The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-18

vice, Certified checks amounting to about
81, 900 600 are on deposit with the Postmaster
General as security the good faith OF the vari-
Gus bidders aud will be retained by him until the
new service goes into operation. The lowest bids
for some very large contracts are suspended to
await the decision OF the Attorney General
whether the omission OF two cent stamps from the
ACCOMMODATING checks invalidates them. Many
have been thrown out in consequence OF the gross
carelessness OF the bidders in failing to sign their
names and furnishing notarial certificates not
signed by the notariss, &c
Secretary Richardson's Report OF the
Sanborn Contracts-List OF the Amounts
Collected.
The Secretary OF the Treasury to-day sent to the
House OF Representatives the following communi-
cation in relation to the sanborn contracts
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
WASHINGTON, Feb. II, 1874 I
have the honor to enclose herewith, in cOmpli-
ance with the resolution OF the House OF Repre-
sentatives OF the 18th met, copies in full OF all
contracts made under the authority OF the Treas
ury Department. In pursuance VI the provisions OF
the first section OF the Legislative, Executive and
Judicial Appropriation bill, approved May y, 1872;
also copies OF all correspondence and orders OF the
depar menr relative TO said contracts, and sched-
ules showing the entire amount OF money collected
under their contracts by Messrs Malcolm Campbell,
John o. Sanborn and Jonn Clark. respec.
and saa Sgs's naSe eeen
been Collected or paid by the treasury under the
other COQLracLS. Iuc papers nereWlLn transmit ted
comprise copies Of all contracts schedules re-
celpts, certificates, checks and other correspond
ence having any bearing upon or relation to any
and all steps action taken by the Treasury De-
partment under the provisions of the law referred
TO- In justice to the persons whose names
are included in the lists accompanying the
several contracts Of those who are claimed to be
indebted to the government on account OF taxes or
me to ADD that no
ever of such Indebtedness has been presented to
the department.. All that is known TO the de-
rtn 10 uynnt
said lists. which we're necessary to lie furnished in
pursuance to the requirement of the first section
Of the act Of May 8, 1872, namely, that no person
snail be employed under the provisions OF this
clause who shall not have fully set FORTH in writ
ten statement under oath, addressed 70 the Secre-
tarY OF the Treasury, the character OF the claim
out OF which he proposes to recover or assist IN
covering moneys for the United states, the laws
by the violation OF which the same have been
withheld, and the name oil the person, firm or cor
pOrati0n having thus withheld such moneys, be-
lore the persons furnishing them could be EN-.
ployed II have the honor to be, sir, very respect
WILLIAM A. RICHARDSON, Secretary
Hon. JAMES g. BLAINE, Speaker OF the House Of
Representatives.
1t appears from the large mass of documents
submitted That the collections on account OF San
born's complaints amount In the aggregate to
$427,000, OF which there was paid to Sanborn
$213OOO, the balance being paid into the Treasury
The following are the names OF the parties where
the amount collected exceeds $2,oO0:-J. II. Goss.
Ter, of Hamburg, $1O.343, income tax; Daniel
James, $11,6S4 income tax; Thomas H. Devens,
$4.2O3, income tax; J. H. Gossler. Jr., $3661, in
come tax; Buffalo, New York and Erie Railroad
$22O2, tax on dividends; H. A. Scaerenen, 81, 100,
legacy and succession; Martha Dorian, 81, 293.
legacy and succession; Whites Bank Of Buffalo,
$2,236, taxes on State deposits; william Mel
son, $3,357, legacy and succession; E. Fer
guson Co., $2,93s, medicinal articles un-
stamped: Delaware and Hudson canal Company.
1858, tax On interest payments: Joel Hayden and
Joel Hayden, Jr., $10,06s, income tax; Morgan
Delano, $2,294, legacy and succession; William Ii.
Wall, $4O91. legacy and succession; John E. Wood,
$14.6SS legacy and succession; Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern Railroad, So, 535, tax on sur
plus profits; Benjamin d. Phillips $2412, legacy
and succession; John J. Phelps, $780, legacy and
succession; George W. Williams Il Co., 2,249, I'M
paid stamp duties; Cedar Rapids and Mississippi
River Railroad, $43,30O tax on interest on bonds
Chicago and Nebraska Railroad. $19,429, tax on in
terest on bonds: ST.. Paul aud Sioux City Railroad,
$3.50, tax withheld; James ArmOry, &c. 534, legacy
and succession: James Hall, 5000, legacy and
succession; Buchanan Lyell, s2,74o, income
tax; Delaware and Hudson Canal Company $780,
tax on dividends; William Tilden, $6,173, legacy
and succession; John r. Ford $2,57S, income
tax; st. Paul and Pacific Railroad 81, 293 tax on
net earnings; Old Colony and Newport Railroad,
$4,OA, tax on profits; Delaware, Lackawanns
and western Railroad, $99,6S5, tax on dividends.
The list embraces about It's names. the above
being q specimen OF the grounds upon which the
collections were made. In the smaller sums how.
ever, 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 February IL, 1864, OF additional
IF Gar
amounting to SAILS. The principal items in these
latter accounts are the Indianapolis, Peru aud
Chicago Railroad Company, on account OF taxes
due on coupons, $1,000; William Skinner, of HYDE
vile, Mass income tax, 49, 562 estate OF Benjamin
Nathan, 1904; Sheboygan and Fond du Lac Rail-
road Company, taxes on coupons, 81, 1885, st. Louis,
Alton and Terre Haute Railroad Company, tax and
interest on coupons. SIC, 29l Toledo Wabash and
Western Railroad, tax on interest paid ON bonds,
$2s.37s.
In letter dated October Is, 1872. Mr.. Sanborn
gives the names Of about ZOO persons Indebted to
the United States for taxes imposed upon legacies
and SUGGESTIONS Mr.. SanbOrn submits another list
dated March 49, 1873 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 the names OF a
large number of distiilers said to be owing taxes
on tne ISL Of July, 1913. MI SanDOrn auuresSeu u
letter to the Secretary OF the Treasury, enclosing
list Of those railroads doing business in the United
States which are indebted to the government for
taxes upon dividends and interest paid upon bonds
which they have heretofore held and refused to
pay, and he respectfully asks that the
list be added to his contract made
with the Secretary OF the Treasury bearing
date August 10, ts72, and as amended october 8,
1872 The list contains the names Of about 700
railroads. The contract was extended. John
Clark's contract gives the names Of persons owing
taxes which he proposes to collect. The statement
OF funds collected by him is given in the accom-
panying papers, and shows that he received
So. 1893 on account Of the estate Of James Dundas
deceased. The statement OF funds collected by
Malcolm Campbell shows si720 from the Philadei-