New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-03-04
THE CUSTOM-HOUSE.
cou,,,ued from First Page.

@ The Recommendation OF any OF inc oic hSe Is CON
on ~ As lar as the dCrartmcnt heIe hnaJe
eeTned am left mtrammcled. The apon,s ndecJ In
frcm Washington are very lew ave VERY few
I'cc ;,3nF / have, made few shoGRRe House
with regard 10 scuators and lev uses he President
me ar two soldiers brought papers 20 nv The col
which we're Endorsed Respectfully y ~ Incompatible
eetOr Of the Port, and indorscd liar one from the
with the public >cryicc;' ako sl merely "rePect-
ecreary Of the Treasury, which vas think there are
fully referred without anyth9E me NowYork Gus
100 o. 900 persons now employed a by me the re
t0u House mo have been aPIo,ne - guess had
t ~ humber to Would ber SSSG the
~ 10 tle Nooks 10 tell We have re Custom-House
lndoees OF every NJ published hort time ago aS
names 81 al aTpontees inao, rcr y
noLhing 70 az ~ any assessment OF @ tjdal or
clerks In the NewYork nave been Collectors A.
.r6STs never has been any ass. aSs one va
House clerks except t,re mon salaricsi A. It was
O. Was WI bs t,speet. md optional VIII every per
son whether be should pr eeni A. Ifmy memory serves
g W9s' W.. nav il was q or per cent Ihat eonir
button wa mix IKE TO- ask the Collector 3 he thinks the
q w'g ,pfsd hy Gen. Jackson, that " 10 the Yictors
principle s,Yiis' fas improved tie public service or
ss TTee,erssi A. cannot 20 back in'esehly 10 Gen.
Jackson 'iaprles to-dayi A. As TO the comfort
NV N II wonlo add immensely to ipne did not have
70 n.Es 1eI Of Ire assessment at the election last Fan
vii give Il A. my general Impression that for one month
40 men on tie pay -ro Of the Democracy who did not
M INV xorF a. al 10 Is the general belief and impress
Sou in7ncafev preceding inc election last FAN 10000
men whwcre not employ Ell curing the rest OF the year
,srsous who are in the employment Of the Government
49, are octiaily needed or mieht not Tho business OF
he Custom ouse be continued with less number
A | really aud firmly believe thai The work performed
man in any other department IN the Government. That
Department II very n rent from the departments here.
For instance last Thursday l,40 Oioes passed
O. Have YOU any suggestions % make as to what YOU
thnk would be an iupro, ement Of THE system which
the business is conducted 20 bring about any greater
safeguards 10 the Government or any greater eff
Se s O A. The facilities Ou for doing
business in the CnsOm-HOuse are not al al ade-
7uate 70 tue demands Of tie business transacted there
daily Our public store Is entirely Incapable - doing II
promptly ~ semalicaliy ana lLoronghy me doc rs on
~mch the goods are landed rom the steamship cOnPa-
MES are such they OuC1t TO be 90 all and IN Tact,
DO not know that the facilities to-day for doing the
HustOmllOuse BUSINESS IN WORK are lnuCn better
than they were years ago. The SYSTEM has groWruP
IA Newly Of unloading zoe goods IN the Night which
look upon a. prmcious Ihtl uhoad from snpS III tne
night and at all hours under the system OF night per
uts which has grown up from The regulations oi THESE
~ senator Pat,crson-Q That was the law, think
i've days tais side Of the ocean. and week ON the
other 20 unio~e ms should he reversed enc WI eve
cties for unloading our ships on the other SIDE arr IN
nuitcy superior To- what they on this side Three
surths Of your that YOU carry TO the other side
ar0 free goods; tsIeeIOurtls 81 those you BRING
20 this side pay duty Now, 1t seems to
that q well regulated business would de
mand Of you. II you wanted 10 be far
the people ON both sides Of the ocean, that YOU would
would give us time 10 have On uteg gent knowledge OF
the ro6df that Won are unloading ana they would not
rs now be. t1mbied on tie docks unfortunately
sometimes they two three days behind, come
On SUNDAY and there " constant confusion feel 10
iuy duty a. am officer VI the rveuue 10 do all to
regulate that matter, and think the law susaius In
sappressiug night permits. custom that has, IN ny
opinion grown Go be abuse. vessel is expected TO
erriyo today. They immcdia ely 20 down % the Gus
tamTouse aud cet cut q hight permit. She may not
STRIVE ios two days. They actually get them the
expectation of the arrival % the vessels.
