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Show New Orleans Icerl.se. The Xew Orleans ice factorit! are, with one exception, very successful. They , have a capital of 5582,000. They received re-ceived last year for their product $300,-000, $300,-000, at the rate of 3 per ton. So successful suc-cessful have they been thai two new ice companies are contemplated, and will probably be in operation this year. Th present warm spell baa heated the water somewhat, and increased the cost of manufacturing ice. In case of an ice famine up north thi coming spring in consequence of the present phenomenal winter, the Kew Orleans factories express a willingness to ship ice there for consumption if they can get a good price. jftsCiiotii-4' |