The New York herald., 1876-03-13

told
BY the above table It will be that the capacity Of
the houses in front OF which the leo has been OF suf
Gcient thickness oots up 572 600 TONS but they
contain at the present time only 4i6 900 tons winch
1876 900 short Tho 30 800 Castcton
within mile Of it housed In temporary
sheds built for the purpose, and Il must find early
market or II will grow beautifully less IN weight The
amount of stacked shown be 80 500 TONS aud
that too must Gnd an early market
All OF the above showing reveals the fact that the ice
crop Of the Hudson River this season Is over
To show how ANXIOUS all Of the companies have
been 10 obtain as much Ice as they could II may 30
that they have tapped about all OF the ponds and
lakes In the Interior OF the Hudson River counties.
on the line OF the Dutchess and Columbia Railroad they
cut ice from Sylvan Lake and had II shipped TO tide
water at the rate OF fifteen loads per day, bargei
taking IL TO New York.
ON the line Of the Poughkcepsie Hartford and Bost
ton they cut ice at MIcrton and Upton's Pond and
transported II TO Poughkeepsc at the rate OF twenty
five carloads per day. On tho line Of the Rhincbcck
aud Connecticut Railroad they cut ice at Copake and
had shipped to tdewatcr at the rate OF my carloads
per day, barges taking It TO New York On the Inc Of
the New York, Kingston and Syracuse Railroad they
In the OF Ulster and Delaware
counties and shipped II 10 Rondout barges taking
New YORK on the Hudson ana Berkshire Railroad
they cut ice az various ponds and had II shipped To
HUDSON The Mutual BENEFIT Company even went so
far TO build a railroad mile IN length from Round
Lake to the Rensselaer, and Saratoga Railroad, and cut
Ting sixteen inches thick from the lake loaded II on
and It through the Hudson River Railroad.
VIA Troy; thence down the Hudson River Railroad 10
their immense house at Barrytown, dumping II into
ton All Of cities villages the Hudson have
their full supply Of ice from local lakes and ponds,
and. therefore. New York aud Philadelphia can draw
the 500 600 tons housed along the river At present
there Is
FEELING or INSECURITY
to an expected advance In the price OF the com.
modify, and OF the rcta consumers have refused
to make contracts, preierrng TO house their own ice
For instance consumer IN this city about l0t
tons per An attempt made to the
price on him, when he Immediately constructed TEN.
porary house and filled with nearly 400 OF
some: but the people afraid that the companies,
taking advantage Of the well known fact that the Hud
River crop IS partial failure, will Jack up'' the
price 10 figure that viii be almost extortonate.
AT Troy AND VICINITY.
The Troy Times says that the ice business IN that
vicinity has been growing several years past, and
this It has Iakcn stride. There ID probably not
less than $50 600 tons stored within radius Of thirty
miles Of Troy W Buell., for instance, began cutting
ice smarts Pond, about mile from the river, Fc0
ruary 2 and finished up Tuesday OF last week Dur
ing that time he has hlled eleven houses, containing
about 20 900 OF clear spring water ice from eight
TO eighteen inches IN thickness. To accomplish this he
has worked two gangs OF 100 men night and day. He
called his old profession into play and had lins
OF telegraph constructed from his Office TO the
Western Union Office this city. This lot Is but
small portion OF the that he has put up bought and
! is directly interested lie has 5000 tons Johr
Clark OF New York his partner, who for years an
! emplOye OF the knickerbocker Ice Company Of New
York, and who sold his entire business 70 that
pany m March ls74 Tor Sl5 500 cash has taken care
of the HUDSON River and secured about 80 600 tons
/ Stuyvcsant and Castet0n Mr. Buell. has on hand
OF The Hudson and Mohawk rivers and the banks OF
1 the Erie and Champain canals, Troy West Troy.
Green Island, COhOes Waterford, Mechancville Bcm.s
Heights Crescent schenectady, casteton and Stuyve-
SAINT aud ten Or 6iteen canal boats loaded are
ready for shipment He has purchased 20. oOC
tons and thinks he can get enough NOR,
70 make his $1,000 lo0,O0 Mr. Buels nrsl
venture IN ice IN 1853 he put up . house where
Wemet Iiarps houses now stand, and, notwthstana.
Ing there was shor crop he lost about S. SOC This
was owing 70 the summer a that year being so cold
Just years later 1870 he looked after hlI
money where he lost ~ and he and ihree others put W
house where Tom" smiths house stands on
Green Island and In thirty days put 900 tons
ice and sold II 10 his present partner John Clark fo
clear profit OF $4,000, thus getting his money back
and now Mr. Buell. says he looking after tho ntcres
OF bis money lost ~ 1854 should he realize his ex
pcciatons and make 81 per ton Il will not be ba,
speculation for i've weeks work, and We shall have 4
! dub him the "Ice King OF Troy"