New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-09
HTGH PRICES FOR ICE.

ICE COMING FROM SWEDEN AND NORWAY FOL
BREwFEES-How THE FAILURE or THE CROf
AFFECTED cERrMN BUSINESS INTERESTS
Daring the last three months several vessels have
arrived here from Sweden and Norway with rec
and in most Instances the carg0es have been con
signed to large brcweres. Cargoes which have MOI
been consigned directly have been readily disposed
Of ~ from 80 to 81 80 ton. The ice 10 from l0ut
teen TO eighteen inches IN thickness, ana ~ as Gear
ard ira sDarrnt rs z ass. The total amount wilch
has arrived from these scandinavian countries mas
been nearly 10000 tons, and II has simply taht ,uc
place of other ballast which most of me saiIH' =
vessels are obliged 10 have IN the abSenc" OF EuI"i
cargoes; hcncei has been consl.e q GOOD paying
freight. Tie demand for ice IN NeW-f0 mas p' u
much gTcai than the usual donna u lot odlla7' anu
some vessels chartered TO bring IL mere AT
prices more than double thar winch is pAd TOT
ba. last A. the loss bv melting duung the voyage
~ not more than fifteen or twenty per cent the
profit has been considered satisfactory
The price OF zee during the past season mas Dcen
from four to five tunes greater than ihe pil'r OF
coal, and while there have been a large number @i
ordinary Consumers VINO have not FELT nuanc. iuiy
able TO indulge IN tie luxury the excessive near
more than oOulled the cO sunni ton dmouG those
who could az 1rd II: hence the demand was greater
than the supply. The reason that the suppy was
inadequate was because Inst winter VS.
poor one for packing ice; tho crop
was failure on tie IIcison River and
Rockaud Lake and the ice men generally tried their
best % take ADVANTAGE Of the occasion. ana sue
cccdcd they created a fictitious idea ol an absolute
fam.ne and while coal was 80 per on. ice "as -
per ton ~ the consumer. The Consumers Ice Com
p1uy. composed principally # hotel pIoprrtnr-. ana
organized IN 1871 for The purpose OF ch'apenug nee
to consumer has furnished zee the year through Oh
contracts ~ between - and : 10 per ton.
4 person connected prominently Win me Ice
market stated few days ago that the best Gu
TONERS for ice brewer, hotels, meat packers ara
butchers. The summer trade has now dropped OH,
the butchers use es- than formerly, aud 80 30 me
packers. One brewery has used between 2LOoO
an0 80 900 tons of zee TINS season, and ~ much As
10 ,rr ton has been paid by some of che brewers,
although in times when zee Is plrhtllul ~ can DE-
purchased no HE wharf at - % pr Con. bulclti'
aud packers have paid much as 5iI4 per ton, 3.d
families nave had 10 pay 81 hundred pCun"s he
uTiu cpal source OF supply tins year mas been M the
Krunebrc River aud other points ~ Name ABOUT
l3OO,OOp tons coming Iro % ihat STATE; LaAc O"ul-
piiIn furnished about 100000 tons. lie crop on
the Hudson Islvcr was failure, but about 2lOotp
tons were left over from last year ana the k'cA-
land LAX" supply was a failure. The cost OF Tee
fir IN the keuucbcc River, allowing for packing
freight, handling, etc, IS about - 81 TO land ~
NeW-lOril, and u COSTS about - a ron 10 deliver
IInison River ice on the wharf % Nc~-Iork.
The high prices of Ice have had the most effect
among the butchers ami meai-packcrs, aud nave
partly destroyed the meat-eXpor,Ing trade. But
inventors have been stimulated to produce devices
for refrigeration By which Ice l. done away with
entirely. A. these systems may b. kept up al sea
indefinitely so long rs tuel can be Obtained, there
need DC no serious loss or damage from DELAYS, as
m tte case Oh the steamship CIty Of Brussels a few
months ago, when sue broke her shaft and was
Obliged to make port under sail, thus delaying her
voyage several DAYS. she had on board fresh meat
70 the total Naiu5 OF TOD,pOO. WulCU usu 10 DC
thrown overheard aitcr the supply 81 Ice was cN-
halsted. The new rciuucratng processes furnish
dry ar ten raUre OF about zero, instead of the
damp from ice, which IL lures the meat, and tue
refrigerator compartment Is kept at the sdple tenn
peraturc throughout tho voyage without regard tOls
length. As the ice-bOX occupies about oue-tourth OF
the space OF the refrigerator, under the new re-
migrating system much space Is saved, the ma
chIucry taking much less room than the lce-boX.
The compartment can also be used for any other
kind OF animal food, fruit and other perlshaDe
arfIcles.