The New York herald., 1870-01-05
NEW YORK HERALD WEDNESDAY JANUARY

North river and Canal street. thence through Canal street 70
through Fulton street. 10 Pier Is North rSsr hs place
river and IN Cans. street. ana Srosdway as spsssS
shall constitute the Second district
q ..d PIER p:
ass WV. sS 20
these bounds and within the street Broadwa and Eighth
side shall constitute sas Fourth a.:T!es - -. S
nothsry along the outer ins piers and whsryes
street % Canal street thence through Canal street 70 Broad
way thence down Broadway Fulton s.ree thence down
on
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Mes yoTk excepting the. comprised in former divisions
% sns @ ns ss III business south Of Fulton
street and Fulton avenue brooklyn. including the carriage In
Daria No S-sha comprise all the remainder OF carriage
the brooklyn side not included In the foregoing.
Each OF these districts VIII be placed IN charge Of
contractor, who IL to give ample security IN not
less than $50000 for the faithful compliance wlth
all orders from the Custom House and for strict a.
ten ton TO duty. No individual cartman can De em
ployed BY contractor IN any OF the districts wtn-
out the Collectors approval and ne must also give
bonds in the OF $1,000 conditioned that he wii
faithfully discharge his duties. These win be the
Custom House cartmen alone privileged 70 40 tne
regular earring OF Imported mercnanaise ~.
whole brigade OF cartmen" under the command OF
general superintendent directly suo)ecs 70 the
THE osTENslBLE OBJECT
OF tins new, semmiitary organization 10 the pro-
tecton o. the public revenues ior - claimed tass
Tor even short time in the possession OF cart
man not directly responsible TO the Cuslom House,
but more or less dependent on the good VIII OF the
importer or merchant who employs him. Cases have
occurred. " 10 gald where boxes OF goods were 10
nave been tran nsferred from one bonded warehouse
announcer, but were taken to some store, The con-
tents removed, the boxes again filled with worth
less rubbish, deposited In the warehouse and AFTER
rslo "a fupAr vU1a
evaded.
POLITICAL MACHNE.
But 10 is believed that this kind Of clandestne alb
stractiOn OF goods subject duty so rare and dd
am0uns TO SO small sum In the aggregate that 1t
IS very probably not the true reason for the change
determined upon. Careful inquiry among importers
and custom House brokers elected the fact that
these parties, deeply interested In the proposed
reform" believe its real object to be political
maneuyre. by means OF which the army Of cart
men could he made wholly dependent upon the
political party which controls the Custom House louise
elections. As these people do generally belong
10 a class which votes the "Tammany Ticket"
and ada largely TO the "dhnm0cratic'' majority Ia
TINS city, some Of the importers do not hesitate to
declare this new movement to be solely political
ytse de geer7e. Dy which the Custom House hopes
to increase the republican voting strength In this
city. Whether this surmlse be anything more Than
bind guess cannot now 10 determined with anything
ike certainty But 1t is prevalent among portion
OF the mercantile community aud as such 1t Is here
gwen for what IL may be worth. Should t turn out
70 be true Y may safely be predicted that TINS in
novati0n VIII De counted anything else but IRE
form" II politics should be the measure relied ON
even In the selection OF carmen, the public service
may be IN still greater danger OF deterioration.
A GOOD REFoRM.
Secretary Boutwell,. by special order, has insti-
tuted one good reform IN the Custom House % IN TINS
Bureau.n Heretofore each separate division OF the
Custom House, ana there are ten OF them, had lie
bond clerks, and these were located In separate
apartments attached to their respective divisions;
had no communication with each other, and hence
many Irregularities crept in which 1t was impos-
u q r.
required. Now, attached to the Ninth dlvl-
sion, under Deputy Collector CLARK there IS
clerks OF other divisions, with cnieI clerk
them. All the bonds received In any one OF the many
branches OF the custom House are at once trans
ferred nither are carefully examined, whether
cuted In legal form: II found defective they are
returned 10 the parties for immediate correction;
they are then registered and compared. The prln-
clpa advantage gained Is said TO be that the multi
plcation Of bonds by one person far beyond his
means prevented, through the more careful super
vision ana more rigld adherence to the require
ments OF law than heretofore
THE CHANGES IN TIE EIGHTH DIVISION.
The Eighth division, under Deputy Collector
Daniel II. Tompkins comprises the public stores on
Trinity place through to Greenwich street. Here
exists sample room'' which II Is worth while to
mention Ever since 1924 merchants and importers
receiving packages OF samples OF goods from abroad
deposited them In this branch, where they were
auined ana, II found to De Of the category Of free
samples, were at once delivered over to the con-
slgnees n dutiabe the rate was assessed paid and
the goods removed. Or late years, however, this
press companies had grown into the habit OF
sending boxes OF dutable merchandise to
tine shape oil storage, &c. Within few weeks rule
has been established that no goods be delivered from
TINS sample room except free SAMPLES only, ana all
other packages found to contain dutaDle ARTICLES
are at once transferred to the warehouse and must
pass through the regular course OF clearance.
TEE DELIVERY OF GOODS
very practical, and to many merchants quite
mode OF delivery from these public
stores has been adopted for some time The ORR
al ArStAr fart Nahn
May 23 1867, and in its general feature
Is sti in force, with some amendments,
paid gooos, which the appraisers mark ..correct,
on the invoice, are delivered at once. II the I'M
porter has marked his residence or business place
Oh the INVOICE Custom House cartlnan conveys
the goods immediately to their owner, and receipts
are exchanged which are kept on file. II The i'm
porter inserts on the invoice .owner's cartn per-
init for the delivery is issued by the storekeeper,
and II the goods are not removed by four O'Clock In
the afternoon this permit IS posted addressed to the
first opportunity. In this way II happens ire
quently that goods received one day from on board
snip ready for delivery within twentylour hours.
MORE REFORMS NEEDED
There are undoubtedly number OF reforms
needed, which almost every Custom House broker
ana every importer can easily point out. A brief
reference to few Will be sufficient in this place.
Ine general customs regulations OF February l. 1857,
require every tenth package OF an importation to
fhe selection or this package out OF every ten Is
lett 10 the deputies and their subordnates, and is,
goods tnis mode OF sampng is pronounced highly
Ia Illustration OF this a case rs
given:-A Imports 500 boxes OF clay pipes. Each
box contains three gross Of pipes, and the market
value IN England is 3s. Sd. per box. Inc duty Is
tD.rty-Gve per cent ad valgrem. or this fifty boxes
must be sent ior appraisement, government paying
the cartage, which amounts TO almost much as
the whole duty. In the opinion OF importers some
discrimination as to the character OF the imported
arllcle should be mad, TO save expense, delay and
unnecessary trouble.
WHAT Is DONE WITH THE SAMPLES.
II is stated that one OF the special agents OF the
Treasury, Mr.. Timothy Dwight, hit upon new mode
OF putting money into Uncle SANS strong box, and
this was Of collecting all the samples and selling
:heyn auction. The first sale had was some " hal
profitable for buyers believed tho articles offered to
have been seized and forfeited goods But when
they found, as 1t is credibly asserted they
did, different qualities OF sugar mixed together
TO make q package OF several pounds,
also OF teas, OF conee; when they discovered
all qualities OF white wine from the small sample
bottles poured promiscuously into the same demi-
johns, the unucky purchasers were not overwell
pleased. The importers are Of the opinion that
common sense should dictate to the authorities the
proprety OF returning the samples to the owner.
A NEEDFUL REGULATION ABAND0NED.
Importers and brokers complain that very useful
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