New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-01-24

out, and four are Employed each night.
Q. hro vIry kept In the store all night a. Yes
q they are not Government oicersi A. No. Biz; they
arc the private agents Of the Contractor: OF.
& Did they give bonds in any way 4. No, Sir
q Are they the sole custodans Of the gOodsl A. They
are about two-thrds OF every "a hours.
O. They are men whom the Government does not ap
point aud does not remove and are only controlled ny
O. When are tho stores closed A. That depends the
pressure OF business: We have sometimes kept open
until 10 O'Clock for the accommodation people. hut Of
iae we have closed at very decent hours5 o'clock
@ Virtually. for about IS hours out Of the a. the Gus
tody Of these public stores and tho mercandze In Them
Is left 10 the stOrekeepers appointed by the contractors
A. IL Is.
the while in their custody except myself my ohiof
clerk. superintendent. without getting pass from
O. With whom are the contracts for carriage made
A. think they made by the Collector but am not
sure.
CARRIAGE REGULATIONS.
O. What directions laid down for you in regard TO
carriage A. have certain directions governing me in
payment OF carriage the carmen who have certain
steamship lines
O. Those carts bring the goods either directly from the
piers to the public stores for apprasement and exam
ination or they bring them from tho General Order
stores TO the public STORES A. Yes. Sir.
q. What carts these same goods TO the BONDED
A. Those are special edI one Bet Oi car
@. Who pays them A. When they bring them TO mo
bnm t 10 the WaTehouse It Is by the sorekec
O. Do you know what the average OF That carriage Isl
O. Who can give us the information of the cost Of the
carriage from the public stores to the bonded warehouses
a. presume that 1t is an established rate, Ill the Ihid
@ Look at this circular. dated Nov g. 1870, showing
the regulations relative to caItaGe ana En sdcr
tary OF the Treasury and state whether these are Ie
regulations now governing the systemf A. Iney are
those are the rates all merchandise sent to tho u D.
Appraisers stores and sample Office all those packages
sent to the public store and those pay for lCircu
Q. win you explain when and under what cIrcum-
TO the General Order stores A. 1t probably IRON tno
desire Of parties TO have them sent back there II tney
come from there IN General oGa9p paT T ~ ,
dressed by the Appraiser TO the same STORE because ,o
is nothing the invoice to show where they want 'heh
O. After the goods go to the General order the i'm
porter goes the CutOmhouse makes his entry, and
obtains his permit to have those goods SEM from d @
Order TO public stores for appralsene anu nov
understand if no does not on that permit state 10 WHAT
sent back TO the General order A. think that Is the
practice we should not know where to send II II they
did not express desire to nave IL sent ahy"hoic'
An IGNORANT WITNESS.
O. How long a time, average, are goods retained
by you for apprasement. A. That cannot answer; it
all depends upon the facilities the Appraiser has for dis
posing OF the cases cannot give you any information
O. What is the average time Of the detention Of goods
from the merchant when thoy have como through The
General Order before they come into the APPRAISERS
q We have had testimony to the effect that there is
an average u days upon the goods OF A. T. stewart
and then to the public store A. j have knowledge
on the subject; might state in reference to that that
there are delays occasionally In getting goods INTO
the store IN Summer time the vessel Is detained
below perhaps by yellow fever; that occurs quite often
O. what rent Is paid for the whole Of your buldingi
A. 6325 25 the lease expires on the 10th OF February
O. For what could be obtained that empty building
that is next to you below A. cannot say r my Inn I'M
scarcely onc-third the depth of onrs
O. Is equal in construction A. 1t is in some respects
wv fms no W. / informed
could obtained for 5000 but understand the owners
would ask double that amount for 1t if they thought they
O. Has it ever been occupied A. No. Sir; was re-
Guested to report at wac necessary o Two oTT
business increased, it has really increased we might
want ii III future.
THE sAMPLING BUSINESS.
o. Arc hOgsheads Of sugar sampled on the pier a.
On the pier as well az in tho store.
O. But are they sent to the public store A. Not as
rule they may be in some cases.
O. Then as rule sugars that into this port are
sampled on the pier. and do not coneanto the public
@, la soda ash 4. There may have been. but think
now, upon my requirement they DO not send mem ~,
o. what other articles sampled outside n cor
fee mOlasses, and liquors, and think railroad iron
ws to st saa The ecrea o % he Treasury af re-
quire me to ask from the Appraiser all the sam,
also requires make return Of all the waste paper
rope, Irvine, etc. and after making sale OF them. to
return the proceeds to tho Secretary Of the Treasury
which have done the amount last year was SS,222
sales Of samples and paper the waste paper alone
came in the last two years, TO s29i3.
O. OF all the champagne 10 this country IL every
tenth box your storei A. don't know; think
all wines come 10 our store. .
@ DO you suppose they sample every tenth box' A.
/ don't know.
O. The only way to sample box would be to take a
bottle out lIaughterl A. suppose 1t would; know
never have any TO sell.
HOW THEFTs NOT DETECTED.
O. DO you know of any Of abstraction in the pub
| lie storesl A. have pretty well authenticated two
which occurred there and reported that in
my opinion the abstraction took place while In the
| tody OF the labor contractors.
O. Where you think the leak is A. 1t Is impossible
for me to say in the abstraction took place
between two examinations: It case OF abstraction
1920 cigars the other was the theft of some Roman
silk scarfs; notice brought to me by detective
that the scarfs had been sold in Brookyn as directed
by Mr. Grnne called upon the labor contractors for
damages in the first they replied when would
show them the man who stole the cigars they woud pay
the Government, which, OF course could not do and
never did do.
O. When You trace the abstraction to q public store
you have still no means of detecting the mani A; The
labor contractors contract they shall be held
sponsble for all thcfts committed by their employees.
@. Then their answer Ia you was in substance, What
you going to do about to- Yes did not do any
O. WHO are theyi A. Midget and Jackson.
9. How long did they have the coDtractf A. think
watch the Collector decided that they should pay it,
and they have consented to and undoubtedly will.
AN EXTRAvAGANT RENT.
Senator Pratt-Q Do you think the rent OF your Gov
eminent building is too hight A. Yes, Sir
@. Understand this is the only building rented by the
Government for public storesi A. Yes Sir.
Senator Casserly-YOu speak Of these two leases;
they signed the Collector before after the approval
of the Secretary A. don't know imagine after.
O. Was the present lease made in lS69under Mr.. Bout
wells administration A. 1t must have been; 1t was
signed In December, 1869.
O. How was the present building changed to make the
second lease higher A. An expensive iron front
put on building Al feet taken from the building,
and TO compensate for that, another story added
hut IL did not compensate but caused great incOnyen
ece such building should never be more than three
stories high
O. After taking Off this ~ feet the landlord raised the
rent nearly 80 per cent? A. He claimed that the broad
street made thereby increased our facilities for storing
and discharging.