New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-22
THE OUTLOOK F0P the ICE CROP.

TIE OUTLOOK FOR the ICE CROP.
|
LIT lie CUT n THE UNITED STATES
/ WHAT THE DEALERS THINK Of THE OUTLOOR-NOT
ENOUGH ICE LEFT FROM LAST YEAR TO SUPPLY
TIE CITY.
| A green Christmas may make fat churchyard,
but il has quite a contrary effect on icehOuses and
| those immense buildings along tho Hudson and in
! the wilds OF Maine, which usually long before this
season of the year alive with the industry of the
ice harvest. have been comparatively silent and are
! almost empty. The prolonged mildness of the VIM
ter has rendered it impossible cut to any great
| extent in the United States even in the extreme
| northern parts. If a cold snap should come now
and last for three weeks the ice men say they would
be able 70 cut enough for the home trade, hut the
foreign trade apparently stands n good chance Of
being left ont in the COLOR rather heat The win
ter of 1~79-oO, though mild. gave better promise
Of ice for the ensuing summer than his winter. for
then there a supply available in Name for the
/ Atlantic coast The lee True Journal estimates
/ that there is controlled in New-York City 100000
/ IONS OF lee, which, allowing Tor waste, will
| leave this CITY about 10000 tons short of the
amour required for ac'Ua. wants. This paper places
! the amount of Ice ON hand m Philadelphia at
! 10000 tons, 5000 tons Of which must be al
! lowe io. waste. making the city worse OF than
! The supply Of Ncw-York CITY H. almost entirely
/ drawn from the upper Hudson and from Maine, the
! Larger companies having houses Ia both localities.
! Usually n The winter Is so Elid TO render he
amount obtanabe on the hudson insufficient.
! enough can be obtained IN Maine 10 make mp the
| deficiency. The average heat along the kcunebeck
TINS n has been over J.. degrees cher than IT
! was last winter. The river closed by Ice on
| December -, 1851, hUt IN two days II bIOac UD,
and the tIrsI day O., the year the waters
entirely tree of lee Ten days Later the river closed
| agaIn, and The Ice men made every prcparoUOa 20
90 60 work but heavy rains again dsslpated the Ice
and the hopes OF the Ice men. The amount stored
along he banks o the hennebeck Is estimated at
100000 TONS about Oue-thlrd the amount stored
there each vear.
There L. a present in this cry an unusual number
OF AGENTS IOr Ice urms IN Casa ada trying % make
contracts tor sending uer- some oi thr ice of which
even ,ne mdr,j winter cannot rob shat region. la
the summer of 1850. when there was scarcity of
Ice, }. rye amounts were brought from Norway, but
IL Is Thought that even n very short harvesting
season Il uad this year, TIM, Will not again be neces-
say, so greatly have tGe facilities for handling and
cutting Ice been increased.
". \. IaIiautlue, treasurer OF the huickerDockeT
Zee lOII,aut. Sal. 10 a IElBUNE reporter one day
last wach think that ABOUT three weeks steady
cold weather would give Us q crop on the Hudson.
" have IOr y-JArcc stations 90 tne Hudson anu one
large one III Name uut AT none Of them have We been
abe $50 harvest any Ice. The reports received .O-
uay from several stations OF ours On the hudson
SLOW the following tmckncs,es OF Ice at different
points Catoklll, OI2 inches; Hamburg
inches; :, uodich inches; Athens, ) niche, Bar
rem Island, > inches; LOXsdckIe 3 to > inches;
kocklaud Lake 1 to 3 Inches. We have AREA y
tapped tins Ice, let the water dow Gil 1t. Now,
l. Il good cold snap should come We could get IL
enough 10 assure a supply to the city next summer
In TACT We Will dO tina, any way. II VIII Onlt ue q
question OF freight. II We nave TO bring Ice from a
long distance the cost of transportation viii be
dddeu to the cost Of COURSE.
" How nucu Ice do on think Is stored 40 present
along the Hudson, iete over from last Year, asked
the ropurter.
