abanooned all hope and put IN tO her whar at Car
Iison's. But the propeller II. l. Hasbrouck started
from Ne~burgh and spent the DAY in lscNIng and
runhtnE into the Ice, making but little progress Az
night tie situation became
ALMOST HoFBLLss.
II seemed next to impossible To get down the river
any further. still the struggle malnianed with
pueky DETERMINATION. Finally at a late hour the
vessel became powerle-- To move, her paddles hay.
Ing been completely wedged ia above and be low by
great cakes and powders of Ice. Poles and
Vii a. were nen put in requisition These were
thrust down to depth OF ten or twelve
feet aud yet down n. for at tie icy foundations
were felt. From midnight until dGvi.ht no progress
~ns mnde. But a. oc'ock the ice unde meath wins
pOled away nnd the engines again set Ia motion Tie
contest wR- then rene we'd with greater force the |
vessel bacNing and crashing again, All day this
ntinued with dogRed perseyerance verI slow
advance being made. At o'clock she passed Mngn.
n G Point. AZ about the end was accom- iished
Cod spring und Cornwall Werr passed aud the last
icy wall WAS broSen up With flags flying whistles
blowing aud cheers from along the shore she moved
steadily aud proudly down past West Point into clear
water.
The river il open below Cold spring.
lbe Hnsbrouck, In breaking her way through the |
Ice In the Highlands on Saturday, was preceded by
lOU men vita axes.