The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-01

Istskiil Unich Kemp. ..... sVV
FHH sssnd ass Dsfc: sS
Total .s4s 500
These employ 3,705 men, sos boys, 800 horses and
20 steam engines, which, added TO the statlsIcsl
the grand total al this time ut work on hc river
Q $50 men, .7ol boys, 77o horses and =! engines;
BUSINESS o. the year and also demonstrating that
1t ID on the increase. are tne n2ures OF last
seasons number Of re as
showing q difference OF loo men, 1926 boys, 1876
horses and engines In iavor OF the present
inc gross quantity which will pe actually stored.
therefore. by the Knickerbocker and washington
dealers rcacnes the enormous figures OF 1.727.O0O
tons. Add to this the hundreds vi smaller houses
%Saay S Me readily
will be $500 900 tons OF this luxury ready Tor next
summers consumption. which at the rate OF half
a cent per pound gives the enormous value OF
$2S, 600 OlO. Compare these ngures with those OF
eight or nine years ago, and the Gotnamite Will
be astonlshed with the growing character oil the
In the summer OF 1857 there were housed BY the
Knickerb0cker men but 100000 tons, while the
Washington Company, then q young enter prise,
and having to fight gigantic monopoly, had only
40 COZ tons In their possession nm amount SO smai
stockholders persist in holding up their hands IN
holy horror wnea the consumer protests AGAINST
prices he knows to be illegltimate and beyond the
line oil ordinary business profits.
LABORERS WORTHY THEIR HIRE.
ana housing OF the GlIttering crystal that nature
furnishes without cost are receiving very nearly
cutting-tnss is 60 say. 81 Is for outdoor men and
81 Tor the inside or more capable hands. True.
the several companies put the men to work at the
miserable stipend OF 81 rs per diem, and hoped
the men 'wOuld not make unreasonable demands
for high wages" or. In otaer words wished
showed golden rim over the western mountains
for that sum, which would not support single
and children ueDen0iuR uDOQ thoms Inc
chiseliers and the pIoughers, the canal men,
room men, friction tenders' drivers, scrapers s.
Just 'A two days on these wages and then
laid down their tools ana demanded more pay.
With bannels rudely inscribed they marched up
and down the river showing the ''bosses" their
strength and unanimiry. until ut last the CON-
demanded. Inc temporary suspension in gather.
ing the crop, however, entalled lnucn expense as,
ouensa again ass ov
$500 for each canal, the sum total was quite large,
reacning perhaps $ioooo-gcnc into the air win
now PAYMENTS ARE MADE.
The laborers at the end OF the day each receive
River villages or Oh any railroad. When the
crop Is gathered these tickets, II presented at
Appointed near where the men nave been at
WORK. they receive their iull lace value IN monev.
Al s ss the plan 81 su nay ssem Pc
ton 1t appears perhaps tue be ter policy to keep
great deal Of money from the men until .he work Is
COST OF GATHERING AND DELIVERY.
Taking all Things into consideration. the cost Of
fnan last rms nave from . deaier thoroughly
rather an anomaly. must confess. AND from the
purity OF she Ice and It's thickness tae wastage Will
not oyerrun thirty nve or Tory per cent. Inc ior,
than the latter; but the dealers generally
claim Inat wssiage, reaches iiity per cenI.
surd TO quote next season. The cost OF
loading and shipping will be tue same, perhaps as
last year, II the grinding monopoists do not want
their men TO work for nothing. aud the cost OF
distribution and delivery 10 their customers IN your
the I KnicS OK booker and washington companies
wish to give you New Workers this necessity at rea.
sonaDIe rates next season. they can DO SO. and
then make twelve or fifteen per cent upon invested
" Their charges. however, are never based upon
ones Say they :-"M any Of our men are hurt on
run into passing vessels with our barges or smash
a dock, or with our wagons Kill or MAIN child or
we must Tor pay e5 eg
public pay Tor what never should occur.
some people may say this cannot be. put
stanced these prospective expenses, and coolly
declared that 1.-THE puolic, when they discuss our
things" Just as II Inc pubic must DC made to
pay tor the cdrelessncss and the stupidity OF IRE
sponsiole servants! Well, It mas passed INTO an
never been known either TO be troubled with con-
sclentious scruples or to lose money put the above
standpoint, as an argument to justify unreason-
able demands Is shade cooler than the COM
modify In which they deal.
THE CONSUMERS.
To three classes oil people IN New York, ana, In
fact IN all cities IN TINS latitude, the consumption
oil Ice In large quantities forms, through the not
weather, material consideration In tho bill OF
expenses. these classes are, hrst, brewers and
packers, who deal very largely with the Ice men
secondly, proprietors OF hotels. keepers OF
RESTAURANTS and saloons, who without Ice
would soon find themselves In the condition
OF the proverbal poet-vz.. In want OF
VINO, taken IN the aggregate. consume less ICE
than either OF the former classes. Well-iniormed
persons reckon the ratio OF consumption among
these several classes as fOll0ws:-Ot che Ice con-
sumed In New York &c Is calculated that the pack.
ers and brewers use thirty three aud one-third
per cent OF the hundred; large hotels. small
hotels, big restaurants down to the coffee and
cake vendors, ana then the saloons ana porter
houses, about forty per cent; the remaining TWEEN
ty.sx and tw0-thirds being appropriated TO the use
OF families OF every caste and condition. Statis-
tically given, from these proxlmate proportions,
we nave the following tablet
Quantity consumed by packers and brewers..... $50
Quantity consumed by large and small hotels res =,
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