New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-01-10

thcn made ont bnt that thev would ne forthcoming.
senator Pratt have received letter tcm respect
pcrs6Ts who he suggests should be slhp.-a as v.-
house wechers do not really weigh what my return.
The returns are subject to mutatloh au, g., -
frauds upon the revenue have been reIff ii. ID
manner. move that these gentlemen be Bill. .'"',''
Carried. -
TESTIMONY OF HENRY a. GARRISON.
Henry A. Garrison testified that Eo resided at 80 '3
| Greenvi3hst had been resident OF this city since
1874 and had been employed by Mr Coyer. car;man ior
| A. T. Stewart & Co.
The Chairman-wiu you state anythirs Won know IN
reference TO the cara-e busne5st n ka'N' on .ra.
| O. Yesi A. We Get from Mr.. stewart ~ cents puck
age except for ocloth, which comes in rolls = feet long
| o. From What pointi From all ovcr--HoHoken. Jer-
sey City wherever 1t may be-, out 81 Ne M'i'hou1e or
of the piers for other merchants we ride Tor % c'
O. DO You mean for 20 cents for every package LARGO
| or small. A. Large small.
@. And for ,ho same carriage for others you get 90
Q. For the Same distarceI A For The same distance:
O. Does it make any difference whether yon carr Tor
| MI stewart hall mile or two miles A. Not particle.
| O. DO you charge other parties more where yoI cart
two miles than where you cart one A. No'Si 30 cents
senator Pratt-How many packages ordinary consii-
tute load A. We don't 20 by the loaI. .,,,,
@ How many do You carry, as q general thinS , A.
We have double trucks, and sometimes carry ~ Ileh
again. only 10; sometimes - then asqn we 9iy gel On
seven according to the size and weisht We have pack
ages where we only get three on a Truck. ., tho Con
| O. How is It about getting packages from thrfe y.
|
there ride sometimes l5Ocases during the day or dav
and a half; OF course, there are otIer c"tti}A u'I.
have IN take our turn unless they give the privilege;
sometimes II they the first floor. 20 10 WORK Ia
| facilitate myself and give hand to hurry mp
Senator HOwe-HOw are the packages arranged I'D ire
| General order stores A. They most s'hcfIg, lu'
eetRer: but other parties of Course tier them
they come in the stores. with the MARKS anu numbers
ont, so every case can be seen.
O. Is there any difficulty in finding package how do
you find package when you go for it, A. i located
| on n
permit in there, and II Is charged up they MAKE onI
sp with the mark, number, and floor yOu give that To
the foreman and then, when It your tIrn the sJ
is given to the man, and he comes up stairs aad go:
through the gangways of course he knows Just which
floor it on and finds the package, and sends 1t down
| stairs.
SOMETHING MORE ABOUT THE GENERAL ORDER BUSINESS.
| O. Do you ever have any difficulty in finding pack
ages A. Sometimes do with package that might
have gone astray sOmewhcres there is delay IN every
| warehouse about packages; sometimes when we 10 TO
get withdraw the United states bonded
house we might have orders for 30 packages there may
be 10 different shipments, and something that want
may be at the bottom there may be i've or SIX cases
top OF IT, of it will take time 10 get az
then again the gangways may be blocked. and
| IL will take some time to clear me ganSway.
Q. How does the General Order store compare IN con
venience with other warehouses; A. It compares
there good as any other place 1 have seen team
stand in Jersey City nearly all the morning 10 &c! Que
o. We're YOU in the business when the Cunard line had
their warehouses there Z A. | there before the
Hoboken stores were in Hobokcn; was IN business
when the only General order store at the corner
Of Broadway and Exchange-pace; that Is 70 years
o. Can Won then say whether the delay has been in
creased or diminished by this General Order store ats
located on Washington and West-stsi A. say, for
myself never had much delay theIe; doht khO"
what other Cartmen may say.
