The Portland daily press., 1874-02-18
WASHINGTON.
The District InvestiU alton,

WASHINGTON, Feb 1.-THE select commit
tee to investigate the affairs of the District OF
Columbia will not again meet for business un-
til Gov. Shepherd shall have furnished detoiled
information reqvired. The committee has not
called upon the memOralists to present specific
charges and namesof witnesses.
The Sanborn COtracts.
The Secretary of the Treasury to day sent tc
the House of Representatives the followi ing
communication in relation to the SanboIn
contracts
Treasury Department, Washington Feb. 17th
1874:-I have the honor to enclose herewith, in
compliance with the resolution OF the House Oi
Representatives of the 18th inst, copies in full
OF all contracts made, under the authority OF
the Treasury Department, in pursuance OF the
provisions of the first section of the legislative
executive and judicial appropriation bill, ap-
proved May 18th, 1872; also copies OF all cores
pondence and orders of the Department relative
to said contracts, and schedules, showing the
entire amount of moneys collected under the
contracts by Messrs. Malcolm, Campbell, John
d. Sanbo n and JnO. Clark, respectively, and
how said monies have been disposed Of
No monies have been collected or paid by the
Treasury under the other contracts. The pa
pers herewith transmitted comprise copies of all
contracts, schedules receipts, certificates, checks
and correspondence having any bearing upon
or in relation to any and all steps or action
taken by the Treasury Department under the
In jusoice to the persons whose names are
included in the lists accompanying the several
contracts of those who are claimed to be in
debted to he government on account of taxes
or otherwise, and who have not been proceed
ed against, permit me to add that no evidence
whatever of such Indebtedness has been pre-
sented to this Department All that is known
to the Department on the subject is what ap-
pears on said lists which were necessary to be
furnished in pursuance of the requirements of
10 Let ,E &c NJ
namely that no person shall be employed un-
der the provisions of this clause, who shall not
have fully set forth in a written statement un :
der oath, addressed to the Secretary of the
Treasury, the character of the claim out of
which he proposed to recover or assist in recov-
ering moneys for the United States, the laws
by violation of which the same have been with
held, and the names of the persons, firm or
corporation having thus withheld such money,
before the persons furnishing them could be
employed.
have the honor to be sir, very respectfully
your obedient servant
WILLIAM A. RICHARDSON
Secretary.
Hon. James G. Blaine, Speaker of the
the House of Representatives
1t appears from the large mass of documents
submitted that the collections or accounts of
Sanborn's complaints aggregate 1927 900, of
which there was paid SanbOrn $213,000, the
balance being paid into the Treasury.
The following are the names of the parties
where the amount collected exceeds over $1,000:
j. H. Gossler. of Hamburg, $40, 343, income
tax; Daniel Jones, $11 1854, income tax; Thos.
H Devens, 81, ,203, ilcome tax; j. Fl. Gossler,
Jr., $3,661, income tax; Buffalo, New York
and Erie Railroad, S2,2O2, tax on dividends;
H. A. Schieffelyn, $3.50. legacy and success
sion; Martin Dorlin, 1928, legacy and success
sion; Whites Bank of Buffalo, $2.36O, on
State deposits; VIM. Nelson, $3,357, legacy
aud successor; Ferguson & Co., So, ,93S, me-
dicinal articles unstamped: Delaware & HUI l.
son Canal Co., $9,6SS, tax interests on pay
ments; Joel Hayden and Joel Haydn, Jr. $40.
O6S, Income tax; Morgan DelanO, 1924, leg
acy and succession; VIM. H. Wall, S4.O91
legacy and succession; John E Wood $1468,
legacy and succession; Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern Railroad $3555, tax on surplus profits ;
Benjamin f. Phillips S2412 legacy and success
cession; George w. Williams & Co., S2249 un-
paid stamp duties; Cedar Rapids & Mississippi
Railroad $43, $50 tax on interest on bonds Chi
cago & Nebraska Railroad $40, ,429, tax on in
terest on bonds; st. Paul & Sioux City Rail
road $3330, tax withheld; James Aamory So
534, legacy and succession; James Hall. 5000,
legacy and succession; Buchap and Liell $2749,
Income tax: Delaware & Hudson Canal Com
pany $3.50, tax on dividends; William Tilden
$6273; legacy and succession; John r, Ford
$257S. income tax; st. Paul & Pacific Railroad
$8293, tax on net earnings; Old Colony & New
port Railroad $404. tax on profits; Delaware
& Lackawana and Western Railroad S99,6S5,
tax on dividend
The st embraces about 175 names, the above
being specimens of the grounds upon which
collections were made. In the smaller sums.
however, the legacy and succession tax appears
more frequently.
Supplemental letters from the Secretary of
the Treasury to the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue notify the latter under date of Feb.
IL, 1854 of additional certificates of deposit to
the credit Of Sanborn amounting to $4, 11S.
The principal items in these latter accounts
are the Indianapolis, Peru & Chicago Railroad
Co., on account of taxes due on coupons, So
099; VIM. Skiness of Mass, income tax, 3d.
562; estate of Benz. Nathan, $5O4; Sheboygan
& Fon dn Lac Railroad Co. taxes on coupons,
81, 15S: st. Louis, Alton q Terre Haute Rail-
road Ca, tax and interest on coupons, SIG, ,291 !;
Toledo, Wabash & Western Railroad, tax on
interest paid on bonds, $26,378.
In letter dated Oct 25th, 1872, Sanborn
gives the names of abont thousand persons
indebted to tN United Stales for taxes imposed
upon legatees and successo1s. SanbOrn sub
mits another list dated March 10Th, 1878, of 600
persons of foreign residence, doing business in
the United States, but who, it is alleged, have
failed to pay internal revenue taxes. Another
list gives large number of dstllers said to be
owing taxes. On the LIST of July, 1873. Sanborn
addressed letter to the Secretary of the
Treasury inclosing list of those railroads do
Ing business in the United States which were
indebted to the government for taxes upon
dividends and interest paid upon bonds which
they have heretofore held aud refused to paw
He respectfully asks that the list be added to
his contract made with the Secretary of the
Treasury bearing date August 13, 1872, and as
amended Oct 8, 1872 The list contains the
names of about seven hundred railroads. The
contract was extended. JnO. Clark's contract
gives the names of persons owing taxes which
he proposes to collect. The statement of the
funds collected by him is given in accompany
ing paDers, and shows he received $3833, ,6S on
account of the estate of James Dundas, deceas-
ed. The statement of the funds collected by
Philadelphia Passenger Railway Co. 1886 were
paid to Campbell and $885.17 into the Treas
ury.
Among the papers is letter from the Secre-
tary of the Treasury, dated Jan. 49, 1874, ask
ing of Nicholas Gilbert, by decision of Asst.
bring with him all the papers relating to the
Investigation being held by him in the affairs
of the Erie Railway Co.
Various Matters.
S249,919.
A charge has been made in the original de-
tail for the Howard Court of Investigation.
The special War Department order converting
it containing the nameof Col. Reynolds of the
Sd cavalry in place of Gen. Holt.
Several influential gentlemen of New Yor k
and Bo ton appeared before the Ways and
means COmm1ttee 10 ADVOCATE Dill nXlng tne
salrries of revenue officers and abolishing moie-
ties.
The Boston CoIlectorship.
NEW YORK, Feb ia Washington special
says that a strong pressure will be brought to
bear on the President by members of the Massa-
chusetts delegations not favorable to the nom
inatioL of Mr.. Simmons for the Collectorship Of
Boston, to induce him to withdraw the nomina-
ton and substitute some person more accepta-
BILE.
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