The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-27

sci to any spot within the enclosure as easily as car
arranged OF, beams running in three rows. each
beam having tracks upon which trucks are pro-
PEELED, bearing the weight suspended on wire coils
Across these beams are trestles likewise supplied
with rails and trucks which shift the load and
carries 1t in an opposite direction. steam boiler
not ony to- the ROAD 5S
serves also to discharge the cargoes OF two
vessels at one time. The dock facilities Of
capable OF accommodating five or six vessels at
one time. All who have seen this receptacle for
bonded marble pronounce it as the very acme OF
perfection, and a long needed Improvement over
the old system. Marble, unlike other imported
goods, was allowed to be virtually outside OF gov
structively In bond. This new yard will obviate
the difficulty, and the expense TO the importer is
only one half OF previous rates.
The duty on marble is heavy. At first we have
specific Of fifty cents, and an al U0iOrene tax OF
imported are OF huge proportions, weighing from
five to twentyfour tons. In the new yard these pom
derous weights are lifted very easily while under the
old system OF horse power 1t took probably ten two
horse teams TO hoist the block, and man
more to drag 1t to resting place. 1t usually took
three and four weeks to discharge cargo of
marble. With the new machinery a large vessel is
discharged In three or four days. The cost OF the
fitting up OF this new enterprise was upwards of
eighty thousand dollars. Last year 256O0O feet of
marble was measured and inspected. Besides i'm
ported stone there Is now in storage at the marble
yard or Messrs Baker Williams a monster cable
weighing twenty-one tons also an anchor, both of
which have been lost by the steamship Wyoming,
OF the Williams 4 Guon line. This cable and
anchor were fshed up by the schooner Lsser. Not
having the same entered on ner manifest, both ar
tices had to be transferred to the General Order
store. Since the deposit there the crew of the
schooner have made claim for salvage, and the
United States Marshal now keeps Waterman at
the yard guarding the cable and anchor at large
expense. The government eXactS q duty on these
appendages 10 shipping tackle and II not released
by paving duty in the prescribed time viii sell them
according to regulation.
UNITED STATES BONDED WAREHOUSES.
The circuit OF the United States bonded stores.
from Hunters Point, on the East River. to Leroy
and West street, on the North River, including the
Jersey City and dOboken warehouses, comprises an
area OF some fifteen miles.
There are nearly one hundred bonded warehouse
proprietors Each one has United States store
keeper, who, according to law, opens his place or
business at seven O'Clock A. NJ and closes at sun
down. The storckeeper receives a receipt for all
bonded goods and delivers the same on the proper
permits" The warehouse ''circle" Is divided into
five districts, each one OF which has a designated
district officer whose duty 1t Is to visit every day
every store within his precinct, gather up the
returns OF the previous days business, correct all
errors, supervise the work OF the storekeepers,
and make all necessary verbal and written reports
regarding his district TO Mr.. Samuel p. Russell, the
| superintendent Of the Warehouse Bureau.
In Bureau No. 4. Third division. the BoOkkeep.
| ers Department OF the Custom House, is kept the
| record OF all goods received under general order
and all goods in bond in all United States bonded
warehouses; All deliveries and transfer permits
have TO be stamped here and recorded in the books
OF the department before final action can be taken
| on them. The returns from all bonded warehouses
| are also kept on file In this Department. Accounts
are all kept by vessels Each voyage has separate
| folio. Any person, by giving the name and the
voyage OF the vessel can at once be informed OF the
disposition of the cargo Mr.. A. G. Hinton, an old
employe OF the Custom House, il the chief clerk OF
this department while Colonel T. b. Thorpe, an old
ltteruieu, is chief clerk to the superintendent Of
Warehouses.
We have already alluded to the extreme hard
labor performed in the Liquldating Bureau of the
warehouse Department. The same applies also to
that Just mentioned above. The stOrekeepers and
clerks have more hours to labor in and on less pay
than any class of men in mercantile pursuits.