New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-28
A SCANTY ICE SUPPLY.
PRICES TO BE HIGHER THIS SEASON.
REPORTS FROM VARIOUS IcE-eArHERINc CEN.

REPORTS FROM VARIOUS 1CEGATHERING CEN
rrrs TO THE ICE TRADE JOURNAL
phlladelphia April % (spcciaD.-The ice gather
inc season throughout the country Is now sub
ttantslly at an end and reports have come IN SUN
GENTLY 10 enable an estimate TO he formed OF the
cenoral result OF tho winters operations. frcp
Maine Ncw-York and other important iee-pro'
d,cne States tho reports full and accurate that
they afford Trustworthy basis for estimating the prices
of supply for tie coming summer. At most points
better results are shown than the most ssngune
could have anticipated a month ago and as says Inc
Ice Trade Journal" the figures given viii go far TOWARD
relieving the public mind Of the uneasness engendered
BY the earbed reports and rue's-work which have
hitherto buriened the columns Of the press. There
will be no famine At the time the crop OF tho
country atsrgc falls far short OF the average oil FORMER
years both in quantity ard in quality so that higne'
prices 10 the consumer apparently Inevitable
From points on the Hudson River complaints come
Of thin tee. Al Athens good crop was gathereu
and The houses contain a large supply. The zee Is
chiefly clear and free from snow, but is only from
eight 10 ten inches thick. II is estimated az Ny%A
u at the crop gathered amounts TO not moro ina" ni
Per cent Of the average and the quality al ha' poh'
IS inferior At Coxsacke the crop amounts 10 ABOUT
IS per cent Of the average ana h'eher
prices are expected The report comes from
Albany where purchasers from various parts OF the
country have been busy seeking bargains In the
central part Of the state the outlook l. better NJ
Utica there IS good supply taken largely rom INC
city reservoirs, and scarcity nor increase IN Prices
is expected. Al Emira the report Is much the same
the ice tsre IS twelve thirteen inches thick. and
ample IN quantity.
The ice season Buffalo very short. but every
hour of the time was improved. with what was
carried from last year. there IS t3i average
stock on hand the quality is up 10 the hig1eSt stand
ard and increase I'm prices Is contemplated !"
fact some of the companies may have surplus Va
sell less favored places. Erie Penn masses
similar report 20 quality. Altoona has su'lclci'
supply for all Uses IL Eastern Pennsylvania, how
ever the situation is nearly as bad a. II can De. ~
Norrieown only from four 70 SIX Inches 'nich Was
Gathered Prepara,ions are already being made for
higher prices and ,e'ipus shortage Is looked lor ~
wes,che,er lcr only three inches thick was CUT. ana
The cr,p was regarded almost an entire failure
A, Beading il ba. been practically agreed 10 advance
,r,ccs 70 or 40 per cent Philadelphia and Its vcin-
nv are contemplating The importation OF ice from more
fortunate regions
The harvest in Maine appears TO have been fairly
good one On the kcnncbcc nearly $4,000 IONS "'ro
en-, and about 100000 tons Of ice in good con-
di,jon we've carried over on the Pcnobscot there
are $4,000 tons Of new ice and 1l4,000 tons OF old.
almns, filling tho storage houses TO their utmost ca
raciv Along the coast 10000 tons have been
gathered ana there about 10000 tons OF Ola "r'
while over 10000 tons have been loaded in vessels
for shipment 10 other points. The total ice harcS'
-
,ca,c Of nearly 10000 tons over last year. New
Uamp,hrc appears TO have Jared about as well as
Maine fun average crop ranging from Ten 10 bfeeh
inches I'm Thickness with but little snow having been
stored; there viii be enough for the seasons uses
and 20 spare. In Rhode Island ther' Is d man
supply not more perhaps than fvceishths OF an
a,cia.c crop One-hali Of T. is OF deTGediy poo,
uuaiiv and # expected that prices VIII De almost
Throughout cocccut the winter has been Sea
son ~ anxiety. The tiT" given for icecu'lihE va
sb"rt and Wa unch broken into b. warm weather ali
NJ N"viaven there Is not more man oh'-" 1
the quantity IN store HAT ther' wa year ago. -"
incroac IN price h., YET been made bni som" Nu' ~
t'or appears inevitable" some very poo zee "a, ,
CROP j. 3 per cent hollow u" aN'Ta:e ana i, u",,S
- poor N Nr s lc rs aI "n 10 b" bairv
haf GUp: and the am" report conc t rom Nc a,
oa+g" c eAo p W+ ar1 '' Na '@"A a 'S IS ro"
supply both IN ?any ani gn ;haIc viii mn hs%n f
supply for ihc local demand and some 70 sen; y.
SIrmsfcli there j, little shortage and the ice IS
o, SI and n," place in the western part Of The
state the Is thin, hu there I, plenty OF IT, IN Inc
Gksn Iatc S sScSr 5SG '~ supply iarry in
lamps, " and in Maine ON the local laEeS ana
supply is pcrhal 50 per cont short. and a. much Of
+, + brought from di>tanc" ard hcich> are higher
an Ie~i y,al az increase IN prices IS locked for Az
clone -tcr thrr" Is thongh' to be- enough 10 lIS'
through the season. and supply the fishing vrsSclI;
Eivrr there J. >inan harvest Of thin ice. but OF
Eco6rts from New Jersey are unsatisfactory. Prep
arations mode la, fall for gathering Iaiec
crop. Some Ice hor>'> were pu' up on thc neia
~ai, which have not been needed. y great hcal OF
lee va ,lu rot nor tlau five inches thick ana IN"
SUNNY Of Old ice carried j. snail Ighr' prices
n uca,ly al me cities Of the state al" ooh'n 1"r.
There viii. If c0llr~c. be a large demand perhaps
,r,,cr ono than usual from tho southern Sta'r>:
Washington and Baltimore will look To New Enclauh
almost entirely for their snppk. som" OF me "espIl
stat Witch u-Galv gather sufficient harNc>, for
local l,c are short Mi, year. and will require lae"
SUNNY from th' Noril aud Fast Up ~ Mlnnf,o,a
,hero {. a splendid supply. In January. tc" fourt Fn
inclo> thick cut for fear HAT tf' t"1laindr OF re
,eo>on would be- lc-- favorable: bat FEBRUARY an
,nuch better and thousands 81 tons al twenty seven
inches were stored. and th, j. all OF perfect Nua'nN
Vn increase Of prices i lhuugPt of there. bl rii
rortunatrN The capacity Of >ioraS' houses Is MOI mc
m0rc than sufficient for tie local supply ara no' nnch
ice can hp spared Shipment. Al 81 Louis IN
ciurati Louisville and othcr cities. dealers ana ne
public are pretty Hc1lly in despair. and tcr is WIG
T.raud TO- supplies from tie far North. 'n t'
,chnln therefore. accoNling 10 tAc best "rnT's Al
mo- ont ohiaiualJc. there will be- a TaNiiN ~ ICE
l,chouf the Inifch ~tat"~ and imporia'Whs from
Norway NAV pcrhap~ De looked for. cool summer
would helm matters wonderfully.