The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-12
SAGE As A SMUGGLER.
Queer Story About a New York
Millionaire.
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS MADE.
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New YORK. ns*e ths frss trsp os his LIE 10
Maine AID New kGnsxacA. and ere he
seEt the latter onslafry be bought . hank
ruri railroad. then knoun - Tie Grand
Southern. running altogether on Englisa
sosi--sron ST SfepAea 60 81 John Sc.
stephen vas The western terminus. and -
situated On tie banks Of the s. croix
river. opposite Calais. the eAss<rsy CITY Of
TIE United States No railroad runs
INTO CALAIS. bat the New Brunswick
read operates branch from the Mssns
tentrai connection 3; yancssoruagh. some
nties up Tier river and ca the New Bruns-
WICK side After Mr.. Sxer purchased tia
rssa TIE nasre w&s changes 70 Shore Line.
nc u - understood that IL - 20 h<come
part OF the shore Line 20 be built in Maine
BY the New Yosk. aad New Ers.Gnd, Ros-
ton and Maine syndicate.
II appears that smmeaizsely after iAis
deal there vas instituted q systematic
course Of smuggling. whsch wss 80 extern
ssve a. 10 attract the attention of che
Canadian authorities, buf Just who begun
IL and how far The iuyestixasion viii so
cannot yes be told. Certain il Is thai the
road was in q dsssriaated condition, and
that. Immediately alter the departure OF
Sage. repairs began with . rush. Rolling
stock, rails. wire fenesng. tools. hard
ware. oil. waste and other mater
ials appeared IN abundance. and there
was more oil along the lire than ever
Before. Aside from this. certain store
houses began 10 BE- filed Up vifh American
goods. the amount being suffciens to excite
the Canadian officers. who started in on
still hunt Among them Vas one who had
himself been smuggser for years and whe
had been given an ofiies By the sosernmenl
IN order 10 set him ous Of the business. and
because they held 10 the idea that . thieE
could c. n . thief better than any othng
man. he took up . trail that led him 70
Boston and New York ard back again. and
~ the result Yof his investigation the gov
eminent has seized oil the available mate
rial and stored IL in warehouses under seal.
The Canadians claim that Q systematic
plan TO defraud their government has been
pursued by employees. and is IL UNDERWOOD
the officials Of the road say they have been
defrAuded too. But whoever IL in the
right. the following Is . description Of the
method: some one in authority would
order the supplies. and they would then
be shipped from Boston or New York. AZ
the terminal Of the New Brunswick
road they would he delivered to
ths Sage road, bcing daily entered
on the invoice books Of the company.
False vouchers Of duty pad II the custom
house we're made out. fhe amounts heinz
collected cf the treasurer ON the road
Though Sage's people we're supposed not
~ SO the goods unsss they arrived on
EnxIish soil. ret IL was found that the
heads OF barrels of Americas oil hAd been
rspaintcd ard istiered In imitation III ths
English article. and claim was 80 up thar
such had heen brought into 81 John. but
this was proved 10 hare hc<n false
The total OF merchandise 40 xmuRrsed
amounts 10 many thousands of dollars.
and the New York owners hAve bssu 20
notified. and have been autographed thai
some OF the officials operating she road
have fed the country. IL IN understood
that the Canadian authorities ordered the
road 10 be seized and oil srafssc suspended,
bat on the representation that the Illegal
traffic uas the work OF suhosdfnsses. and
that the owners had also been victmired.
permission was given 10 run trains until
further orders, though practically the gov
eminent Is IN possession Of the property.
which is worth several millions of dollars.
A prominent railroad man, who Is con.
nscted with Maine road. bat who has
much 10 do with New Brunswick roads.
wss seen at Bangor. and in sn4wer 10
questions said:
Undoubtedly the real reason Why the
road Vas not tssd np was that, after hav-
ing taken the preliminary steps. the
Canadians found thas sorne os their
own officials were concerned in the scheme.
for IL Is an imposslbillsy to smuggie q rail-
road outfit into that region without desec-
ton. The Lord knows that the officials in
Maine. with the exception Of those at the
marlborough eassomhoase. are Lax
enough. but the Ses Brunswick men are
ten times worse When q man rets
office down there il is either by purchsss
or powerful influence. and they are very
susceptible 10 brihe- yos viii find that
New York and Boston merchants hare
been smart. while the Canadian clerks on
the road and IN the custom house have be-
srsyed their employers some one has
ms6e . good many thousands cut Of this
deal. and quite Likely Brother Sage vii IN
made 10 foot the bills. and the scamp. Who
are English subjects viii not Be prosecused.
A matter ct fact 20 American railroad
magnafe viii he much better pluekine shsn
the American Eshsrnea. and he'll ret IL IN
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