New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-08-11
TIE RED HOOK STORAGE BUSINESS.

TIE RED HOOK STORAGE BUSINESS.
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS REAPED FROM
THIS SOURCE-STHPPERS NOT PERMITTED 10
SELECT THEIR OWN sTOREHOUSES, BUT COM
PELLED TO GO TO RED HOOK, OR BE QUAR-
ANTlNED.
This Company, which last year organized az
parasite upon the commerce of the port, antici-
patod that the greatest proportion OF Its spos was 10
be derived from the commissions upon the storage bus
ness The organizers had expected to lease the ware
houses and do the work themselves Those haicyon
visions of wealth disappeared when it was discovered
that Dr. Carnochan mad reserved this speculation Tor
himself. The loss OF this principal cause OF the
failure OF the Company The storage would have paid them
800 per cent. and a very valuable consideration
In the ledger showing the work done at Quarantine,
tho entry frequently appears, "Dischargng under per-
nit Mt Woodruff d RObnsOn's stores" In fact the YES
sells all Ordered there until the entire locality was
filed awaiting opportunity TO discharge. The word
"permito was understood to mean positive order"
from Rede or CarnocLan to go ohat place and be dis
charged into those stores and OF course subjected to
other eXtortions Several vessels were allowed, upon
the permission OF Dr. Cochran, Health Officer OF Brook
yn go other stores after having reported at Red
Hook, but this action was regarded by Carnochan az
ausurpaOn OF power on the part OI Dr' COaNl@nI ana
was stopped.
The inducements held out TO DR.. CarnOcan by Wood
ruff Robinson must have been from IS to 40 per cent
OF tho gross commissions for storage OF all goods ana
merchandise received by them, IA the propretors OF
Jacksons and Martins stores expressed their willing
ness TO give 30 per cent TO the vessels sent 70 their
yharfs by CarnOchan The majority OF the sugar vessels
which were not compelled TO discharge at Quarantine,
and which should have gone to any wharf which their
consgnees might have selected ordered to these
stores on account OF their distance from the centers OF
the cotton coffee sugar and tobacco trades OF
and Brooklyn The stores at Red Hook least con-
venent importers Of those staples and seldom yon
tary seecedby them for storage fcrgocs Ebon jack
SON. Of the firm OF Jackson Underhl, No. 10 Walst,
one Of the responsible storage firms OF Newfork or
Brooklyn owning better and more convenient stores be-
tween South and Fulton Ferries Brooklyn says that he
would gladly have given Dr. Carnccan % 10 90 per cent
upon gross receipts done the business ltwould
have been great saving i'm tic item Of transportation
alone the of cargoes to have their ships sent
to sore-houses readily accessible TO the ferries There
could possibly have been any difference in the risk to
the health of the city from either wharf
in less than one hour after she locked tho OF
vessel are distributed various parts OF NcwYork
and Brooklyn. very evident to the most casual in
vcsgator that mOneyed interest solely compelled these
vessels TO 60 to the Red Hook stores.
The warehouse which thus mOnopUzcd almost the
entire West India trade did business Of 100000 during
the quarantine of last year which at the least
estimate 50 per cent, wouldayic. to the Quarantine
doctor over 100000.
what firms doing IL fis yoGr2