New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-12-05
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a rapid increase in the business Of the Atlantic
Dock bas KEEP; pace with the vigorous progress Of TIE
Company during the lat in enlsrgng their pa
aud Increasing the ex,en, Of their accommodation
or vessels By permission Of the Corporation Of the
1ty Of NexYork second ferry boat has been added
% that branch Of the Union Ferry already existing be
tw, Whitehall and the Atlantic Dock 90 that ample
NEE rs are afforded for constant and uninterrupted &C
ces, 10 the Dock and surrounding wsrehouses
Thtreceut arrivals OF Flour and Grain al the Dock
have cen very large nearly filing al Of the spacious
varea suscs to the extent Of their capacity One mer
chant, alone has 5000 bushels Of Grain and 1900 bar
res 4 flour and the activity has also been e1
perienced in branch Of our foreign commerce &C
cornmodszed the Dock, Under the operation Of are
cent Ac. Of Congress- 70 the psssage Of which Hon M
crinpeu u New Bedford ard Mr. Phoenz Of the House
Of and SIR Dix Of the senate renderea
eeiept ssrvice rev and valuable traffic 10 the Bread
studs Of Canadian growth has sprung up and l. rlsns
% importance BY this law, Whest and Flour from
Canada are entered Oswego and other ports Of entry
On the frontier and pss.ing through our Canals reach
New YORK. and under the Of the Customs are de-
oslted in the Public stores and finally shipped hence
to Europe free of duties having paid tribute to this
state in tolls the Canal freighters 70 New York coop
crs and aboefs snd lastly to the American ships that
Within the last ten days about 10000 barrels Of Cana
dian Flour and 1900 bushels Of Wheat Of Canadian
Growth have arrived and zone into the Custom House
Warehouses 1t the Atlantic Dock. Withou, possess
lon Of these Warehouses the Collector would have
found IL announcement If not difficult TO have promptly
received and placed under this amount OF prop
erty arriving a. did suddenly and nearly at the same
time At this busy season especially. when tier upon
tier of water craft lie At the wbsrvcs waiting for place
20 discharge the boats and barges that brought this
Canadian property must have los, no little time waiting
for "a berth aud the Flour, IL not exposed 10 mud on
our crowded whsryes must have been csrted to many
different if not distant places Of deposit each place
ouiriDg the attendance Of two Custom House officers
making probably thirty officers altogether. At the At
lanrc Dock berth s found at within twenty feet
Of the Public Warehouses and the Flour barrels are
rolled into them over clean plauked platform and are
housed less time than they could be landed and load
ed upon cart at one OF whsryes In the City The
account Of savings TO the owner deposting 900 bar
rels Of Flour Al the Atlantic Dock instead OF our crowd
ed pieTs stands thus:
Garage from per % storebou.e SesYors. o q 80
Csrtsg- from ship, IS :, bbl p.
C,or..r. errs b, reason of two carriages O. n bb l0
storage t5. per aoaih, average time mont1' =.
Total ~
The saving therefore on the Canadian -four taken
into the Housc stores in the ast ten days alone
il q 800 This sum added TO the saving on Canadian
Grain (stin greater than on Flour in the Public
stores at the Dock forms aggregate OF $4,000
The Dry G0od, Reporter gives the following ia
bic showing the amount Of Goods taken for consump-
ton through the Port OF New-York from June 10 to
H. D L.