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Show men nere express tue opinion tnat sued a famine will occur, and say that sever northern dealer nave approached them on this subject of establishing an artificial artifi-cial ice factory in the north as a protection protec-tion against such contingencies as the present.- -New Orleans Special. 5w Ortesoe Tcerlee. ' The New Orleans ice factories are, with one exception, very successful. They have a capital of J662.000. They received re-ceived last year for their .product $360,-000, $360,-000, at the rate of $6 per ton. So successful suc-cessful have they been that two new ice companies are contemplated, and will probably be iu operation this year. Tht present warm spell has heated the water somewhat, and increased the cost of manufacturing ice. In case of an ice famine up north this coming spring in consequence of the present phenomenal winter, the New Orleans factories ej press a willingness to ship ice there for consumption if they can get a good price. The artificW . |