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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 $378,196,094 



Total tonnage coming to and leaving tidewater 



through iState canals, 1889 (tons) 3,592,437 



Value of same ?108,000,000 



Increase of same over tonnage, 1888 (tons) 32G,4G6 



Grand total tonnage of Hudson river, including 



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



Value of same $485,733,094 



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 



