New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-16
ICE CHEAP AND ABUNDANT
80 OCCASION To FEAR ANY SCARCITY
THIS SEASON.
t,.-- wrSrrR-y HEAVY cRoP OK TIE HUDSON
SHARP COMPETITION BETWEEN COM
rANIr,s-RuMoRs OF A TRUST AP-
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,...,,,,,.rs ~ cooling drinks and housewives TAX
,, car. ~ perl~hAble oa,ab.cs have become apprc-
-. a., ,h. last few weeks Of hot weather that
-, .. .,rpiv may become inconyenicntly small
tf,l, h, the enormous quantities % Zee that haN"
h..u used IN the hot spell. this apprehension mas
s.efn w,u grounded. hut investigation shows mat
,h. supply viii doubtless b" equal - any oinrF-
gcnr, ina, may arise Ia the next few months.
m. harvest Of Ice last winter In the Hudson RIVER
v,s , good one and all the ice-houscs along the
h,n,s ~ the river wcr" illci-somcthins that mas
not happened before In some years. In rouh' mum
h.rs aJrVO tons u fee w'r" stored. ana tha'
,u,o,,n, has never been consumed by Newfork or
Greater Ncw-York in any lively" months ms
docs no, mean however. that this quantity or lc"
would Do available for use In year The me'tas'
and waste Incurred In transporting this lee from
tie storo-housrs the city In cutting II up ana IN
delivering II to the consumers reduce the amount
actually consumed t. ju.t about one-hali the guam
INV originally stored 50 that when the crop gath
cred into IN. ice-houscs Is 35OJVD tons the amount
r,.llv available 10 the consumer is only LIOv"
TONS Th. latter quantity however. Will stand the
onsaughts Of more than one hot weather campaign
and Viii sun leave "a comfortable margin to carry
To fail.
lee this year has been cheaper than ever be-
,or. I'm N,w-York The abundant crop Of last win
fer has encouraged small ice companies to start up
ton has set in The biz companies. like the hnick-
.,h. ck,r have been obliged 10 scale down their
pric.s when they are brought into rivalry with the
other ice companies and the result has been that
IN. average price OF Ice has become materially less
than that AT the corresponding time last year
Nrw-York has enjoyed the privilege OF having
cheaper and better ice than most other cities In the
United States and. indeed most cities In the world
Tn. natural advantages for harvesting tee along
the Hudson River unsurpassed and the raclii-
ties for getting It to the city remarkable These
causes combined with the competition which al
ways prevails In Ncw-York. have made Ice one OF
the cheapest articles of consumption. a real Ice
famine * practically unknown In this city. People
Imagined that there one "A few years ago. when
an open winter cuused the price to so up. but
even AT Its highest rate that summer Ice was not
much higher than II Is every summer IN number OF
other cities
An Zee famine In New York city IL almost an I'M
possibility. ON an average the Hudson RIVER crop
IL short once In ten years, but th"re always Is d
a-on by all the wrll-cstablishci Ice companies, 50
that although the winter may be an open one th'r'
H. a big supply left over from the preceding year;
Then too. tn. lee crop of Maine never iails. ana
even Norway can send ana mas sent, Il supply 10
this city in emergencies. .
Such being the favorable situation of New York
in the matter of Ice, II T. almost impossible TO FORM
ice trusts. Several rumOrs have been In clrcula-
ton recently 10 the effect that an Ice trust was III
process OF formation. but 80 far hs TINS city ~
concerned the stories seem to be- without founda-
ton The officers OF the Knckcrbocker lee Com
pany disclaim all knowledge OF such "A trust IN
effective trust with the largest Ice company In New
York q