Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-03-03
AFTER ICE.
1 ereat Craze for the Frozen
Product in Northern
New York.
-. Ice osnsTaIly Of . Very Inisrios
Quality.

p. Ice Generally Of . Very Interior
Quality.
Tho yield is Of inferior quality, bat will
=. .upolled 70 butchers, miikmen, cream
-. md the many industries requiring ice
ooIy for cooling purposes.
x HaIlston, l3-inch ice has been harvest
"A t,om two large artificial ponds, by Mr..
goo,e. Who il stacking and housing 1t.
The gbigewood Company Of Brooklyn 10
:, ,o,t on BaIissop lake. A side-trsek has
-, laid from the lake to connect With the
I,.l.ysre and Hudson road
4, Bound lake, Ransom Parker, Who has
,on.es In Bethlehem, and = number Of
.,.calstgrs and dealers are gathering L.
~ ice. -Four houses Of large capacity
have been erected.
A recent Cald~ special 70 the Albany
Wv York Evening Times says that there
.hould be no scarcity Of ice this year, judy
M from operations going on here, even
,housh the Hudson does not yield 3 pound
~, WATER Every available pond, lake,
,,,,k and river in this vicinity 10 yielding .
,,odly hsrves, Of first quality Ice, ranging
= thickness from eight TO seventeen
aches, In addition to this supply large
sasp,itie. are taken daily from the canal
md portions Of the upper Hudson.
Twcs As MoseuiroEs IN SxrrxMBEa.
,t.ksd It's entire width, 2 IL miles. The
euting began Friday. The best ice. II
inches vas taken from the east side by
ssrs,ogs company, in which President
Du,kse Of the Adirondack Railroad and
Al.r.nde, Bsucus Of Saratoga are promi-
a,n.. D. W. Hamilton Of Hudson IL the
oompsny', supernte ndeDt. A large hou ,e
IA, been built. But the capacity Of this 10
M, 4 speek on wall compared to the ice
s.thsred. The greater amount has been
s,seted along the Fi,chburg tracks. J. b.
Aeksrson with gang Of 200 men. repre-
ssMs the Kniekerbocker Company. The
cutting from the fields 10 IL TO 10 inches
thick. This is at the north end. The har
vest /. being stacked along the tracks. and
sbippsd as fast as cars can be procured
There isa scarcity Of cars all along the
road because Of the great demand FIR
thsm. Egity-sr loads, of Is tons per car
we're sent away Wednesday. and Mr.. Ack-
.rsou expected to ship 1875 carloads day
unul the field is exhausted. The dearth of
cars 10 the only difficulty. The men, those
vho are skilled workmen. receive 81 . day,
which /. 10 cents higher than usual. The
majority receive 81 80 and the natives less.
Winship 4 N Her Of Saratoga are filing
their houses with l4-inch spring water ice
from ponds.
FRozEs PupDiso, PERHAPS.
Atsll these places horses are used to drag
,hs ice g3 wooden run-wAys Most Of the
ice that has been cut lies In stacks, ready
for shipment
ssraiogisns went wild upon the ice sub
jeci Small ice deslsr RS, spectators, bust
ness men of every kind want to get finger
10 the pudding. for they regard the outlook
for money making in ice rs remarkable.
liz OTHER PLACES
Mr. Brisbane has taken several thousand
tons Of 4 inch ice from 4 creek near Fort
Miller, and expects to stack and house 90
900 tons
At Fort Edward, the local dealers are
ratherins nine 10 10 inch ice from the river
al the dam No large companies or specu
lstors are working there
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SENATOR EMERsoS's FIELDS
william Tuttle a. .upe,intend.nt for
Senate, Fmer.on of Wsrrens,uryh who
Ia. contracted Ia furnish the Knickerbocker
Compsnv 20 900 Inn. Of ice ia at work with
rs men on Glen lax. where he i. yatbe,,ny
and stacking the nrodnct On account Of
the ,xteb,nv f,c,ii,ia. sbipp;ny can he car
ned On at n,gb, only Tbe frat .hipmant
80 cars va. mad, Tne.dav ni,b c.,,s,e
wanted sxe,vvh.,a i.,,s number ~
them viii he re,nirea n, CaIJwel, Tho onlv
pom, On Lake Georye where ice i. stunned.
CONTROLLING rus RAILROAD PRIVILEGES.
The entire hay hero ha. bee, ,,sked nm,
b, Station ,,en, Fe,n.II 30 IN. Dslsu.re
and Ilad.on Rsilroa, whn w;,h Se,.tor
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b. ANYBODY hu, thu onlv .v.iJ.bl. ground
shere /, can no stacked /. controlled bv
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