New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-22

possible raes for ghterage the pegu-
expenses be cut down GensosS T Mealtn Depart
mont. Tbore arc many l9.,-p sonS Than il e
proposals to do tee , WORE crloyes' Those who per
form tGis dt y low lave 40 lighters OF tuci hnv can
trust 70 lu,S and get t uay these @ ghieFs any
more than the usual rates and YET sor tbe work
this they q in my hand various proposals to 90, DO
his woll;-from who nave la9 eAp,,noTy rate
ic "a cents Der bag coffee They DO do
nature of coffee. Those men Mso u2 ' not know what
,b o Observation-Disclosures are or whether they have any
The speaker here presented letter rela Ro Toh9To
erage and prices OF the work. also one ilon rU
stating thai yellow fever had entirely I
DR. BELL would suggest ihat bIe b MI Of Health
Nir Kirkand-I admit thai, but here rs caso ned
there was clean 1 BIZ 81 Ia Hen In fact she did
Ieoye Rio as her last port. she came Ho and
coffee Is nor an ar 70 defan cargo like that According
| 10 your own law, coffee is exempt i'is NV ~
I T ReWRie cofee is not quarantinable the snip nay
be- and the law seems to refer TO te HH Oeer to en-
NOV 1igbterage but he may give owners OF All
permits TO employ lghterage on t' iations for the
nbC health The power Of fixing c9mpesaitoIP root
itb ms together with the Mayors OF the Gues VI Ier
WIN & YORK the President of the Board OF Auer
men of NewYoTk, and the Health OCe &c cos according
MIR Kirkland referred TO schedule oi p 1880 ers
10 which lighters and steyedOres WORK on teihs i"
Dr Ke-There have been such terms agreed uI I;
Mr. Kirkland-There such quarantine re yy
tons I'm Boston or Baltimore as there are III new ay
and they quite anxious to Keep yeiVW h"T
from those cities as we are in NewIcrk we come
Sir 10 protest against those abuses ana we RoIUi
resist them have advised gentlemen 10 deee p s We
nntil the matter has been fairly investigated; anu We
wish to see whether there is redress or teis Is x%
To exact these terms and conditions from U.S. MI hIh
land began read again the proposals 4neTeu pS
persons when he was interrupted 10y nr. Dell c coTre
there had been communication VIII oap'aui b no
spending with the one read by the gentleman "io" U
Mr. Kirkland said the merchants wished to know how
they stood in this matter 1t IS exceedingly undghGn
and notifying for merchant 10 refuse 10 pay pII
when presented. II is not agreeable TO DO ts ye' IL rs
Mr.. schelt appears that You nave NOT come O'ioi'
Mr. Kirkiand-We would like TO know if there was any
objection to calling regular meeting to consluer ILLS
Mr.. sciell-suppose you make such arrangement,
resolution was finally passed offered by Mr. Bell TO
the effect that special executive meeting he caed 70
meet on Saturday me- at which shall be present inc
Mavors of Brooklyn and New-YOrk the President of the
Board Of Common COuncilmen of New-Hork, the Heatn
Officer the Commissioners OF Quarantine, ana tDe Coih
mitee OF Merchants, when Will be CONSIDERED colnPensa
| ton for hghteTage, etc., ana Other m"t'ei7 eoiu
MT ROYAL Phelps-AT we ask is to have the rate Of
compensation fixed at reasonable rate, and that an re-
doubt all that the merchants ask will be granted 40
not think the merchants are going to submit 10 these
the discharge Of coffee 1t costs nearly onehaf as muc
10 get coffee from the vessel to NewYOrk as the freight
the case OF sugar. rate is Onehaf TO get it dis
charged. The charge is eXorbitant. How long can We
themselves TO suffer such an outrage as that DO no
believe that this started to-day These abuses nave
existed heretofore, but in mitgated FORM the SAINT
object has accomplished in another way, by payln1
a certain amoun-say from $500 TO S5OO-to get perm
for these vessels be allowed to depart from uaran
tine and come up to the docks "Giye ne $500 or $500
and will get your ship up" We have never realized
the actual enforcement of this regulation until now, ant
il has become actually unbearabe. Allow me TO say
word more that you may appreciate the importance
this matter. AT this moment, in the island OF CUBA
Porto Rico, and the West indies but refer more par
1cularly to Cuba which is great exporting snga
! country-I state it the authority OF letter
which some of my colleagues have i'll thel
! pockets now from a most respectable person
Mr. L. ID. MOrgan-n the island of Cuba a vessel cannot
he chartered for NewYork during the quarantine
unless pays fifty cents hogshead more than for go
ing TO Boston Philadelphia. If you ask how Is that
with shrug Of his shOuders, I'm, they viii not brnt
acargo sugar here without giving them extra th
answer, and what else be eXpectedf Can merchant
expect long to command sale of sugar under such cir
cufnsancesl Why have known of men sending sugar
10 Boston, and thence TO RewYOrk, getting IL actually
cheaper by that way than by landing il at New-YorE
CITY How will capital stand against Baltimore OF
Boston at that rael IL is new thing for sgro come
! TO New-YOrk marked via New-Haven." . ,
This ended the discussion, and the Committee retired
DIR. Bell reported the sale of the Falcon for LOO Inc
anchors chains, etc. are TO be taken to staten lShd ol
the vessels in distressto be had ON signal lHe
! Board then adjourned.