The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-01
FORMALLY CONSOLIDATED,
The Fourth and Sixth Internal Revenue
Observation-Disclosures Cumback Retires-
Facts About the New District.

The consolidation of the Fourth and the Sixth
internal revenue districts was formally effected
yesterday by General W. T. Clark, agent of the
Revenue Department at Washington, and NJ.
Horace Mckay, the Indianapolis collector, to-
day assumes charge of the affairs of the office.
By the consolidation the services of Hon. Will
Cumbaek, the collector in the Fourth district,
are dispensed with, and the Indianapolis reve-
nue office becomes the headquarters for the
whole of the twenty counties which comprised
the two districts, embracing all the territory
along the OHIO river. between Lawrenceburg
and Madison. The Indianapolis district, which,
up to the present time has been the
smallest in the State, now becomes
the largest, and more than two-thlrds
of the revenue business in Indiana win nave to
be transacted through the office in this city.
Under the reorganization the number of Mr..
McKay's subordinate officers will be sixty
comprising two travelling deputies who act as
detectives, five stamp deputies, thirty store
keepers, seventeen gaugers, and three men who
act as both gaugers and storekeepers. The
salary OF the deputies will vary from $500 to
81, 900 year, according to the service rendered,
while the storekeepers are paid 81 for each day
that they are employed, and the CANCERS So.
There will be no changes in Mr.. McKay's office
force A. Bruner will be his chief deputy, with
Charlos j. many ana Wlllam III. Lester as
assistants. The stamp deputies at the different
points will be s. j. Thompson, at 5helbyville;
Ellsworth d. Haynes and George Pfalzgraf, Law
renceburg; y. W. Mcclellan, Madison, and
William Turner, Harrison. There will be no i'm
mediate changes in the other subordinate Off
GERS, with the exception that by the consolida-
tion the services of one of the clerks In the Law
renceburg office Will be dispensed with. In the
twenty counties which constitute the new dis
tricJ there are sixteen whisky dlstiller1es, be-
sides a number Of small fruit distilleries. The
sixteen distilleries have daily capacity of
IL 900 bushels, or $4,000 gallons, and, when
running the collections will amount to about
$45, 900. The largest distilery in the district is
the known No z, at Lawrenceburg,
owned by N. Walch, the daily tax collections
81 ,000 it is estimated that the aggregate
amount of the collections will be between
50 900, 900 and SIS, 100000 year. The terrific
ry will be divided into two divis-
first and the Lawrenceburg the second. "The
consolidation" Mr.. Mckay stated to a Journal
reporter yesterday, twill not affect the work of
the office. All will run as smoothly in the fu-
ture it has in the past. The distillers situated
remote from this city Will transact their Dusl-
ness through the subordinate offices, and in
their relations with the Revenue Department
they will be at no greater inconvenience than
they have encountered in the past" Mr., Mckay
goes to Lawrenceburg this morning, and the
transfer OF all the business OF Mr.. Cumback's
office VIII be made to him before the open
ing of business hours. The only perceptible
change which will be caused by the reorganiza-
ton will be in the matter of transactng bust
ness through the main office and in the recogni-
tion of one head in the territory where formerly
two reigned.
The internal revenue collections in the Indi-
annapolis district during July amounted to 3d.
207. Al, of which $10,964.25 was tax on beer
and So ,994.70 on cigars.