The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-12-19
FAST IN THE NORTH RIVER.
BOITS THAT ARR STUCK IN THE TCE
IT AND BELOW 1LBANY.



The Dangerous Position Of LARGO FIcct-
where the spring Floods may do Grcnt
DnmnRe- Canal Bout Cabin Life.
81 have not known the river to shut up
so tight on So quick a notice for thirty year M
she did two weeks ago. said an old river boat
man in Albany yesterday. 1.-TWO year ago she
closed as sudden as may be, but there warn't
half the ice that there Is now. You see this
basin here how it's chock full Of boats, canal
boats, barges, and propellcrs, all mixed in heads
and ponts7 Well, most Of them boats was
loading here In the river, and the cold came on
80 sudden that they Just barely had time to get
in tho basin. You see they all were to 90 to
New York; very few OF 'em were bound North I;
for boatman always likes TO winter his boat in
New YORK, and then he's fully sure Of having
something to do. There's always grain and all
kinds OF freight to be carried from elevators to
vessels, and from vessels to docks and though
the prices amt high, they are enough to help
good deal toward paying the winter expenses"
The last tows that started from Albany for
New York went ont on the Goth OF November,
the cold Tuesday. The Schuyler Towing Line and
tho now line sent out their boats on Tuesday
forenoon, and with hard work tney got through.
The Schuyler and Sunnyside reached Albany
from Troy about nine I'm the morning. and went
out In the afternoon at two. The fate Of the
Sunnysdo " well known. The SCHUYLER got
through, and Is plying between New York and
New Haven with the Sunnyside, whom she left
lroy was the sidewheel helper Golden Cato,
OF the Citizens Line of Troy and the tug George
Vale, belonging to Silllman Taylor Of Troy.
These two cot fest In the ice at Stone House,
near Now Baltimore about seventeen miles
south OF Albany. where they still lie. There left
Albany at the same time the tugs James r.
Easton belonging to Leonard, Young & Co; the
w. VI. Hraman. owned by John DE Mount. Al
bany; the Syracuse belonging to WIN. Young,
Albany a Philadelphia tug. tho Hamilton Dis
from John q. White. Albany and another
loaded with barley from William Appleton. AL
Camp Cedar NJ loaded with hay. These AL
got fast ne r the stone House, aud there they
are likely to remain until spring.
THE LAST TOW.
About seven o'clock on the morning Of the
Jth the AlhanN Canal line s'ut ont the side
wheel tow boat syracuse and tho tow boat T. ..
Pierce with twenty canal boats. three barges
aud two oyster sloOps. They fought the ice FOR
l. miles. and thea stopped lust above Cocymans
on tho west sido Of the river That was the last
two that left Albany. -Four or Ave canal boats
made their way INTO the basin that night. and
since then from RondOut to Albany everything
has been frozen tight The cfnal between Little
f'ils and Albany Is fun of boa's.
we would all have got down to New York"
SAID tho captain ~ can,l boat that sailed into
done their duty aud kept the ice broken. rs IL
was. there were only TWO ire breakers from
Little falls down. and We had to do most Of the
work Ourselves
Of the lsi vessels in tho basin at Albany tho
majority are ight Among the loaded canal
boats the Yorktown. owned by VI.
". Ramsey. New York. with corn from
buffalo 70 New York the Concord George II.
Davis Of Fort w.rd. with iron from Cohoes
to New York; the John J. Crittendcn ~ Phia-
deiphin, with marble from Troy To philadelphia;
tho James n. Street,r. William johnson OF
Clyde. owner loaded with malt from Lyons 10
New York: the Horaiip seymour, owned 10y
nenrv schaGer 4 Rochester win oats from
liuflO 20 New YORK: tho Lglt OF Ithaca.
