New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-03
KEPT SHIVERING ONTHE PIER
THE MAJrsr1c.s PASSENGERS SUFFER FROM

THE MAJEST1CS PASSENItho SUI 4 i@i| 49,
THE NEW TREASURY REGULATIONS.
The White Star liner Majestic which arrived yes
terdav morning from Liverpool brought 24 eaoih
n,sseneers some OF whom Americans return
ing from a tour in foreign lands Ihe ia'ter' o",Ae
10 the enforcement OF the new treasury resN'
which requires a rigid examination ana app
,er, ~ their baggage. were both annoyed and de-
laved on the frigid steamship pier. Rudyard MP
Inr who with his wife and his children. Josephine
Elsie and John and maids, came on the NAs9es-
tic with a dozen moro pieces or baggage H'0'u--
ing bathtub and baby-chair, were generously
treated BY the customs men because they weio
,ore,gners and the new law did not apply to their
-,vSgsec Mr. KILLINGS declaration was accepted
on It's face and farcca sort OF search foIoweu'
The trunks were simply unlocked by Mrs. hipIhs'
md the inspector. after raising tho covers as
sur,ed that they contained no dutable articles ana
allowed the luggage TO be carted away 10 inc
rirenohle Hotel at Fifty-seventh-st. and broao"a!'
where the Kipl!ngs will stay while In this city.
Nbre the cursory examination OF tho hiphng
baggage was being made the trunks and gTlpsacKs
of the citizens OF the United States who had also
boer passengers on the Majestic were being over
,,1o1 Z, the most thorough manner possible.
clotbinr and lnickknacbs which had been packed oy
their owners carefully were tossed out on the pier
and looked az by inspectors and appraisers. me
cold was intense. and while the search for du'apie
goods was being made the customs men and the
Messengers who were held up shivered. Some folks
who were DESTROYS OF proceeding 10 their homes IN
other cities were delayed 80 long on the Whlte
star pier that they missed the morning trains
So as to expedite matters as much as possible
surveyor Croft Was az the pier with force o.
,nftv-foir customs inspectors and twenty appraisers
ts;ll as there were hundreds Of pieces of baggage
no pc overhauled the work could not be done
louickly. and Il was hours after the steamer had
locked that II was finished Under the ola system
,all the baggage OF the "a passengers Would nave
been asscd ga about an hour. -
Only one seizure of any account was mace ahohs
the N9iestic's baggage. Lachan Taylor, an agent
@or me firm Of Davis. Allen d Co, OF No; d Stone
e. brought over with him some bicycle notions
.prals4r's stores for examination $500 -
A few OF the other passengers on the WHITE star
liner had among their effects small pieces or
,sfatuarv cigars or books which came under inc
law and caused them more trouble than having
lfheir trunks and bags Overhauled. The value OF
these things was really trihing DQt neVerteIfSfs
lreouired appraisement Some Of the other CABIN
lnasserrers on the Majestic We're Captain A. W
brewster Commodore ". J. Lewis. w. Powel
British Consul at Philadelphia, and Lieutenant =
MEX WinslOw, T. ;. y ....
Appraiser Wakeman said yesterday afternoon
+haf he had assigned twenty apprasng Ofncers 10
look after the passengers who arrived on the Ma
assigned 10 one ship. although II there Is any Iea-
con expect any special difficulty the Appralser
ALWAYS assigns extra men So far as ne hau Deen
sble 70 learn. not more than half an hours ueaE
Rad been caused by the regulations IL TOOK
only two hours and q half 10 dispose OF the bag
songers he thought that was doing very well. ne
thought also that when the travelling puDHc fSl
used 10 the regulations, tho delay 1lght pe aVOld-
% entirely with little extra force Of officers.