The New York herald., 1870-03-13
HUDSON RIVER ICE HARVEST.
Facts and Estimates-Two Hundred and Twenty
one Thousand Five Hundred Tons Gath
ered-All the Ice Cutters at Work
ToDay-Ths Difference Be-
. tween Housed Ice and
"stacked" Zoe.


Within the past two weeks tnerc have 'Seen many
material chsnges In the tee question upn the IIud-
ron. A. that time 1t was stated that leo men were
dnheaxtensd at the prospects OF gettng even half
crop. Sipce then the cold weather OF the week now
aboyt epdec has revived their drooptng spirits and
at thm present moment no branch or business is
nyeliet than tdelv.
Below Pcekskui there has been no ice OF any con-
sequence this WINTER At PeekskIil the bay has peen
frozen over al winter, so that fishermen nave ead
everything their own way and have made great
deal OF money. All the private ice houses at Peeks-
Kill have been Oiled and so have those az Lake Ma
hopac the Ice La all OF Them being Of an excellent
quality
To-day barges are being loaded with ice at
Roanook, beyond the HUDSON River Railroad draw
bridge and the KnickerbocKer Ice Company Is cut
ting ice at Wallace Pond, two miles from Peekskili.
Leaving Roahook no tee OF any consequence Is
encountered TILL West Point Is reached. The Ice
houses attached to the Military Academy at this post
are all ned with good twelye-inch ice. The private
houses at Garrsons also full but the Ice Is OF
an inferior auaiity-sat about six inches thick.
Prom West Point to the northern entrance OF the
Highlands the river Is completely and soldly closed,
the ice being from eight to twelve inches thick.
Yesterday noon the propeller John L. Hasbrouck,
Captain Robert CARMEL, foolishly lert Newburg TO
force her way through 1t, in order to get TO New
York so rs to commence her regular trips for the
season between New York and Poughkeepse. She
took with her the barge Ncversink, OF New burg.
After passing Pollppers Island she let 60 the barge
ana "backedn into the Ice for short distance when
she became ''stuck," could neither go forward nor
back and there she laid all night, and as write she
lies there STILL She may be able to back out and re-
turn to Newburg to day. There has been no ice
housed or stacked IN the vicinity Of Cold Spring this
winter. AT FishklIl landing aud Newburx private
parties have been enabled 10 MI their houses with
good Ice.
At Low Point four miles above Fishkill, new ice
company has been formed and they are putting Ice
u the storehouses on ihe dock. At New Hamburg
private parties have secured all the ice they need
while across tine river, at Marlborough, a company
has housed 200 tons from ponds back. At Milton
score Of boats and barges have been filed with ice
from an adjacent pond. At this place the Pough-
keepsle Ice Company is getting far ice from bay
housed rom has ponds which he failed to sell to
Nessrs. Scott Clark, OF New York city. The latter
1rm are getting Ice at Stayvesant, south OF Albany
They have built house Oh the dock and have
already put In 5000 tons.
AT staatsburg. nine miles north OF here there are
tw0 Ice companies at work-ths Knickerbocker and
Mutual Benefit Company The latter have nearly 100
men at work. They commenced work on the 10TH
aud are now jerking twelve inch Ice from the river
a. the rate OF 400 per hour They have already
5000 tons stored. The knickerbocker Company mas
men sn ,c 81 werk ANA e sSo are getting twelve
men OF both companies are working night and day.
and M they win work all day Sunday Az Rhinebeck
oeavorng 10 I'LL house at the slate dock, but they
will hardly succeed.
Work is sul progressing rapidly at Barrytown
with an ice train on the railroad and about iorty
teams and 800 men. Mr.. James b. Livingston "a
taxing fn about 600 tons per day, aud the Mutual
Benefit Company about 400 tons The two together
nave now about 10, 600 tons housed At Eavesport
on the west side OF the rver the Knickerbocker Com
pany nave about 5000 tons stored. At Tvoli pri-
yate parties have about 1000 tons housed ana 500
tons stacked, and there 2 900 tons Of OLD ice In
the Glascoe mouse, Tue New Jersey Ice Company
nave loo tons OF Ice IN stack Saugerties dock
Inc same company has 200 men ut WORK in the mid
Ole or the river OF Germantown. They are endeav.
0rlng to I'LL an icehouse OF 600 tons capacity and
fhey work night and day and sundays. Tney have
Kot in about 80 600 tons and are confident they viii
Get the house luI Mr.. Van Steenburgh's houses at
Oatsk FULL therefore his work Tor the season Is
ended He has Ii, 900 tons ana parties from Pnlla-
dephia are negotiating for it. Two miles north OF
him at Brandon's bay there Is house nearly full; 1t
contains $4,000 TONS
For the first time this season men are at work
cutting Ice In front OF the houses Athens. There
are 200 men engaged and tney are housing about 500
tons day. The houses already contain several
thousand tons which were gathered from GREEN'S
Lake. At Hudson there are 900 tons OF ice stored
on the dock which was taken from Underhlis
Pond Columbia county.
me Knckerbocker Company are still pushing
matters at Coxsackie having stored up to tins time
5000 tons. They have also housed 81, 900 at New
Baltimore, and the Washington Company have laid
In 20 600 tons at Coeymans About 1900 tons are
stacked at stockport. The following Is close estl
mate OF the amount OF ice now housed and stacked
on the Hudson river up TO tonight Is far Is heard