New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-30
,rrMEN ONLY WAITING.
WEATHER SIMPLY PosTPoNEs THE
INEVITABLE.

ILLNESS TO BE OBTAINED IN SMALL f'+'A'
w n,r WHAT WILL HAPPEN LATER is
ANOTHER STORY.
l., ,emperature during the last two or
me ia' ..s been a little discouraging 10 the
cree ua. Ca much So that In South brooklyn
ss peoie,s N buy fee every second day In ten
Il Is po' Inst how much ice VIII be in that
sni ""' :, "a hard 10 say. The average ice man or
Hctsa S.s ignored the use of such mean devices as
sef' m balances. This year, however there Is
sahs VI rornerly the iceman and his assistant
.nefen's. of 10 per cent. That is to say, when
Va M mounds OF ice he was charged Tor
" oous", The balance went to fill up such incl
|im poa" "a leakage and stray drinks. In those
kn's' W. to was rarely weighed and the vendor
ays "' .,o amount required by looking at IT,
De' .cuallzed matters with the saioonkeeper
D.n ~ drinks for himself his assistant ana the
s~ or his bartender. 1t was a sort OF
s''N ,oke game and 1t all went well enough so
T'a ,hs 10 per cent leeway lasted since the
| ..nsement there has been change In the
49,, The ,ceman has lost his 10 per cent ana
,orrer blows in his money as freely as
s% o" nos no hard line to bother with. Then
..u,chaser has keener look aiter 'ne "e'sn' VI
~p~ . hsrkeeper on Third-ave. said on Tues
" tho ,cemen amt spendn' their money as they
w. Won gee they have to pay for all the Ice
nve, the Bridge ard as we have to pay
~ .,,ca we want all there is In IT,
ane' xs.o,,hes the situation exactly In that par
i@ ~. =, bus,ness Housekeepers however. re-
p" nth dismay a few years ago wnen the
s es and the grocer piled up their charges on
..,,,nd that Ice was scarce that year.
mp S.,.s commissioner Henry said couple OF
49, ,,., he understood that artificial ice costs
Gs Its ton II his opinion be correct 1t Is
~" .r,hshs that where there are steam plants
-, tn onsraton the addition OF one or two
~-..sso, humps would not largely increase the
oos, As to the idea OF distilled water that
s'' "".rsa Al, Having been accustomed 10 hudson
49, toe with all It's founess. for years. the worst
a,ar R,dgewood ever produced is regarded as oe'-
60, than that which supplies Hudson river 'ce'
yer 'han has IFS humorous sides at present
iA. r,seess that the ice combine Is likely to
o"0 ~ me ammonia on the market Another
o ..e.. ,,.,s was no reason why Mike" Moran
o." ruchsnhacb instead OF skrmish!ng around
49, atlantic ocean for crippled ships or dere.icts
houM not ret together few OF their ocean gong
s, LIZ orgsni2e another trust and capture rev OF
he early icebergs that have 2eem d ~ he
'1 apa s' from all these stories ice has been I'M
,orisd nom Norway before. and there Is no reasoh
cSy II should not be this year; ,y,.u,o,,o
iohn Il O'Rourke. the president OF the Hyglenic
stated few days so age aaa tom ne ON m0a tha
q ~" and denied any intention of going into
A. ssSems OF the consolidated Ice companies His
VA before the Chstities Commissioner hardly pear
49, 49, Interpretation. In fact the bids OF the Mon
,s sss Knickerbocker and HYGIENE ice companies
xsar 40 striking family resemblance to me
"sass ds Of the old regime that they are worthy
Of note 80, .o,. .an ,,,eu.
ms ttustion with becoming equanimity. but after
hat they will simply fry.