, 1891-10-19
OUR CUSTOM HOUSE
Its HISTORY in OLYMPIA, PORT
ANGELES AND PORT TOWNSEND.

Am Interesting Article Relative to
the Troubles OF Collecting she
Revenue and Running
the office.
The Seattle Telegraph today prints an in
teresting history Of Puget Sounds custom
house, which was first established on Pu-
get Sound in 1851, at Olympia. The aver
age life in the office of the 20 collectors ap-
pointed by various presidents, was rs
months, The only two officials who mado
a success of the Office was the first collect
or, Simpson ?. Moses, and Henry Webster.
Moses administration was a success be-
cause the Indians were SO thick and hostile
that it was exceedingly difficult to get any
one to take the office Webster was indie
pendent, polite, aHable and had peculiar
way of satisfying the public and himself
at the same time.
Simpson P. Moses, the first collector, was
appointed by president Fillmore. AT that
time the Indians around Olympia were
hostile, and he secured from the Gen. e.
"A. Hitchcock, commanding the Pacific
division of the u. s. Army, arms and am
nunltIon for the protection of the govern
| ments interest.
6iloaUdy pelote MOSES oIga4lzeu Inc as
at CoWlltz, Lewis county august 20, 1851,
passed resolutions calling the governments
attention to the wholesale smuggling of
English goods into Oregon territory by the
Hudson Bay Company.
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