New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-02
IN A MIDDLE OYER THE TAYLOR.
COMPLICATIONS LIKELY TO RESULT OVER
THE BARRING OUT OF THE STEAM
Err AND HER CARGO


It is now certain that the steamer J. ". Taylor,
which came into port November IS with a $780,
900 cargo Of coffee and two cases OF bubonc plague
aboard, will not get any nearer New-York than
Quarantine. where she Is anchored. DR.. Doty
said yesterday that he had decided not to release
the steamer from quarantine so that she could
come up to the city. That settles the matter. and
the j. W Taylor will have TO go out 10 sea again
without tying up 10 any wharf In this harbor.
Busk & Jevons the agents in this city Of Lam
port Holt. to whom the steamer belongs made
application to Collector Bidwell yesterday to have
the ship enter without her officers. as the latter are
confined at Swinburne Island They also asked
the Collector to designate a safe harbor for the
ship outside the city limits. from which she 10
barred oy the order OF the Board OF Health, In
which TO discharge her cargo. This the Collector
could do as the customs jurisdiction over which
he has control includes the Hudson River TO AL
bany. all Of Long Island Sound and the Jersey
shore as far south Sandy Hook. besides the
waters contiguous to Manhattan Island. Inc
Collector could designate Poughkeepsie for a
harbor II he wished. and the steamer. provided she
had been released from quarantine, could then,
with the Collectors permission. steam up the Hud-
son with her cargo aboard. tie up at Poughkeepse
and discharge the coffee there. The application OF
the agents denied, however.
Collector Bidwell said he could not enter the snip
without her master or acting master without vio-
lating the law and the regulations OF this port
He skilfuly eyaded the part of the application ask
ing him to designate a safe harbor for the j. W.
Taylor by saying that until the ship was entered
this question did not come under his Jurisdiction
AS the master and mate Of the steamer will be sew
eral weeks more at Swinburne Island. and the
steamer cannot enter until they leave the island,
the question Of a harbor will not trouble the Col
ector for some time.
Meanwhile the cargo of coffee Is In seven lighters
off Quarantine and according to Busk & Jevons II
Is spelling so rapidly that It will soon be valueess
At noon to-day the lighter which received the first
instalment OF coffee from the steamer will he re-
leased by DR.. Doty It's eight days OF dsinfection
will then have expired and as far the Quarantine
officials are concerned. this lighter may go where
Il pleases The guard which is watching the light
ers has received orders TO let this lighter go at
noon Busk Jevons said yesterday they did not
know what they would do with the lighter 1t Is
barred from this city Jersey City and Hoboken, and
II cannot do much more than stay where Il is. The
agents complain bitterly of this, and consider the
whole cargo. which consists OF A6lS SACKS OF colee'
II was said yesterday all Of the coffee is sold
ito arrive" and that il has been sold and res SOC
The title the coffee does not until the snip
carrying it is entered, and as the j. Taylor WIN
from present indications not be entered al an WnaI
loss ensues from the spelling or non-dehveery
OF the coffee will fall on the vendors IN Brszii one
OF these vendors has sold large block OF the coee
to a New-York dealer to be delivered on a certain
date He has little better chance than tne or GtneF
the ship Is entered before this date, even though
he delivers coffee which from exposure on the lSn-
ers is worth no more than much sawdust.
Coffee dealers in this city are not as much con-
cerned over the intricate business complications
which they say will arise from the barring out of
the W Taylor and her cargo as 6ney ~, are o over
trade with Brazil. They say that the present rul-
ing il adopted as a precedent will practically de-
stroy the Brazilian coffee trade. They point out as
evidence Of this the fact that the steamer Lassel
which left Santos with coffee for New-Iork and
put into St Lucia yesterday with sickness aboard.
has been ordered away from this port Although
the j. W. Taylor will not be released from quaran-
tine DR. Doty will after a thorough disinfection.
release the steamer Roman Prince, coffee laden
from Brazil which has been detained In quarantine
since her arrival here.