OWNED 10y y. -. Butt1n OF Buffalo. VITA oats
from Albany u New \ ork; the Hon. GEORGE
Graham, with mai Charles Huhben lumber:
A. Met ormick. lumber; senator KEENAN,. lum-
Ter. Geor-e \. Eadcs. lumber John 4. Bets,
William a. kunde lumber; John j. Crcmenda,
marble.
owned there, and about one haif are loaded with
lumber
IN rur uE
Cocvrans "a a llttie sniupinr village On TIE
wet "a < " iAa Hudson, upi usito $ .h ldaci..
y WAX Of twenty minute. Owe the ice. without
any GRO exciting accident tnan TIE occasion
y" "i .l,r on iN't u '.'.'" ne ICE, ~. j a
tnre - Hudson riyar water in December
hrna-ht tie SIS r'iorter - Tie CYcy'ntns
wharf. lte Syracuse ~nl tn :. -. Per'r. with
Twenty OF TIER tow, had worked their Was
{. wn no fhe wharf About hNt % uilo north
v f0uf cal'i h0.t+. 90 tie ir.. fit"e ~ ti,lu
J. .rin - them were th b r. Mr-hin-fou T
AIte.y.l ltei VITA % 81. aHl The steam ylcht
ure varht. bul. b. joseph sloan OF Bun 10. who
u.r.irulr She i,inrd u. r DAhll,'- ,c.,n
{ nal loa, the E1iorrri4s, on her W, n 40
W hi,t -.1Nn 90 Nv N".k WITH iuh 'Aiurrv, ami
NV IIr,t.cr y..-ti, N the H,'t ar, Nh,
la -c, u. D. loui ,l". e ~" Aa-tin ifl.. 90
Al"ar - 'A:en "i'n u or a'd irarn,r dust ani
-lpnl p1c'fc. who's. 2 g cff'' in w is unupl.
sell l6I t1ot his oA rs iu ALBANY. had -itr.-
Z ha,.. win them II, Wal tnl arc dY n4r,ct
I - tat1i Ana rg the tN.tIiru Nlu Nl.I wI4t.r
81 e. cvn7rs. Another VISITOR ~lo-n YVES for'u-
nate enough 10 sell her OYSTER. and was bring
lns t-,h "a lI-4 " 'ups. or the canal .nAt-
is seven were loa I'D; the CouetitsU .H,
owned 10y George WEI ~ Schenectady. win
h y from Orrsvilio to New IorN; tine ncrtua.
~. .f4n uio; the a. q. tee, uwned by JN.e-
n'.,,n,s th" fhomts Ciers-t wi,b ,n 'ro...
the Flank j. D,rr, with lumber; the Adiic.
win lumber; md tuc W. 4. Barton, with hm-
Lam H. Wihai's " iii,um II ltaY, Helen stacey.
:. ~ Pratt, Ea-W iitgh'. g. W. Bltterw rtn,
L,ia,en Hrgo'h ,'c'k 'SyGr end he H. N Sc,
HAD WINTER QUARTERS.
These honts ntr wing IN one fthe most eyro Ell
ppsiti. ~ in the river. IA the main ohannr Were
and Flaay forenoon gave capt. IA. 10. trti-
10 lues that ne mi ut DO able To rat ms wav duvu
a f-r Is = Nv liutirpre. where thor il "a hotter
hftur, hu' T. it.verl uuu TIN ~ hc can ar- me
pl-nlt "a ryracu-r d, ia ID cvnd,t"n tne
people q tWrnan+ say. d. engine Is QUE ( orr
der, ana she is akiue ana 80 are many Of the
ctn.l mats. scan eN, Inal Iat h4s f.n.iiN
ou ia. " We q STAY o. &c ull WIN 70" and ono
ofthe men. lyon SEQ a boHtnltu ityes an ,r
hi- hat; hos 10 home antWnoic. b-t Shore.
Nnr tiIl- Ac w %, Hnu That B. tAe 3D. sut o. Vote.
Ma,n mat - HN.d We sh,ll ir AN ri -ht. ana tli
go "a Cor canal feluim hVart aud soul II NOl
dli uui l,now ~, we nmeA b ll' t.e uallute
oipoworin the State. and tarrn are not IN luy OF
ms blt are down on ClIut un. tho tara am. 80
io4 see Mt Dh-it H., ~ '" e any Ny. ,."'t' Nn
fNe.Wv down some vcry t.rp -ftIs inio thr
littie amin. Everything wa' ~ neat as care. al
hou-cNtrY ud tahc a, ana the b. xon Wiie
hci,cli WAS ~ del ~ n'ttuos7. rae hou.
l. .epi'c airan: W"uts were IN nut -hcl. The