New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-01-23

O. With no onei A. No one.
HOW LEFT co. DO BUSINESS
O Will Won state how you conduct your business how
YOU obtain the goods and forth They are brought
from tho steamsbp docks by bonded cartmen there Is
cartman appointed each steamship ne also one ap-
noned TO transfer goods from stores TO the pubno
storesthe Appraisers stoe the goods arc sent 70 our
| warehouse large trucks, accompanied by uohe''
which is made by the Cusomhouse Inspector on 'no
dock; they TO warehouse ana we receNoI , IN
goods and place them away IN tiers-pacK then pioc' "
O. DO ali the goods that arrive from foreign ports 50
through your sorei A. No, Sir. -, IN ,hrorch
@. Where do they go-those which do not 60 through
ifi ton, and aiUiG into the bonded warehouse
aUs you g any interest N is Sir tho transportation
@. Have You any interest in the transportation or
of Sy gOGds Oss No. I Sa
beg your pardon. we do some warehouse business.
O. General storage business as bonded Wafenousef
O. What understanding have you with the Inspectors
dock to your own storel A. We have no understanding
with the INSPECTOR the Inspector is directed TO send
the permit has not been presented but we have no ar
rangement with them whatever in regard toit' ,,o,o
| O. Have you not given them a gratuityf A. nave
q Have eny of your firm or ccrksi A. No, Sir not to
q. What arrangement have you with The cartmen to
cart goods A. None. except with regard to rates
| @ You have arrangement with them in that re-
spect3 A. Well only have this arrangement; That
goods from the ship are received-all that to
store in the stOrewe then make out the tickets
pay them in check instead of paying them each
| load that s the only arrangement we have. ,
do in case there is box broken bad orderi A. We
have II marked in bad ORDER and have II coopered
O. Suppose it is not in bad orderi A. Then there is
nothing placed upon it; mark except the ship mark;
| O. Do you always put your mark on TO indicate tne
No. Sir presume do not always; there are times no
doubt when men do not discover that case is III
O. If they do not it at the time OF receiving
the goods you let them pass without any marx or any
O. win You give the cartman receipt at that time
| O. When do you give him a receipts A. The carman
gets receipt; the Cust0m-house Inspector who
discharges the goods goes 10 inc store ana receives us
O. DO not Ieet Co. determine whether the goods re-
ceived by them bad good Orderf A. Yes, Sir.
! O. That is done by an Inspector? A. Oh no, Sir you
msunderStand me; you are asking about the receipts
deivered they retained until all the goods from
that ship received in store and then the receipts are
O. ON the docEf A. Yes, by the Government store
| Keeper he has charge OF the tickets meanwhile
| "BAD-oRDER" GOODS.
| O. Suppose then, package ia delivered I'm good order
to cartman on the DOCK and before it reaches your
store falls from his truck and Is broken, what then
| A. We should receive it in bad order"
Q. the receipt TO the Inspector a. Return
1t to him when the ship was discharged.
@ Is there any responsibility on the part OF the cart
| man A. Yes. the carman would be responsible.
O. How would you make him responsible If you don't
give him receipt A. He is under bonds to the Govern
|
which they delivered to him to their destinations; If
| any accident occurs he is responsible.
dock does he not give a receipt to the Inspector A.
Yes Sir not to the Inspector, but to The steamship
@ If he receives package in good order, and it is de-
yGIed to you ~ n cad CfaGt c A. ie
O. How can the merchant reach him, A. He can
reach him through us meant by that, that when lie
receives his case and finds the goods damaged
any have been distracted we give information as to
the condition of the when came into our hands
lie then apply to the steamship company, and they
doubt produce receipts then the cartma is the
q Suppose package received in good order at
leaves your store. there should be injury TO It,
how would the merchant then be Unidentified A. If il
could be shown that the not in the same c0ndi,
ton when left the store when 1t came In, we would
consider ourselves liable for any, damages A..
O. it be shown that IL leaves your store III mo
same condition in which it was receivedf A. wien II ~
the can see Whether IT Ss Svnee Cd
any way AND II 9nf aTe Claim made
O. wish you would state that agan' A. The cartman,
when he receives the package, can ascertain whether
there been any damage to it or anything absracted
from IT, and If attention were called TO II we would
require no further proof the claim was made, and we
| had received the package in good order
order and Something is abstacted how the proof
be brought against anybOdyi A. You mean something
O. SUPPOSE it had been; yes9 A. Well don't know
where they would get any proof there to Xix the liability
e. Are you particular, when goods come in TO mark
them indicate their true condition. whether IN
good or bad orderl A. II they in good order they
are placed without having any mark placed upon them
it is only is in bad order that any mark Is
o. What evidence do You want of their being in bad
order to mark them sOi A. Very often we ma American
has been opened then we find hoops rused very often
and nails indicating that the package has been
placed in package from that with which the case was
constructed have had come into the store so
nicely cOOpered that it almost impossible to detect
that they had been tempered with .,, ,,o,,, ooo,,
O. Suppose you find a case of that Kind nicely COOP,
ond mar
it A. To indicate that have discovered that there Is
something wrong with it, that the case has been TAM
@ Suppose there has been something wrong with it,
what injury does that do to youi A. When merchant
to our store to inquire as 10 me o4hioh o., ns
another reason il, for our own protection
WHAT PROTECTS THE CARTMENf
O. How does 1t protect you A. Ii projects us
against the cartman and against the steamship COM
pany; if the goods have been taken before they come
into our store we indicate it by putting this mark
In bad order and then il is not necessary to examine
into matter in CLAIM is made is not neces
sary for to go beyOnd,thst.
O. You say protects you against claims which may be
made by the A. No. Sir: the merchant; 1t pro-
tects against the cartman and all parties who have
had charge hetgoods before they came Into our store
O. How does it protect you against the cartmanl A.
case is marked in bad order, and the receipt marked
in bad order and il claim Is made the parties making
it must 90 beyond our store. ,u -,
caTtmau would not make claim against US ~. OIL.
Q. He does not make III against NOui A. NJ, SIT
he would NO interest III the goods except cdrng
them -,
Q. Has the cartman claim upon Ipet d Co. for ne
delivery of the goods there The cartman gives re-
cept TO the steamship company 4. Yes Sir.
O. He delivers the goods to you A. Yes, SIR
O. Has he no claim upon you when he delivers those
goods A. don't understand your question.
O. The cartman receives the goods from the steamship
company aud receipts for them In good orderf A. Yes,
Sir.
Q. And you receive them; what do give the cart
show that he has done his duty In delivering these
goods A. We give the cartman nothing
a do, patn In I'M A