The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-02
FORTUNE IN DUTIES
ON SINGLE LINER
Record in New York Is Made
When $4,000 in Customs
Is Paid.

A unique customs record was made
in New York recently when $4,000 in
duties was paid by the passengers Of
single liner. The dutiable goodA
were all declared by their owners at
full value. Among the Americans who
thus contributed to Uncle SANS rev.
enues was Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt,
who paid $4,000 i'm duties on the con-
tents OF her innumerable trunks.
Another passenger, Archer NJ. Hun
tington. paid S17. 900 I'm duty on many
rare Spanish antiques he was bringing
i'm. while his wife declared her indi-
vidUal foreign purchases. mostly furs.
and wearing apparel. at $4,000. One
OF the curiosities Of the tariff was dis
covered when Mr.. Huntington was
permitted to bring in a collection Of
foreign postage stamps, valued az
$50. 900 absolutely free Of duty. il was
with reluctance that the customs men
permitted this rare invoice to pass. but
a most diligent search Of the tariff
schedule failed to give them any ex-
ouse for levying upon it. Mrs. Coils
y. Huntington contributed $4,000 i'm
duties. which is believed to be the
largest amount ever paid by one per-
son in New York.
New York as Great Air HarbOr.
The first step to create n great air
port at New York has been announced
during the week. anticipating the day
when air ships will land in New York
just as the great ships Of the world
enter its harbOr. an aeroplane landing
and launching stage has been designed
in the very heart Of the city. The
work is being carried on by the United
States Aeronautical Reserve. under
the personal direction OF John Barry
Ryan. The platform will be built
above the roofs OF the buildings on the
east side Of Fifth avenue. from
Twelfth to Thirteenth streets. The
drawings already prepared indicate a
platform $50 feet i'm length and SEVEN
ty-hve feet in width. 1t will be sur
rounded by a heavy net to protect the
aviatOrs from falling off the platform
should they fail to land safely in the
center. Since aerOplanes can now rise
with n run Of twenty feet, the stage
should offer every opportunity for han
ding the air ships The launching
stage built upon the steamers Of the
| Ham burg American line were eighty
| FIVE feet in length. and when this was
reduced by the government on the
/ United States cruiser. 1t will be re-
called, il proved entirely adequate.
Marine Engineering Problems.
At the meeting OF the naval archi-
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week in New York many interesting
problems connected with the New
/ York harbOr and shipping in general
have been discussed. 1t has been
pointed out that at present over 5OO.-
600 passengers leave New York by
water for southern and eastern points
every year. irrespective of the great
tide of European travel. It is expected
! that this number viii be greatly in
| creased by the opening of the Panama
| canal and the Cape Cod ship canal.
IL was generally agreed that the
future of American commerce depend
ed largely upon the CANALS now build
ing or planned along the Atlantic sea-
I board. since the railroads are unable
| to handle the enormous traffic Of the
country and must look to the ships to
relieve the pressure. That there is a
growth i'm the volume Of shipping is
well illustrated by the recent an
nOunced that the ships OF the Ham
burg-American line alone have Just
passed the 1000. OO0-ton mark. or "a
be correct. 1,O22.452 tons. which
makes IL the largest feet in the world
under one flag.
New Sea Coast Patrol.
As an additional safeguard to ship
ping along the Atlantic coast this win
ter. the government has assigned ter
fast revenue cutters to patrol the
coast This watch will extend from
Maine to Florida. Last year severa
cutters were sent out to ships in dis
tress and their success was so greai
that the work will now be completely
organized. During the storms of las