The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-02-21
NEW YORK..
More New York Frauds.
THE QUARANTINE ABUSES.
How Commerce is Preyed Upon
and Destroyed.

NEW YORK, Feb. 20.-The examination of
the Quarantine abuses, to-day, by the Legisla-
tive Committee, brought out from Mr. Leo W.
White, that he was president of a lighterage
company ichpaid DR.. Carnerchan, through
Martin Weiner, Assistant (both being Quaran-
tine officers) $4,000 for license and $50, 900
as fees to Weiner, the company to have the ex-
elusive right to board vessels, do all the towing,
hghterage OF cargoes, transportation of passen-
gers, etc., which were under the control of Car
nerchan as Health officer of the port. White
testified to having arranged to send quarantine
carcoes to Dr. Carnerchan's stores by paying
h m % per cent Other parties offered to do
lighterage one-third less than we did, but we
could not do it any cheaper on account of the
heavy bonus we paid DR.. Canerchan for the
business. By using our tugs, vessels were re-
leased quicker from the quarantine. He con-
sidered that the arrangement he made with
DR.. Canerchan the biggest fraud he ever struck.
Edward Hincker, merchant, testified that
the llghterage and charges on Havana vessels
at quarantine at this port were one third of the
vessels expense
H. G. Quinan, Treasurer of the Atlantic
Steamship Co., testified that the passengers by
their vessels were brought up by the doctors boat
from the quarantine and paid from 81 to 81 for
the privilege. The Company did not complain
as the passengers had to pay. The health officer
had arbitrary power, OBTAINING vessels as long
as he saw fit. One more year like the last at
quarantine would nearly ruin the commerce of
New York.
Charles H. Marshall, well known merchant,
testified to abuses at quarantine. In one in
stance one of his vessels was detained and DR..
Carnochan charged $4,000, which he refused to
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TRADEs-UNIoN JUSTICE.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2O-Over a thousand Girls
pins surrounded six non-society workmn in
Warner street last evening, and but for stray
body OF police who escorted them serious vio-
lence would have ensued. Trouble is threaten
ed as the party employing them will not sub
nit to the dictation of the Crispin Society.
REFINED AMUSEMENT
Stephen Graham's (of Hartford) imported
English dog Grip whipped Daniel Harrington's
(of Brooklyn Bowler at East New York to-
day in desperate fight lasting over an hour.
A BATCH OF sCoUNDRELs INDICTED.
The grand jury of the United States Circuit
Court has indicted Charles Calender for max
ing false certificates as Bank Examiner of the
bank affairs of the Ocean Bank in eonsdera-
ton of bride; Adolph Keep and James S.
Woodhouse for perjury; James A. Polhamar
and Eugene j. jackson for aiding Paymaster
Hodge in embezzlement; Patrick w. Banner
for sending obscene publications through the
post office; Henry P. Cooper for selling washed
revenue stamps; John Mason and James j.
Riley for embezzling letters from the post office.
VARIOUS MATTERS.
Extra steamers will be placed ON both the
Atlantic and Pacific to carry the great amount
of freight offered the Pacific Mail Co. at both
ends of the route.
There were fourteen new cases of small pox
yesterday and three deaths.
The Theatre Comique was put up at auction
to-day but withdrawn, the bids only reaching
$57400
DR.. John M. Covert, of Brooklyn, Flori-
dian, and formerly ON Gen. Lees staff, died on
Sunday last.