Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-08-15
4 BONDED WAREHOUSE.
A Prospect of the Speedy Opening Of One
Here.
REVENUE AUTHORITIES AT WORK,
Plans Maturing by Surveyor A. T.
Egerter.
WHO WILL BE BENEFITED

For some time past there has been quite
desire on the part of some of our leading
business men, wholesale liquor dealers PAL
ticularly, to have a government bonded
warehouse established here in connection
with the custom house, to enable importers
to properly store goods of foreign manuiac-
ture until such time Us they were needed
for consumption. During the incumbency
of Surveyor \. H. Beach, plans were par
TALLY matured for quite an addition to the
present custom house building, for the pur-
pose above indicated, it being then contem-
plated to purchase the Little property, just
north of the postoflice, on Market street,
and extend the government building IN
that direction for distance of about forty
feet, thus giving not only room for a
bonded warehouse, but also furnish addi-
tional and much needed facilities for the
railway mail service Of the post
office. and give additional room
to the Government officials generally. The
project, however, did not meet with the
approval of the Department at that time,
and Mr.. Beach's tenure of office lapsed
with things in their old shape.
Lately. however, the desire for ware
house has found renewed expression from
our business men, and Surveyor Egerter,
after looking over the situation, suggested
to the Department ut Washington that
room for a bonded warehouse of limited eN-
tent might be found in the basement OF
the present Custom House. The idea met
with approval ut headquarters, and MIR.
Enerter at once set about pertCctinS plans
and securing estimates of the work neceS-
sarv to carry them into effect. The por-
ton of the basement to be set apart Tor the
warehouse is about 30X60 feet i'll size, III
the northeast corner of the building. Ac-
cess will be had to it for the storing and
removal of merchandise by means
OF large elevator, placed
on the north side of the building outside
the present walls, a small addition being
erected to protect the machinery from the
weather That portion of the yard lying
between the north line of the poSt0tilce
and Iittlc's building will be paved and IN
entrance for teams made i'll the iron fence,
80 that trucks can he driven i'll there and
out the present Sixteenth street entrance,
or ricc rcr'H.
1t is not vet known what additional
offices will he made necessary by the addi-
ton of the bonded warehouse. \ store
keeper will, of course, be necessary, but ms
duties may simply he added to those al
ready devOlving upon Mr.. Egcrter, or thcy
may be- assigned TO some one III the Inter
nal Revenue office The StOrcroOm III OPP
Grafton. il will probably he at once filled
up with whisky belonging To our whole
sale liquor merchants two or three
of whom some time ago pur-
chased large amount and sent 1t out
of the country to escape the payment OF the
Government tax. 1t is now desired to re-
import this liquor, and have 1t placed IN
the warehouse, where il can be takcnt out
for consumption, from time To time, upon
payment to the Collector of Customs OF
duty equal To the internal revenue tax OF
ninety cents per gallon. II Will he seen
that the liquor thus exported and rc-im-
ported is on quite Il different footing from
liquor distilled abroad and imported for
consumption, for in that case the duties are
81 per gallon, rs against ninety cents III
the instance above referred TO.
Aside from the convenience the bonded
warehouse will thuSbc to the liquor trade
it will greatly benefit the general business
public. Under the present system our
customs transactions are very largely with
New York and Baltimore, but with the new
warehouse importations may be shipped
directly to Wheeling and placed in the
warehouse here, convenient to the home
trade at all times.
Another change which is to he made in
the near future at the the Custom House Is
a general shifting of the Offices oithe United
States Marshal, Collector and Surveyor,
with an idea To Il more convenient and
natural arrangement. Surveyor Egcrter
and the United States Marshal, now
located on the west side of the main cor
ridor will exchange with the internal rev.
cnue people, which will bring the Marshal,
the United States Commissioner and the
District Attorney in adjoining rooms, thus
facilitating their business transactions.
The building is also to be reprinted in
side and ont