The San Francisco call., 1895-12-15

about November l5, 1895, Mr.. Sanborn came
into this office and showed me a written agree
/, ment entered into by Mrs. Sanborn and r. j.
Woods, signed by the attorneys of both by
which it was stipulated that Mr.. Sanborn
should have possession OF the premises on De-
cember l, and instructions were therefore
issued to Deputy Collector Tobin to regard Mr..
Sanborn after that date as the proprietor of
the warehouse.
1t will be seen from this that the transac-
tlon, so lar as this Office is concerned, was en-
trely regular, and that the p. emises had been
rebonded in the name of w. B. Sanborn before
MI Sanborn was acquainted with either COL
lector wise or mis- son Harry, and that, as q
matter OF record, Sanborn is the sole proprietor
OF the warehouse as the lessee of his mother,
and that Harry Wise is not, SO far as this office
is officially aware, connected with the ware
mouse What private arrangements young
SanDorn and Harry Wise may have had alter
the above events were entered into do not
know, and only heard incidentally that they
had made one.
l was informed by Deputy Collector Tobin
that after he had been notified that Sanborn
was to take possession on Decem Der strenu-
Gus endeavors were made by Mr.. Woods to get
the owners of the goods in the warehouse to
transfer them to other warehouses. that a
certain party even went SO far as to pre-
sent forged requests for transfer, and
that representations were made to the Chinese
having goods in the warehouse that it would
CT lose on December l, an inducement for
them to transfer their goods.
+. b. JEROME, Special Deputy Collector.
Doyle d Co. in the Vallejo-street bonded
warehouse was also explained by their bro
ker, Charles E. Heise, yesterday in the fol-
lowing communication to the Collector:
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. IA. 1895.
Dear Sir: deem it my duty to make the fol-
lowing statement of facts in regard to a certain
statement made in an article which appeared
in this mornings CALL viz: That certain
goods consigned to Henry Doyle & Co. of this
City, arriving here by. steamer from Victoria.
were sent to the Vallejo-street unclaimed ware
house with undue haste
The actual facts are as follows: Before the
arrival OF the goods the invoice was submitted
to me, and found to be enormously certified to
by the United States Consul at Victoria as be-
ing for goods of American manufacture,
whereas they were of foreign manufacture and
origin. There was also another error in the
invoice. For these reasons Mr.. Doyle con-
cluded to return the invoice to Victoria for
correction.
Pending the return of the invoice back to
this port the goods had to be sent to the Un-
claimed Warehouse, as they were of great
value. In the interests and by request of
Mr.. Doyle made an application to you in
writing for Messrs. Henry Doyle & Co., as their
customs attorney, to have these goods sent to
the Vallejo Unclaimed Warehouse in advance
OF the general order taking effect, the Vallejo
street warehouse being the warehouse desig-
mated for all unclaimed merchandise arriving
from Victoria by steamers.
The steamer Umatilla, in which these goods
were imported, arrived here November 27,
Unclaimed Warehouse November 80, 1896
three days after arrival of the steamer. Very
respectfully, CHAs E. HEIsE,
Customs Attorney for Henry Doyle G. Co.
To Hon. John H. Wise, Collector of Customs
Mr.. Jerome's statement explains the
details of the proceeding by which Mr..
Sanborn became the tenant of his mother,
Mrs. Elizabeth B. San born, but it does not
satisfy Mr.. Woods as to the fact of Harry
Wise's present actual copartnership with
Mr.. Sanborn. Mr.. Woods sees that, on the
one hand, Harry is a partner with his
father, the Collector, in the firm of Christy
& Wise, and, on the other, he is partner
with Mr.. Woods successor, Mr.. Sanborn,
in the Vallejo-street United States bonded
warehouse. just how the two may work
together in the eyes of Secretary Carlisle is
what Mr.. Woods is anxious to learn.
Edwin Danforth of the Broadway ware
house admitted yesterday that there is a
of the warehousemen coming
together and acting in concert on a
demand for an official inquiry, but the
step. he said, was incumbent upon
Mr.. Woods, and if the warehousemen acted
at all they would do so in response to Mr..
Woods request.