New-York tribune., 1890-05-28
ICE RISING NTH TIE MERCTRT.
BUTCHERS ~ DEsPAIR-FlvE CENTS MORE A
PLATE FOR ICE CREAM-INCRLAsED
Cn,T OF DrHER THINGS.

COST OF OTHER THINGS.
As the warm weather weather approaches the ics
question becomes more serious. Each week Tor
month has seen sharp rise IN Us price Inc ""rso
of II is. apparently. taat there IS no fixed price
adhered to- Tut dealers are charging about what they
.an eAtort from the haples> public. \ Tribune re-
uo.t, ~ who made tour through part OF brooN
lyn and the bi. market, downtown-Fultn ana
Warrington yesterday was told by retail butchers
that they pay ing various prices, oO co. 90 ana
- cents huudrd pounds for ice Wholesale ouochefa
or storage waIshouseHen VINO bought by the ton were
paying 90 10 $40. and one man gig ton. IN al
cases nothing was talked of but higher prices Wnh'
in A week the dealers expect to be paving tlo ton
all around wholesale. and ii 100 pounds TetaiL
Tho storage warehou,emen have put up th,lf prices
for keeping poultry. game, meats etc" nom one
half cent a pound month T. two-thirds of cent
and have added } cents package to other storage
articles.
on saturday Norton and other maker, Of ice cream
pat up their prices - per cent. aad NJ" every zee
r,au parlor~ and restaurant in this city charges ID
cents for the square OF frozen cream that they 'od
for 10 cent, heretofore. Many hsh dealers nave
lacked Oh a cent pound
II was difficult to ind a retail butcher WHO "0aa
acknowledce that he charging any more ior M'
cut, and steaks because Of the rise in price ol' every
one with whom the reporter talked said th'' o'"'s
butchers were chareing cent pun" ''-''~' ~
around. 49,
We are lucky in the market here sad WASH
,pg,on Market butcher. because We have contracts
hv which We get cold air into all our cooling boxes
Al a cent a foot But a the butchers uptown l
hear. have tackled on a cent pound because OF tls
price of ice
We have or own machine for making co" ar
s,is William Ottman. t'e biz Fulton Market butoheF
who supplies many uptown msh price ic''au''Is ''
and hotels, there Is no necessity lor u 10 oai -
higher rates But can't see how o"'eme ou''''''
are going 10 keep the old prices. 49,. -. .
- There 1, no excuse tor SHOWING up b.V pr y.
,ce said William y. CatWach manager ot te larso
ns,cl,v street RcfrigCrating Warehouse COMPANY;
rS ncntv OF ice IN Maine TO be had for Al 50
an II 'rAu be lad down here in New oFk Tor ~
a ,on ,reirhfiuE. or total cost ~ - % IL =
crne prospect 90 hold ont before the poor oi ths Guy
and means untold ,unerine: ...,.,,-
An establishment IN FHltonst for mahUiaclurls
g.. ~ worl,ns 10 it, full capacity. and the maaser
saws he could dispose Of 800 tons day nore ton 10
is making lie sells the product at retail al 30 'e"''
The cxorb;ant rates charged for ice are attracting
larger shinmenis from Canada than heretofore W
rno oi the wholesale meat houses al which the repoe,
called he was told that Canadian WHO used 10 sena
srhoone., ltrc IN ballast making arrangements ID
load them with ire instead. lie mad tod the nsis
man that IL would only cost him - 80 ton to laha
ice IN New York. The reporter saw Canadian neNs
paper which referred hall dozen Ice charters irOti
81 John 10 Providence. L. l., at - 20 ton Sla
towageS. -, -... Il,
Troy Y y Ma 27-.Nnother break occurred IN
the Champlain Canal this morning at the Third Mic
LoVcl north OF Waterford. Boats are DELAYED ana
lee dealers are suffering great loss II is thought tha
weeks will 10 required 10 repair the break