New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-28
THE GRIP OF THE ICEMAN.
1T is FAST CLOSING ON HOMES AND IN
sTITUTIONS.
HOW THE COMBINATION HAS SHOWN ITS
STRENGTH IN DEALING WITH THE
CITY - SMALL CHANCES FOR
PRIVATE CONSUMERS.


CITY SMALL CHANCES FOR
PRIVATE CONSUMERS.
The plans Of the Ice Trust are gradually de-
veloping The power that the combination mas
Is shown in the bids opened yesterday py the
Department Of Charities, the rates quoted peins
by the ton delivered the different nstltutlohs'
Montauk Ice Company. s..
Knickerbocker Ice Company, S.
Hygiene Ice Company Sc.
Commissioner Henry said: I'VE bought the Ice
last year from the Montauk Company for u ~
ton and this year you see how the prices have IN
creased-over 100 per cent.
1--WE use about six hundred tons yearly, so the
increa sed cost Is an extensive item. Our contract
Is a large one but Ice is a necessity. 1t is posi-
BILE that we may consider the idea Of manufact-
uring our own ice at an early day
THE bids for fish are lower this year than they
were last year. and are buying our nsn cheap
err on the present bids than we could last Jahu-
airy The bids for fish yesterday were: r. H.
Quinn, sl.637 so; E. G. Blackford. N''So' =. D.
Warren ST. 100: Thomas Smith. S1s72 o.
Commissioner Henry said that last January
Mr. Quinn wanted ten cents pound for several
classes Of fish, and these had been purchased
since for from four and a half to six cents
pound
This would seem to indicate that the ish-deal-
ers have made arrangement with the CONSULT
dated ice companies to get cheap Ice BE that as
1t may there Is no let-up on the ordinary mousse
holder 1t Is 70 cents a week or nothing. one re-
suit of this will be to boom the sale OF canned
condensed milk as compared with that sold III
the city by the other milk companies. The latter
reollires ice and cannot be kept without II. Inc
canned condensed milk contains more sugar, anu
will last far longer in warm weather. Inc pure
milk will get a boom, too because 1t Is cheaper
to let the grocer put 1t on Ice than Tor the MUSE
holder TO keep 1t and buy Ice to DO so.
The hospitals will feel the advance snarpiy
as they cannot do without Ice. AT the heaith
Department II alleged that when the ue-
mand arose the people would get the Ice some,
how unless they were extremely poor anu
even In that case 1t could be obtained IN some
way other. .,, ,
way in South Brooklyn. They are probably
getting now $40 ton. There are no hve.ceh ~
pieces sold anywhere, ana one peuiei sol" "
"De ice companies amt Begin you to BUY
der ice any more Ef yous don want IL yer
can go widout see? III sell yer ice Tor ~ cents
hunder' an dat's cheap enough Anyhow 'e'
can't git II any less; see
The reporter saw and he went ~,
Despite the views of the ice pedler ana the
Health Department official the question is d
large ont that will affect the city seriously t"iS
summer. ,,. l.. ..,
Seventy cents week Is small Item IN many many
households, but when 1t comes to poor teIe
| ment-house family Ii means much. the an
sence of ice means the loss Of lot or vegetables
| left over from the Sunday dinner. II means
| that the baby's milk Is curds ana whey az,
.han ,bere is little funeral 1t means that
| the careful housewife cannot afford to buy an
| ounce more meat than is consumed at slneIe
| meal 1t means general misery ana ulscUIi,
| ct during the summer months, and possible
| resulting epidemics. ,,
Commissioner Burtis said he would seriously sn
| consider the question Of an ice plant when '.e
| legislature had adjourned, and he proposed 10
| nut every man they had to work on some Klno
| If manufacture or other that could be useo
| in the Department.