The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-15
HAT.
Decided Increase in the Consumption In !
This City-Its Causes. r

This City-Its Causes. %.
Thu fact that the consumption Of hay In
New York city was considerably greater DUR,
ing the last six months OF 1893 than for six
months In many years.was something OF a sur.
prise to those who foresaw disaster for the
having interests of this State when electricity
began to displace horses on the street rail-
roads. The average daily consumption Of hay
in this city has been placed at 1000 tons for Q
long time. In the last half year it has been at
the rate Of 1900 tons. and for several weeks
was above that figure. . '' :
There was a notable falling of in hay
consumption when the Brooklyn horse car
lines began to change their motive power and.
OF course. the same tendency was noticeable
when the cable and electric roads Of Manhat-
tan were put into operation. All OF this fall
ing of, however. has been more than met by
increased demands in other directions. Tho
improved trade conditions. the increase In
trucking. and the larger shipments of live
stock have all tended to keep up the demand
for hay. This has been true not only In New
York. but also at other places of hay distribu-
ton. so that the average consumption through
out the country has not diminished nearly as
much as many expected. ~
With the influx OF buyers to New York. fos-,
tered by various agencies recently. larger
stocks are carried by nearly all wholesale
hous{ and the TRANSPORTATION OF goods about
the city has increased enormously. The con-
ditions during the last year have been abnor-
mai owing 10 Governm snt purchases OF hay
for the army in the West Indies and the Phil
%ippines. The, last government contract for
hay was for 100000 pounds. TO go 10 Cubn,
and such contracts are pretty frequent since
the war began. New York has been benehfSd
cemtsT show that 1870 tons q hay were r..
ing period "A year before. The exports amounC-
ed to a;550 h Eae as r AGAINST =, S;iS = bales II Tie
amount Of hay exported was about twice as
great proportionately as the increase in the
a decrease from 1851 in the amounts Of hay,
received and shipped at Chicago and Cincin-
SS 81. Lo oaS IA and dn PRiiade ssSsIs0a An 4t i H%t,wsss0 IL
both receipts, and shipments is reported from
Cleveland and from Toledo;
comes from as, far west as. Michigan and fndE
ana. New York sta:e. which at one time pros
still raised and shipped. but better qualities
lands in the West; With the new impetus 70
the hay trade, which may result from car 9c-
pines, there is an excellent opportunity to re-
yiye the former Importance OF the hay raising
already conside ring means to that end.
II is a we'll recognized fact that none OF the
West Indies islands IL CAPABLE Of raising hay,
tude Of this State and the rest oithe hay belt,
and with the present lack OF facilities for exc
PHILIPPINES must be supplied from here. :Of
course the new possessions OF the United
hay In the past. but with the use of charac-
%teristic American methods. with the pudding
IL will become impossible TO put working cat
tie out TO Craze between the hours Of labor.
and q demand for good hay will be felt imme-
The supplying Of hay for live stock in transpor-
tatiOn is also a field whose future is bright. The
frat two or three DAYS of an ocean fFiD pafliA