q It Is complained by tue merchants that the present
your opinion Of that A. Ny opinion is that il Is not
This Same question came up III lsJl under MI sece
tary Chase The merchants then complained a1Ou; Tins
practice, II understand II, Of the steamship companies
getting General Ordcr-t1a is the privilege Of unload
Jug at the time that they entered their vessels,
whether The duty s paid or not Inc merchants found
fault with That because they SAID q vessel aiflNcs ~
the afternoon, and tie next morning We 50 down anI
e. tf ~ M chase TO nave him decide what the law
meant IL said that a General order stall MOI
f dsv Of thc entry Of the vessel which Mr.. Chase Dc,
Ged 90 mean 4S hOuts amer the thil ui tn5 Ns-l a.
of Withholding us enforcement, tne owner. OF iI' sttd
s.ip lines entered into an agreement WITH the importers
-Griuueu, Minturn Co.. Rowland A,ph"hn' anu l
Others that the steamship companies would pay the
General order charge foI tho first - hours alcr the
Vessel entered OF the CustOmHOue And they state to
nay t d tt bf tat lie IaeTiaut paws Inc cost
That the General Order bin includes carriage ana lab0
Ir6c, I,i ne merchant sVcars that il ought to De struck
OF; it Is paid back. IIC companies say That thN
have cot their permits Out OF ~ hours ana tet pay
by dumping the freight from the steamer. The large
is,poref pay the duty oGatey amer the vessel al
o. DO You think that the General order business should
e in The possession OF the Government, or IN the hands
of private lsrtiesf A. II the 4s-hOIr panyhch is the
Vii De- hardly auy General Order business.
o. II thereis but little, IN whose possession should
would then De- almost muateral who did II. Tie GOV
-erumeut did it once, aud abandoned II. . ,.,,
q. In whose hands would you have 1t A. II would
~, almost nlmsterial
Q. Does % cost more TO transport goods by trucks
through jersey city, chat j. from the CuDard line docks
90 New NOc than from the General order storhose 10
q Probably all who test ned before Inc Conmiee cs-
thed the other way. A. They have 20 pay teIIdse an
addition 20 coming two niles further -
q They say 10 il as far from downtown A. Who
mates that2 It's very singular statement.
q mr. sheldon. They say they can obtain much
q Gsy lIr. Benton). Have you any business conpec
o. CBy senator PatiersOnl-Of whom did Leet stock
ing obtain tails General order business, OF You or MI
Glnnen2 A. He must have got u from MI GrinneH OF
o. Wa the Whole General order business concentrated
Two General Orcer warehouses before you came lnf A
think hcre the sIne number Oi stores that 'hee was
o. l8y Mr. BentonD-There has been change A.
There the same number Of store, There are two dlneI
ent parties Let Stocking aud Mason co. must
IA, that think 10 Is run mu>h better now than when
those two different parties RAJ il.
3D. Senator PattersOn)-Dd you give the second store
a. i-st q stockugf a Al the time transferred the
roo. there aid not know any hing about the stores
heard that Mason Co., had been deiraudiug The GOV
eminent ordered the goods 10 De examined 10 find
what the frauds were n the store The storekeepers
% report that they would have 10 move all
thoJ goods 10 gct report. ordered them 20
reuoVt the goods as last as hey c0uu gel me uFoces
Iud have each invoice correct Tor the goods from that
sore % ilt adjoining Genera! order store.
By Mr.. ~IrdOu-Q What was tue amount o. the
iragds OF Ma,ol Cli A. ] do not think that the oss
20 the Government was very great. My impression il
that there were about % boxes and bales that dsd
pyarcQ.
TESTIMONY OF MOSES II. GRNNELL.
Nose IA. GriuneH sWorn--Q VIII you please TO state
the way which tie General order business done
when you took possession Of the Office Collector what
changes you therein. and the reasons for those
changes a. When ! became Collector l found that