The sun., 1890-01-12

phenomenal condition Of affairs. 19ere Il
wide divsFsIty Of opinion hers IN rev Eng
land. This n the iumplng-off plHoetor storms
and 90 New Englandsrs don't pay, ,Auoh atten.
hon to their oriRin. But the storns have piled
have been attended with such Sepresstng at
iaS SS@sa1 sSsSGGsa sna iSs. tSs gsssS
er bureau are oveFwhelmed vith INQUIRIES es
sSgseSps s@fsS. ils 'VdS'Ses Who Ia CharsS Of New
1nnpt1 16nGlthnds weather Spread out mep ,t SI tns
low points about tho Ts RSatEoT sT sprepeS o sech
Ss: hsSaat had % Tue Eet time me- 70 look Int i6e
you that the eontIaSsd warm weather Is cSussd
Ssctiy sprSss S.ss tie soSnrS from west . east 70
Ine me north OF us When the storm centre passes
Rsneal of the rush oi wind from the, south.
That Is the whole thing In nutshell. The
sSps have not ss6 bs hs
snrs has been masssd 40 far north that the
SNIGGrms MORT have taken Course almost due eaS,5i en,i
why that high area Is so tar north, because /
Lieut. b9wnor, % Ma' wHo Is IN cha charge of the local
hydroRraphio ofloa said that he was satisfied
that the Gull. Stream had ,ohSnged its course
somewhat We have had from several
sHS he q the Se %
coast. Nothing but the Gulf Stream could
thus lower the temperature OF the water. Then.
Sod G hs on "fSF sS msps IN s1s ss has
suddenly begome cold, That Is one proof that
proof 10 the prasence along our coast OF Gull
weed. 80 called. That is killed by cold water.
never before been found here. showing that
Gifs sP Ss 6s SFssa S lsG ss
forced e rsplenish their sapDly q ct,,ice, Ice,
to do The melting Of the ice shows that the
water h s enc enough warmer to change the temper
What is your explanation. OF tho change ?"
Your opinion Is as good, as mine. II is
hsa 9
Newfoundland Banks, aud both are deaee cd
and reappoars at sea q long distance of. For
growing gro weaker. until % now It amounts ito to nSsh Sf
ns Tns sa2se oT ths sssssen S T5Sly
somSWSors "a the Are,ia fseion iRere Is
miGhty VAL Of Ice which hPs a dslseisd h The
hs feson II we could se. up Dq 3heEs We
misht be able to explain i. We'll. The Gulf
rent, naturally swings moro directly north
ward. ward. and thus @ comes nearer nearer our coast; its
We, are experiencing such change. any way.
| aud you can draw your own conclusions.
"A very important feature OF the open winter
is Its effect upon the Ice crop. big section OF
PS sPfe's no
the old stock Is 80 nearly exhausted that al
| ready dealers and consumers are beginning to
| be anxious. Whether or not there will be q
| famine the ice dealers are NOT prepared to say.
| to be before long a most discouraRinG scarcity
Hnsss SOd wsrshsr and GOOD smart spell Of
The situation. is certainly serious one II
| said member OF one OF the largest Ice firms
tp this city and o director, in the Boston Ice
| Company. and men who have money In the
| business are looking forward somewhat anx-
| iously to see whore their stock in trade is COM
! Ing from. There Is no ice In the ponds In Mas-
sachnsetts. or as far as We know any thick
England oval stu , the winter is BY = nS
be able TO. get ice Somewhere. Ii
! we don't it will be the first time that such q
| be the first time though we hope not"
There Is less than q month's supply in Bos-
| ton: and prices are already beginning TO
stinAn. Boston uses about two thousand tohs oi
| ics daily In the summer time. and the demand
| dreds OF thousands of tons are required for q
! yearly supply for Boston alone, and TO supply
| that quantity double the amount must be cnt
with empty houses and no cold weather In
England supply fails the dealers win import m
| from Can ada. 1t has never be ore been neces-
| sary to DO this. end tho expense would be
| greet. Maine dealers expect to reap a harvest
some OF the lakes. Massachusetts dealers viii
| not cut Ice less than ten inches thick nor moro
| than thirteen Inches. except for export. =