The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-13
PLENTY OF ICE.
Ninety-Four thousand Five Hundred Tons
Day Being Gathered Along tho Hadscn-e,SSS
Men and Boys 5s1 Horses and n Steam
Engines Employed in the Harvest
poUoHkxrpsrE. Feb. y, 1874

Engines Employed In the Harvest
PoU0HKEEPsIE. Feb. u, 1874
BY the LIST of February last year the ice crop Of
the Hudson River, amounting to 1,4oS, 500 tons.
was snuRiy housed and all Tears OF shortness Tor
that season were dspelled. THIS year the harvest
Ing Is almost month behind time. but, neverthe-
less work has commenced in great earnestness,
ana now the crystal cakes being cut and stored
Win astonishing rapidity. Information has been
received from every Ice house on the river, BY
| kilograms, personal visltations and correspond
ence' and shows how well the harvest is progress
| ing.
me reports commence with the houses of the
knickerbocker Company nrst At Barren Island,
south oi Albany, they have a 900 ton house.
There 2steam engines, $50 men, SO BOYS and Is
horses are at work.
At Schodack they have S. 900 ton house the
largest one on the Hudson. Seven elevators. 300
men, so boys % horses and steam engine are at
work there.
At Hamburg, between Catsknl ana Athens.
there Is o co. 900 ton house, with steam engine.
$50 men, boys and 10 horses at work.
At Athens there is q $4,000 ton house, with
elevators, steam engine, 800 men, 80 boys and Is
horses at work.
At CoxsacKie there are two houses, with capa-
city of 5000 tons, which are being filed BY 400
men, so boys, 80 horses and steam engines a ., ~.
tons EACH and 100 men, so boys. 10 horses and l
steam engine are engaged Ia alling them; ,o,,.
when Is being filed by l25 men, rs boys ana
horses. AZ a
Point hodng 35 600 TONS ana one the creek hold
ing 5000 tons; 500 men, so boys, 20 horses and
steam engine are filing them: oo
AT EavespOrt there Is a $4,000 ton house, with
At Turkey Point there Is 81, 600 ton house, with
man
20 horses engaged IN filing It..
At BarrytOwn there Is 20, 900 ton house, with
steam engine, IFS men, 20 boys and 10 horses &C
At Flatbush there is a $1,000 ton house. with
l steam engine 400 men, SO boys and 80 horses 1t
In Rondout Creek there is an 5000 ton house, 20
men, 10 boys and 20 horses filing IL -
AT Rninebeck there Is % 700 ton house, and nll-
ing it are steam englne lbs men, Is boys and 10
horses.
vators, steam engine, 4O0 men, gu boys and ~
At Staatsburg there is a g. 900 ton house being
oiled rapidly BY steamer, $50 men, 70 boys and 10
Opposite this city, q little north there are two
houses, both holding $4,000 tons. they have just
commenced work with so men, 100 boys steam
At Marlborough there are two houses, holding
80 900 tons, and $50 men, 100 boys, steam engines
and 70 horses are filing them.
| From Marlborough south to Verpanck's Point,
| at the southern entrance to the Highlands, the
| KnlckerDocker Company have no houses. Last
|
| Mehauph Lake inside OF Verplancks Point. ana
| erectea a 20 600 ton house there and now 100 men
| Fnii work Commenced at Rockland Lake yester-
| day where to-day $40 men, $50 boys Q steam en-
glnes and IS horses are at work. The houses there
The aoOve is full and reliable report from all
the houses OF the Knickerbocker Ice Company on
> At Highland Lake. south OF Fort Montgomery,
there is So 900 ton hou ,e which is being ned Ior
private parties by 200 men, rs boys, 10 horses and
At Ha@pton Point Mr.. Peck has $1,000 ton
! house with IS men. II boys, horses and steamer
fillinr It.
| The Mutual Benefit Company are not at work at
! mence tomorrow. At Staatsburg however, the
company have 900 ton house, and 70 men, S
horses, 10 boys and l steam engine filing 1t.
ton COMPANY have So. coo ton house. and zoo men.
80 boys, is horses and steamer are &C work at II.
The same company have house in ROndOut
Greek which holds Is 900 tons and Is men. horses,
| 10 boys aud steamer are working IL.
At Wniskey Point they have another house which
and q steamer are at work there.
Just north OF there the Newark Company have q
%, OOO ton house, with $50 men, 10 boys, horses
and steamer working 1t.
At Barrytown 200 men, 20 boys, IL horses and .
steam engine are filing the Mutual Benent Com
pany's house with ~ 600 tons.
Opposite Barryton. on the west shore, the New
Jersey company are filing 1000 ton house; $50
meu, 70 boys, horses and q steamer are doing the
work. ., a.. v o
another house OF 600 TONS with 200 men, 70 boys
II horses and steamer filing it.
Opposite Germantown tue Consumers Company
have 10000 ton mousse, owned principally by New
York MOTEL keepers There are $50 men, so boys,
Is horses and steam engine at work there.
| At smiths Dock, south OF the above house. the
New Jersey Company nave $4,000 ton house, and
200 men, 20 boys, IL horses and steamer are
filling 1t.
II. Van Steenburgh has two houses in Catskin
Creek, holding l2,5OO tons, nearly full.
me Antioch Company have 10000 ton house in
Ca.skil Greek, where W men, o horses and steam
engine are ~ work.
Tne Washington company have house on
Rogers Island, Just NORTH or Catsklll, which holds
anu sse1 na ~ ;,on me o sans 90 ~
bows. Is horses and a steamer are flliing ir.
John Rolfe has 10000 ton house at Coxsackie,
WV Mt.i ~ AAe"' ~ WIS., 'A'So 'A~ ''e"0i VIVA
a. stuyvesant j. Clark Co. have q $4,000
ton house, and $50 men. 20 boys, horses and q
steamer are ming tnat