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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  In 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  foregoing 
  statement 
  of 
  the 
  capacity 
  of 
  ice 
  

   houses 
  on 
  and 
  near 
  the 
  river, 
  as 
  made 
  by 
  Mr 
  Weir, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  

   remarked 
  that 
  Charles 
  C. 
  Brown, 
  in 
  a 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river, 
  

   which 
  appears 
  in 
  the 
  Eleventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Board 
  

   of 
  Health, 
  gives 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  ice 
  houses 
  on 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river, 
  with 
  their 
  

   capacity 
  in 
  1889. 
  According 
  to 
  Mr 
  Brown, 
  the 
  total 
  capacity 
  in 
  

   that 
  year 
  was 
  2,908,000 
  tons, 
  while 
  the 
  crop 
  harvested 
  frequently 
  

   exceeds 
  this 
  quantity 
  by 
  500,000 
  tons, 
  which 
  is 
  stacked 
  up 
  outside 
  

   and 
  disposed 
  of 
  before 
  the 
  warm 
  season 
  begins. 
  Mr 
  Weir's 
  

   statistics, 
  as 
  stated, 
  include 
  the 
  capacity 
  of 
  ice 
  houses 
  on 
  and 
  near 
  

   the 
  Hudson 
  river, 
  while 
  Mr 
  Brown's 
  include 
  only 
  those 
  actually 
  on 
  

   the 
  river, 
  which 
  probably 
  explains 
  the 
  apparent 
  discrepancy 
  in 
  

   the 
  statistics. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  statistics 
  include 
  the 
  tonnage 
  received 
  at 
  all 
  

   points 
  above 
  Spuyten 
  Duyvil 
  creek, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  local 
  shipment 
  

   between 
  points 
  on 
  the 
  river. 
  That 
  shipped 
  is 
  credited 
  only 
  to 
  the 
  

   points 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  was 
  shipped, 
  no 
  entry 
  being 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  

   total 
  tonnage 
  of 
  the 
  amount 
  received 
  at 
  local 
  points 
  from 
  other 
  

   local 
  points. 
  The 
  total 
  tonnage 
  also 
  includes 
  all 
  through 
  freights 
  

   shipped 
  from 
  points 
  up 
  the 
  river 
  that 
  passed 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Spuyten 
  

   Duyvil 
  creek 
  going 
  south. 
  

  

  Total 
  tonnage 
  of 
  all 
  shipping 
  points 
  on 
  Hudson 
  

   river 
  during 
  1889, 
  not 
  including 
  the 
  tonnage 
  

  

  coming 
  through 
  State 
  canals 
  (tons) 
  15,033,309 
  

  

  Value 
  of 
  same 
  1378,196,094 
  

  

  Total 
  tonnage 
  coming 
  to 
  and 
  leaving 
  tidewater 
  

  

  through 
  .State 
  canals, 
  1S89 
  (tons) 
  3,592,437 
  

  

  Value 
  of 
  same 
  , 
  |108,000,000 
  

  

  Increase 
  of 
  same 
  over 
  tonnage, 
  1888 
  (tons) 
  326,466 
  

  

  Grand 
  total 
  tonnage 
  of 
  Hudson 
  river, 
  including 
  

  

  tonnage 
  through 
  State 
  canals 
  (tons) 
  18,582,596 
  

  

  Value 
  of 
  same 
  1485,733,094 
  

  

  Number 
  of 
  transportation 
  companies 
  for 
  passen- 
  

   gers 
  or 
  freight, 
  not 
  including 
  steamboats 
  or 
  

  

  pleasure 
  boats 
  30 
  

  

  Total 
  number 
  of 
  passengers 
  carried, 
  1889 
  5,000,000 
  

  

  