The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-02-23


30 pubic stores, and b. paid for them By
| the government but they will be used ~ private
agreed ON by the collector chief ocer OF
the port, aud the importer, owner sonsignse In
!nss S.'ss however, the person Who y permitted BY
the ooliector to have such private bonded store.
must be constituted by each Of the importers using
the ,sme, their agent, who muSt keep the import.
er's key - authorised by law whist the Inspector
will keep another and distinct key; SO that
can DO had to the goods. excspt In the pres
several Importers thus use ono private .tore thus
guarded and sscured In addition to the custsdy OF
tbs lock Of tn. and the bond
must also exact from the agent q the who
keeps the ttors bond with SUFFICIENT sursties to in
TALLY the system Of private competition for storage aud
labor introduced into Great Britain, and which has
been ded there with such wonderful aud
has de that country the sorehouse Of the products
an fabrics II the world In the absence Of rexu
ls'ions this department. feels we'll assured that toe
thouiipg busness in the United States nsver
be brought into successful competition with that OF
Great Britain and it believes that the adoption Of the
sysem here will be attended with incacul4bs ensdt
Under this viction, have felt is my duty to
extend these privileges to the merchants and busness
Being os,rous Of introducing the system OF stores
alb ou,ely fire. proof so Is to guard as far pract
cable sgaiDst those disastrous fires which have SO
ottt sWtp pit many mons Of properly in vested
In ltoIss md goods, ana wi view 10 p bonded
stores in our own country upon an equal, IL not
pefor footiDg 10 ALI others regards urity,
TO make ports The pal Of commerce.
have directed that preference shs be- givea all
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made entirely nrs proof By tnisi msso such stores
ot which we have scarcely Q single one In this
country sgh lately introduced Win great success
into Great Britain. aretree from all bustibie
euals Such ttores would bs built Of stone
or brick or what would be batter for all the
materials now used to substitute iron, namely, for
roofs and rsfeTs for joiste for DO
and shutters slabs for flooring, and beams pillars
The advantage Of this systsm would be- list. Tns
great security from fire in such stores would
much increase the wArehousing busine.s of the
NnUn atTana
and navigating interest I'd The saving or diminish.
Ing The lose: arising from conhagr Sd. The
arresting Of in great Cities by stopping them
at point where the buildings wholly busti.
buildings to private stores, other than bonded ware
houses 9th Ths great ben, The iron Interest Of
the country from the new and increasing and de-
mebd thereby created fol that mater 81.
The auementing demand for warehouses In many Of
our ports bad forced upon the department tho
tive of asing 1t this me and additional public
stores for terms Of years In the larger ports
to the system Of private competition; lad after full
Public stores however, to large extent still re.
qured by the las LIST For importers who may prefer
70 use tn. I'd Unclaimed goods under the provisions
value Of there unclaimed goods in New York alone,
during the nrst two years under the wsrehou.ing
sl46l7 e5s. Under this system public and pri.
tate stores will be combined, and each for useful
purpo,ss Is designed By the law but ultimately the
great Dass OF the wsrshoueing buzz Except
CARDS unclaimed goods will be transacted here In
Great Britain by stores neither rented owned BY
In p opsr locatons and Of proper ehacaotsr will be-
author,Escby the collector With the
an inspe otor Of the and the goods
permitted only In bis presence, a. required By lav.
Inc perfon who 10 authorized t. keep the store be
the agent Of the importers contract for storage
ana labor IS they may think proper the government
Ct Inspector by the payment Of half storage or Of
re inspectors salary at the option Of the importer
itorrs add not By the government; and the
business will thus be conducted In time with grestsr
and the choice OF stores left chiefly to the
importers The government will have ell the curity
for the stores and for the custody OF the goods that
required In case Of public stores, we'll full in
labor building or renting of stores with
peisrs Of the pubic store where adapted to the
storsge Of articles sought be warehoused Private
enteIpri.s will be invited into rivalry for furnishing
warehouses; and now that the system has received
proper iDpTts from the government, individual Gem
and safest stores, we'll the most economical
rage and labor for nearly all goods except such
large and capacous stores to be erected
in our ports giving employ ment to our mechanics
anu S noor, sug%s zen our commerce ana revenues
housiDg cities. The inoombustibls iron stores will
gradually take the place Of structures that are not
fre-proe for the storage of imports and be eventually
EXTENDED to stores holding domestic goods, and thus
terminate those disastrous CONGREGATIONS that have
As taIly Is the 29th of July, 1S47, my attention
directed TO the important subject Of iron warehouses;
ana among the IN quiries which the who
under my sppen ment In that year, directed to
n AXE. was The following ...
extent iron has been introduced either for roofs raft
oists otherwise well the material for floor.
ing; the Of such buildings; the insurance
any such warehouses aud the goods stored therein
replying to this inquiry the commissioners stated
a. follows
I'm the dock warehouses originally constructed iron
ed "A \ m teri for hal nlv
In some for braces to strengthen; but in those
more lately built 1t has entered to some extent into
the construction, for rafters josts and oorng for
pillars II has been generally used; the St. Katha
rn.'s dock In London and the Albert dock, at Liver
port in most cases, to the second floor The London
Dock company have also used 1t to considerable
t. mt for pillars in the last vaults constructed The
ebeos ON the dock piers ct London generally
ported by iron columns previously mentioned; and
the intention hereafter 10 to increase its experience
having demonstrated from the use made Of 1t in
structipg the large railway stations that IL the light
est spd beet material for large fheds and roofs The
flooring in the warehouses is usually made with refer
smooth .urace is very requisite for the
Of the artclss IRON has been somewhat used In the
oosks before mentioned - combining the most
crete made perfectly smooth for sugar and molasses
such floor or one Of stone ssbs being considered the
bert the drainage requiring 1t to be frequently scraped
The buildings are kept insured by the propristors
the rate beirg from onesixth TO two sixths sterling
per cent. The merchand disc is generally insured"
They state slfo- .s.FfN .-...
"Tis warehouses in the East and West India, and
London docks In London, are con structed in a SUBJ
tians ard IRE. proof manner-the roofs Of slate or
tile and the doors and windows Of iron. The lower
focrs generally Of stone arches sustained by
lsrs Of or ron the upper floors are Of wood,
sustained by wooden pillars. The stores In these
docks Of different dates Of construction, the more
mtceiD enss embracing the most approved modes Of
building at the time. .r
In the Sc Katharines dock the stores having been
more recently built, generally Of better descrp-
uon-thc lower stories being arches, supported by
iron pillars and the floors Of the second story Of iron
Plates Ub dsrnesth ALL the cellars fe the storage
Of qnois with arehsd roof supported by iron stone
eoiumns These cellars are Of immense extent, and in
the London dock alone comprising twenty two acres
The hoos fitted with kids for the storage Of
the csks, and their easy movement from part to
another.
sheds for The protection Of merchandise while dis
IginR and loading and for custom house examina
hxsu had aup eAd NV lrnu