The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-01-15
TIE BAReE oFF1on IN 1857.
Jts Able Women Inspectors Only Ono Biet
on the 8urvevorss Record.

on the surveyors nccoru.
The castle-like Barge Office, part OF which
fronts on Battery Park while part overlookt
the swift tides OF the North and East Rivers
has been one OF the busiest spots In the towr
during the year the halo OF whose closing fes'
tivities is even now only beginning to wane fol
some. Necessarily, as with nearly all Govern
ment buildings, the Barge Office In 1887 has
been q place Of disappointed ambitions, dead
hopes, and bright successes, interspersed with
the daily routine Of official duty. This is shown
in tho following official statement OF the
changes during the year:
Day lnspectors-Appointed. so; removed, ~; resigned,
lG; died, o.
Night Inspectors-Appointed. 90; removed, 10; re-
signed. z.
1t can also be mentioned that the total mum
Der OF days lost by the former force through
sickness was 1904. or an average n day equal
to the loss of the time OF five and four-tenths
men. and by the latter force. from the same
cause. 1.239 days. or an average u day: for tho
6f tho 1884 days Of absence on account OF
sickness: S49 days are to be charged to the six
0H as co% %pass Si Si!h the sag year IN 1885, sss' There was
and q decrease of 1853 in the number OF sailing
VESSELS which arrived at the port an average
On those Vessels arrived s7,ol1 cabin and
so1;Sns sdfs wisS ISIS Rs 81 g,ssS 81 sn iofnsasG sn "a
I0.7Ol OF the latter. The amount of duties col
l.ecstsea Go from those cabin passengers WIS
amount collected in 1886. From the baggage
aaiIs ,s5 sSsSssrs Az ]inoI Tasss of s.. i5s.S Ms as cS SS1issfsd
b%asssGe was ,s7,S45 less than the number Of
The number OF pieces OF baggage examined
BY the women inspectors from June 20. 1887.
I'm! an,i df bee o! 81 th Mos FssSsrfEsssn ' fntrv OF Of th Ills iq pss.
gage was made by S,727 women. who arrived
without male escort. The amount OF duties col
Ssas ss5.s7 R5a;Ea% This sS sum sns E IS sseIus sRs" Of the
We're aia forty In sI nHmbsr r'"i For Ave Years enasd
Dec. 81. 1856. the number of seizures made by
the nine women inspectors. who then constitute
sl.s0517. tInasmuch as tho addition Of tho
t did not Who increH wsr0 the st expans to of 'h aam l2Ise
tering the service. the appointment Of the
twelve additional women inspectors having
mont Of the offices of ten malc inspectors. tho
asEregate o, whose salaries lyas larger thnn
to tue t ahssf sa Gl she ofi S 3 shS pes nI| d s't tha
change has been. from an economical noint of
cIteT;n sa hst Ct Tys7 From iLo mu 1Ins y ~ c to ant I'M IN
made against this branch Of tho force was
seven. Two Of these were made against tho
same OHlceT, VINO was removed. SonSluerlnR
the number Of persons with whom, during tho
examination OF 3S,42S pieces Of baggage. tho
women INSPECTORS wero brought in contact,
and that the force. when assigned TO duty. had
no experience as to the nature Of its duties,
the public had evidently tho minimum of cause
for complaint.
The foregoingis an official statement of the
work done by Surveyor Beatties staff. but
those prosaic figures can scarcely convey to
the reader the Immense amount OF labor they
represent. Nothing is told by those figures OF
the long waits at crowded ocean steamships
during the hot summer months, or OF the re-
morseless hours spent on the steamship
1t is to the staff OF women inspectors that these
remarks are particularly applicable. They are
women oil refinement and education. and have
been wonderfully successful staff of Govern
X, remarked that he is proud of them.
cal associates and personal friends as
possessing any peculiarly demonstrative
traits, but when he speaks OF his staff
OF women inspectors his natural reserve
satisfaction to the record for six months, which
shows that these bright women have corralled
$25,3 z 81 In duties tor Uncle Sam, whereas for
the five years preceding the reorganization Of
tho stan o! women inspectors only 81, 805.1 in
duties was taken from women passengers
swindIe the Government by smuggling.
There Is only one blot on Surveyor Beattie's
escutcheon for 1887. 1t has eaten its way into
the bright armor Of his official record. and only
the severest official penance can absol"e, him
or in any way mitigate his crime: The Sun
inspectors must not speak to reporters. If
Surveyor BeRttie will recommend that the
women inspectors receive 81 O day. rs the men
do. The Sun will forgive him, and say. HALL