O. How does it compare with former timesf
U0ud sooner 20 u Thirty seyenth-st. for load Than
would go to Jersey City or HOboken, for can load
% no thew treat them all alkei A. l suppose they
do look out for myself that Is the way "luh every
o. You looked out for yourself at Hoboken, ala Mt yop
A. No, Sir; had TO stand there nntil was sesv'.
r,n and had been in the employ for long while tltj
might give little more privilege thah ahFp"uy eI''
Icet a stocking; they used to allow me. a. one tame,
to go through the public store; th'y were an We" "'
| Gnaiuted with me; but they don't allow II now.
| senator Howe-IIow have the oh2rS.s Tor glr's,
varied within the last five years say A. seI =" H't
| 70 cents load that was before the carriage pi'"-
cam 81 Uaw fart A. The first halfmle but every other
haInie was quarters that mad 81 for NILE 81 70 Tor
/. miles; when the Bureau WAS established We r"''
GO 0 Any distancei A. Ally dstauce-that is, for ,bg
merchants for whom rode steadily whether we vent
TO Jersey City Iloboken; aud we used a at one tno
10 get twelve sliliugs load from jersey CITY aGd ten
sillinEs load at Wa whcn tir Gchelai Ofu'r STORE
was 10 Jersey CITY, before 'D0 '1'S' D'''" was
o. What number Of packages DO You think or an aver
age would constitute oad' A. should say about Two
or three because sOmc eases very heavy; some viii
weigh 900 1000 pounds, Others 300 or so pOuns II IS
not always the DIG tcst case th VII WciSA Le most
then again big bale % burl1ps VIII weigh l6OO or loo
pounds; one OF them i, enough Tor any ode horse
q II you get package weighing 1900 ponud' You con
slider that than iOIdI \. Yes; We are al
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Government rates don't ride TO Government stores;
we don't collect amy carriage there.
q. Carriage for whOuIf \. For A. l. Stewart; Mr..
Stewart pays the cdItige himself.
@ DO you know anything about the charges for stOr-
age paid ia this city the last half dozen yrarsi A.
Yes have paid storage many u tine.
STORAGE RATES.
@. You have settled storage bills YOURSELF A. Yes;
not for A. T. Stewart CO.. Hr. Stewart pays hts
bills they keep ledger account in every storebouse
with Mr Fish.
O. Are YOU able TO state from memory at what
bouse you have storage bsf A. When McIutyre
Uyby a Co frs. opened in Brooklyn. used
br CHARGED cents to 81 that away back lSJ7.
hrf,re me war: that included labor storage cara,,
and all; TO Humphrey co. We have pad vi aud u 80
we pay from 81 up 10 y SO: sometimes pay IS
cents according 10 the Sizes 10 Leet stoc An to Jer-
sey City always paid 81, and 10 HObOkcn The came;
10 a Mr.. Mason, up in Westinghouse, used pay
81 25 for all goods that from Jersey City then
senator Casserly- During these same years did Won
pay storage bills at the Cunard storehouses
O. What did yon pay therei A. We paid there rs cent?
to II package, to the best of my belief according
senator HoweWhen II ever were the storage charges
raisedf A. That would be pretty hard TO tell.
Yes they werc raised then because when Humphrey q
Go. had Il In Greenwich-st. we used 10 pay 81 SO
Q. What were the charges IN lsCe-iS,Gt A. just tho
same Leet Stocking had IL Mason mad it be-
fore them.
q. Where was his store A. Nos 6l6 and OILS Washing
tOn.st.
q. What were his chargest A. 81 IS and 81 50; some
O. Leet and Stocking you say, charged f. Charged on
an average from up TO u 20. according 10 the sire OF
O. Has there been any change In the size OF pack
ages A. Yes, there big change 10 what they
six years ago they grow good deal larger; know one
merchant that we ride for now for whom i've or siS
years ago, We could put or eight eases cart
those are cloth Seteen cotton velvet We cam on, eel
fiye cases on double truck.
y 10 what 10 you attribute the increase from ~