Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-11-26
HEADQUARTERS At ST. ALBANS
Customs House to BE Moved to
Railroad City.
burlington n Sub-POrt nfter January 1
Little business under New Tar
IN Law aud Even Less since
War Began.


! That burlington is TO be no longer a
customs mort but is TO descend to the
humber office of q sub-port of the Gus
toms service was definitely established
Tuesday in a telegram to Collector II. c.
Comings from the treasury department.
The telegram also announced that the dis
tricts of eastern and western Vermont
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HCR LINGION TILE PORT FOR YEARS
Almost since the customs service was
organized on anything like its present
basis, Burlington has been the port. In
the early days the Vermont district was
known as the Alburg district and long
before the railroads came through this
section and the lake was the main high
way of travel, Burlington was selected on
account of its important position. The
lake at that time was traver.ed by many
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at AIburE' NerEennes and other places.
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IAhlfF BILL.
| The falling off in the customs business
I here has been noticed since the new TN
dcrWoud tariff bill first came into effect
a year ago this month For time the du-
( ties collected seemed to hold up, but in a
few months the decline was noted and
when the war came the figures dropped to
! SlllHll lIdcllbl oil tNtll previous value
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