Well probably about enough to last this city
through one OIL tne hottest mouths. ito not appre
hrna enough hat there VIII he any great scJrcy OF
zoe, lor We have only snort season Vi cold We can
get IL a much larger supply IMAM we cIudhIve done
formerly III ulld winters. IuC capacity OF our zee
houses Loo, OUU tons ana We nope yet to get
hal crop III this year
George " Beach superintendent Of the Nauga- |
n. b RAILROAD, said: " he Naug4Iuck Ice COM |
puA, ha, Ice houses and Ics,rN Ous along the
tine OF the Naugttuck KaiIOld between aocrUury |
amt bru gri on, logan cutting lee on monday Inc |
ClOp last ear was -Ttdtcr tnau IL previous year,
let tine incGea~ demand lrOm towns ana clIcs /
along the road nearly exhausted the stock and the |
Ice houses were nearly emp.y at the beginning ol |
W4u,tr. Inc acc 10 not 50 tAICA dsL cdr, ULt |
l. solid water Ice of eAceuen. quahty'
\. ". Edrle, president % tnc Consumers Ice |
Company, When asked what he prospects we're Tor !
Ice urAt sluIIcI, SAID: " Wen, .Lc sIluaJUn ~ /
MINDS ne OF Il man / used 10 IN over III Brooklyn |
VINO KEEP. rec iu Ot tue temperature every dal tor
ycar-. lie could tcl you Just 40" hot ar cold II had
been; but Ne vas never aUc % tell no" not Or cod
II Wa gong {. bee. A. Tie present trmperaiuI oI
the wound take culd snap OF tN or posi-
Oily three VEGAS IL give us Ice ut Tor cutting. 40 !
may come on cold tomorrow, ana stay 20 long |
enough lOi H. 90 -Cj IA pcttJ IdiI CROP Dat 5"u
can Tell. Cola Snaps uOu last very long iAl, VIM
TER
VI. f.. Winch presdeu, oI the New-Iork City Ice
G. O.. yy, --ll regard I'd JLe prospects: Ircity
LlOOAJ. rIetJ gioo.Ay. Il Nc uau uo, been IOol-
/ enough almost tu g.Nc away Oul Ice last summer
We sAou4u lave hdu "A good suppl. On hdnu. but
We acted on tIc pUhc, tnto Al otAcIs CJeId AFFORD 90
,tn cheap W. CUuu, dnu tuc result Is Wc nave very
liItlr lCc lett Il ICE Las 10 be DIou.L uuM very
IdrIL VIII, OF course, make the pl.ce hlgn. And
then there Is the waste. low 1OUII>h IL Was IN as
10 sell Oh -IuCA Ice last suuIAlcl, added Nj.
" Inca sOrIU0 iu4Iy, a. h. glanced IL tho tAcTuJuI-
etrr.
Inc fish dealers are considerably agtated over
tn prospects Oh the nee crop, ANA -ers nave been
taken Ju Arrange Tor cuctp transportation Oh ice 10
ballast IrOm Norway. Ia case OF the local failure OF
tuc Hudson kIvcr Ice crop most OF thc Icc Will come
from ANYWAY, Nova SCvtd anu Name III tAc Trans
pOTIItOu OIL Norway ice, Ouc-ndI l, wasted lrOiu
g. IS SELLS Tor IS 30 a ton. One oil the Ot tine
ice failure ~ he opinion 81 some u,n dealers, VIII
be Inc IIVrnuOH OI ice maculucs ana the |
Immediate beginning Of tIc IHanuldc-
turc OF zee. \ plOmluent deLrr IN Futon |
3idrheU -IIu 10 Tribune reporter: " 4 MS |
iaIluIc OF ne ice crop Is nLlLcr ca great anxiety
ala la tins business particularly. Ids, season large
Iea.,r5 pdId 80 % iOrIco. Al me present Time
there l. uUunt tutt VIII Dr Jou.eVeu II We
have cot weather. In cL,c We nave no cod
" Gather Ice VIII CeI,a.u4y DC PI2 Il tOn..
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