The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-04-14
TINE Jew UNITED STATES pusLlc s1oaes.

The government has taken possession Of the commo-
dous baldings Noe ITO Greenwich street and ~ Trinity
place. They have frontage Of one hundred and TWEEN
~ five feet Greenwich street, running back two hum.
drsd and fortyseven fest, 70 Trinity place. There
distinct buildings, each terminating At about the
centre Of the block and accessible 10 the other BY
or steam elevator running between Inc two and
making landings At the different doors Of each The
shores are Ave stories in heighs and ass peculiarly
aAapssd for ne examination an Storage q nssshsa.
disc o. ths ground floor Of the Trinity plaos bullng
q Heated ~ Dopu6y Colloo1ers once ana sko Store
keepers department. This IL also she prpcpa dfl!vey
Of tho store the packages coming from vessels and 3af
houses being received through the Greenwich street
On the second story Trinity place. Is the once OF the
through corridor tho public reach the Assistant APP
The third floor Is appropriated 70 what Il called the
'French" noor-tha. H. 70 the examination Of French
sS0Hs upon Ss oo as s aso that o hs Initial
States General Appraiser Upon the fourth floor the
French and German fancy goods depos-jowelry
each depsr ment having its own examining room. On
the NTH floor woolons Of all descriptions examined
On Greenwich street the first floor is arranged for the
United States sample Office, and the examination Of
English hardware and cutlery, Iron, steel, &c &c On
partment and In close proximity the cigar
arranged coub as TO allow the appraiser OF this
department TO enjoy his cigar after tasting the sparkling
The third floor IL oed 70 the examination Of crock
cry anil and the fourth moor smells Of tho
DOCTORS shop The nth, where the light strongest IL
appropriated to the examination Of wool and othor fine
textiles.
The stores are 50 arranged that tho importers can reach
the Office OF each assistant appraiser, OF which there
tep without entering other portion OF the store,
that the examinations may be conducted without in
terruption.
In addition 70 tho improvement in regard TO space
the introduction Of three steam elevators for tho pur-
pose Of moving tho goods from ono cor TO the other
Of great benefit in tho moro rapid aud safe handling OF
packages. With the new store commenced the system
OF sending the importers. direct from the examining
rooms ali their packages which found 10 DO correctly
entered, saving delay OF from one to Ave days.
The importing community are indebted TO Mr. Col.
lsctor Smythe for this groat and much needed reform
Complaints by the importers OF long and vexaiious de-
lay in obtaining their goods from the Custom House
were Of daily occurrence Now the Custom House pack.
age received by the importer In many instances before
the balance OF bis invoice Is landed from the steamer
Mr. Smythc, himself merchant, knows the wants OF
the importer and in this case ~ In all other matters
brought his notice, applies the remedy. In getting
possession Of his public store packages speedily the
importer oftenmes enabled 70 dispose OF his entire
invoice advance Of the landing or the cargo or the
vessel