New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-13
IcE-MEY GETTING LITTLE ANXIOUS.
PROSPECTS OF a GoopicRoP IN THE HUDSON
HOW THE ICE Is CUT, STORED AND USED.
This ice.oron like all o,h,r crops Including oorns and

PROSPECTS OF A GooDiCRoP IN THE HUDSON
HOW THE ICE Is CUT, STORED AND USED.
Tho ce-crop like all other crops, including corns and
~ mafsm. has an unfalmg habit OF being depen-
dent on the wheather for its fullncss and quality.
The open winter has pu. tho icemen all at sea-
They arc looking around now TO see where they can
buy their supply in the Hudson crop Is iai-
BY tho last OF this month"; so icc-men said yes
teriay, they could tell whether they were going 10
got good crop. II takes throe good cold nights
TO freeze ice Of thickness Of 1--WE inches and after
tho ico has attained that thickness It grows about
half an inch night But II the wator be full Of mud, as
tho Hudson was last wcel, then the mud wears the
loo underneath About the middle Of December Ice
formed On the Hudson, but II was rs brown a.
rusty banana II was fun o. mud and hence useless
SO ioe-men rejoiced when IL broke up
But the moment the fee Is seven inches thick then
tho Knckcrbockcr the sunnysidc. the New-York CITY,
tho Mutual Benefit tho Consumers the Nauona,
the Putnam County the Rldgewood, the Union. and
all other companies here will send their men TO their
leo fields. The local companies have their fields De
tween Poughkecpsic and Albany. me knickerpookor
has thirty store houses and when the cutting Is
going on employs about 10000 hands and cuts over
100000 TONS and the other companies MI up ther
share OF tons OF fec on the basis of over 100000
tons for the whole number. including the knickei-
booker First the icc Is married., then cut and last
poleds through channels TO the repositories where
Il Is holsted 10 tho store houses and packed Or IL IS
packed ON bargcs and hoaied TO this city. Some Oh
tho companies pack leo around their depots as well
In them.
1t Is cut about ten TO twelve inches thick, ana
when It comes 10 the city the uses It Is put 70 illustrate
tho needs OF a growing American city, first there 70
tho table leo or tho purcst article that costs nou,
80 cents 10 90 cents hundred pounds. uouci snu
ice from 90 &c ~ oo ,en aen'S.eu,
butchers ice, the common article iron 81 70 ca
ton cheaper Fish dealers also want plenty " lco
and they OF course don't want the best atuoie. tnon
the theatres Four OF tho leaning .nea,os hvLo
use leo In the summer time. ~ i Paohoo IN NC
cellar and engines send tho air it eools al over no
audi torium The undcttakcrs, tho gin anu o,sr
concerns come I'm for their supply. ING Div Ta
several years ago began 10 use Ice nschxes inoS S
used formerly altogether 100000 TONS vi zee sno
there was great falling of IN the Ice trade IN coh
sequence But other uses OK ice aro peins ""a0
which I'LL the gap. ,.u,ead us.s IN
But in spite Of the dlyefsineo .h uses 10. 20
which ice Is put nowadays mefp mas
not been much money In the business IN uo iast two
years. Rates have been cut dsaslrouss, anu uhless
the business Il conducted on more equapie pass
this year. II Is feared that there may 20 SERIOUS
trouble for some companies. III there shonu pe =
short crop this year Il IS generally pivoaou .i,as
prices viii be raised 81 ton Ma'no ieenun naso
habit Of charging for tho exact weight oi eno .aLsv
In Maine knowing that the leo melts down. ui tniiu
The icemen here have 10 pay for tho Irst weisn ~
the ntakeo weight It is called, also 'ho He'sns
charge on tho intake.