The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-16
COLLECTOR ARTHUR ENDORSED.

A Letter from the steamship Companies 10
tho Collector.
The following letter. voluntarily prepared by the
agents OF the several steamship lines subscribed
below, was received by Collector Arthur yester-
day.
To TIE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
We respectfully ask the use OF your columns for
cOntradcilng some OF the false rumors which have
been spread with regard TO the reorganization OF
the general order business, introduced by the order
Of Collector Arthur OF the 9th inst.
by that order We are authorized 10 designate n
warehouse within certain district for our general
order goods, and, In availing ourselves OF this
privilege, we mean to consult exclusively the inter-
est and convenience OF our lines and OF our GUS
notified us individually to designate the warehouse
TO which We respectively oeslre our goods to be
sent
Some OF us had before this been called upon by
various warehousemen or 10y their agents for the
but in no case have we had any proof that ti, lev
were authorized or encouraged by the Collector to
90 SO; on tne contrary we have the strongest cyl
IectOr would not accept any designation not made
entirely OF our Tree WILL or which might have been
made before the aforementioned notification.
We also have the most satisfactory assurances
nom the Collector that his order viii DO construed
placed in the way OF any steamship company that
might desire 10 designate a warehouse exclusively
for its own unclaimed goods.
The dstrlcting OF the city and the appointment OF
q certain warehouse Tor eacn district are no dlsad-
vantage to the steamship companies since no such
tant from Its wharf. That feature OF the system
was unnecessary as far as the steamship companies
are concerned, but II was unavoidable IN order 10
provide properly for unclaimed goods brought by
sailing vessels and transient steamers, wnlcn could
not, without Inconvenience, be allowed 10 select
Their own warehouses. ,
The selection made for district warehouses, al.
though 1t does not concern us particularly, IN our
opinion has been made with due regard 10 the
convenience OF all importers
we also nave the assurance or the C0iiec'or tnat
the clause Of his order saying that warehouses once
designated by steamship companies Will not De
changed except for cause Is not to be construed as
Tying tho steamship companies down to any ware.
mousse, but Is intended to protect the Collector
against changes proposed on frivolous groul j.,
=, Inc only objection which we can make to tue Col
ector's plan consists In the clause in which he pro-
poses 10 disqualfy the steamship companies and
shnir agents from managing the warehouses for
n nicir own account This point the Collector does
~ ee autlollzed 10 grant, and he desires TO aw ait
w" TN neRVi. VI the senate committee.
vh,,e ss,H;anmsnlp companies, on The other hand,
sner lavoI cneeriully accept the undoubtcd advan.
give II q fair trial. ~ ~
CnAs. Q. FRASCKLYN, Cunard Line.
yOhN Y. DALE 1nman Line.
+. w j.. HURST, National Line
WlLLIAhS& GUION, Liverpool and a. w. Line.
HENDERSON BROS, Anchor Line
OELRlCliS X Co, Bremen Line.
KUNHAKDT II CO., Hamburg Line
GEO. MACKENZIE, General Transatlantic Line.
Iosepi u. sparks White star Line, beng absent,
could mol sgD.)
New YORB. March J5. 1874