, 1876-03-02
THE ICIt.CIsOP.

Prices n0finG tno senson-ssocNs VI
AlA'."-e "''Ruf .' -. a .,
The oxtrenlo mlidnoss OF tho w'nter thus lar
has caused many people to loieye that leo
would bo yerv searce thig coming summer, and
,h.t ,.t,, h.a t,o-ototoro han, co,al,rcd . m,
s"as "naS w.. aA' ne.osgtoo W.. , 1,,-,,.
ceasl'y IN every 1aml19 "ou'u oecou'o AuAu'5'
from its acarcity and CONSEQUENT high price.
No leo las boen gathered to speak Of
In thin vicinity this rcar. The Illinois
J,,ro. .,5 ,,,,.. .+ro,+,s ,h, ,ora. ~,
i"s.s huu o.ue. .o..'s' -. ,.,i", t' ~ st",s
IN tho Interior OF .no nsass nave la,toa 70 siela
ct all probable, howovor. 4 TRIBUNE reporter
bo. hoon an,,rg +hc i'm t,rms In thJa citv inr3nv
.to nss. fau 49, onJ thouah ,cc ,,, ho h.h.s
.'e l'aHs 10" onso' pAo' 'a'usn ~ WV ~ t"su'.
be oxorbitant, as good crop will be gathered.
Last yonr fuu,illcB woro supplied wish leo at tho
rato NJ IL poupds nor t1ay for 60 cents a voek.
=. H., ,oo o,,f,,sd 41,,+ ~ III, ,,,s,a ~ hu..
ness Of supplying fes 10 iamii'oa was losing
ono to dealers, It is we'll known that tho winter
Of 1s74-'5 was very cold, and tho ics-crop gath
ore5 wan nnusun1Iv 1nrrc. rre.tor IN f.rt thor
almost evef bo'oro' Last aasnsnef' TOO. was
bad enason for leo dealers, On account Of the
backwartlncBa OF warm wnather and the cool
days III June aud July. This resulted in largo
osETn1Rp OF 1Asr YEARS ICE
was still housed when Doeembsr sot in, Tho
winter demand for Ice Laa been good, much
better than for MANY years.
Mcssta. J. r. Smith 4 Co. have cut leo this
wear At Fond du Lac. They had no chance what
fur sdyanced to maho II probable that any leo
will bp cut In this vicinity. It would take At
least QUO week OF extroma cold weather 10 make
ico At to eut,-ce g Or 8 inohos tllick,-end
It would tAko two weeks moro to cnt aud
Btor0 It. The firm stated TINT thnra wns ice cut
during about three days Of this bssson 10 Ohi-
cago. This vua taken ont Of tho slips by tho
breworea and packing. .houacs. but t ta very
dirty and Wholly unht for family Vso. This Arm
hAs usually gatheEol lss Ice from tue Calumet
Iliyer. Calumet Lako batavia, Rlvosside. and
Fond du Lao, their ice-houses beluR 1t Ellis Az
onue aud Sixteenth streas,
two dayH To put up leo, ~hflo It would take them
fully throo weeks to Gil their wa1ahouaea.
Ihey c1a!ned that 100 would ~ higher thlR
year tlaa iaat. Last Year, as epoTe stafed, fam-
es maa e 20 asy ~
The pr1cce th!s year nayo not been fixed, "a
theso has boon no meotlnF Of tho leo firms.
Bona talk OF making prices a. follo"s: Whole
balo. from 81 to elo por ton; to families, IS
pounda daily, at fson@ 81 TO- el.26 per week.
The NorthWGst will furnish al tho leo required,
md there will bo no danger OF an ice-famiuo.
Miehigan, too, furnishes some; of cousse,
getting Ice from those Points adds to tts cost,
ooaiaos loyalty for cutting and the e1pensa Of
transportation.
M.ssas wApuAna, w111Anp + 90.
could hardly toll whnt tho leo crop would bo thIa
yoar. They had some lott over from last yoar,
and were bringing thoir stock from Madison,
Wis. As to price they thought 1t should not 70
ovor So per ton, and Il Ncek to families for
10 pouuds daily. Thero would ba plenty Of ioo
harvested, aud IL would ho for tho tntefost Of
tho leo firms to keep the prices az loY rs posni-
ble. Some OF the dealers were very short. but
thts 1rrn was fortuuats onotch to hsye i Iareo
stock on hand.
|. Rwett & Crouch atasod that about one-,btrd OF
tue crop OF Iast year vas sui On baud and that
ttaro woutd DO Ice enough Gathered Novth 10
supply Chicago and vicinity Ut moderate pr1cn.
They think thrt from 81 Is e1,sb viii ba the ~
trerne price Dor weak to families and from a. ia
Sl0 per tou in large lots, Tho dosIors wouid
probably rot together sbouk tho Ii Of Anrll and
docido up5n dsflpite n,ice foy the saapo1. which
would not excood the figures given. '~''~
mAnK II. r,rouraon 1ro.
psus1lv r.tber their ne IT "a po.t. r,a ,,+
tho. rant ~ nuhbosi, M. 80 ~ A@.ueI. T. III ~
~ In mn tnra asrj, voo+ o,d tEn. s ta. ts.us
nntfuraT .;et.s.Is -, ~ non s IVY 1y1 nssuS