Volkswirtschaftliches Lesebuch für Kaufleute

Warehouses in foreign countries for storage of merchandise in transit or in bond

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Identifikator:: 879457236

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-16989

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Volkswirtschaftliches Lesebuch für Kaufleute

Place of publication:: Frankfurt a. O.

Publisher:: Verlag der Waldow'schen Buch- und Kunsthandlung (R. Wengler)

Year of publication:: 1905

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (XV, 514 Seiten)

Digitisation:: 2017

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Zweiter Teil. — Handel

Collection:: Economics Books

ENGLAND! LIVERPOOL. 109 DOCK BOARD WAREHOUSES. I am able to give more specific information in regard to the dock Warehouses and transit sheds owned and controlled bv the Mersey Docks and Harbor Board (that is, the dock board of Liverpool). The Mersey Docks and Harbor Board is not a Government board, neither is it a private corporation. Its organization is, I believe, peculiar to Liverpool. It is what is known in this country as a “ pub lic trust.” It exists by special act of Parliament. Most of the mem bers of the board are elected by the shipowners using the port and those who pay dock rates. The British Government, however, has a certain representation on the board, as also has the Government bu reau controlling the river navigation. The board exists for the good °f the port and not for the purpose of making profit. Speaking gen erally, it may be said that whatever profits are made go to improve ments, after the ordinary working expenditures have been met, inter ests on loans paid, and a certain amount set aside for the liquidation °f the principal of the indebtedness. BUILDINGS AND MANAGEMENT. The dimensions, etc., of the Albert, Stanley, and Wapping Dock Warehouses are as follows: Albert Doch warehouses.—These warehouses are in five blocks, with a connecting building between two of them. They vary in length and are not of uniform width throughout, as there is a series °f embayments, or yards, and the width of the warehouses at the points where the yards are situated is considerably less than il t the other parts. The following are particulars of the outside measurements: North block (let off to a company for a special busi ness). Northeast block (No. 9), length, 263 feet; width, wide por tion (191 feet long), 96 feet; narrow portion (72 feet long), 56 feet, ^outheast block (No. 1), length, 271 feet; width, wide portion (199 |eet long), 96 feet; narrow portion (72 feet long), 56 feet. South block (Nos. 2 and 3), length, 405 feet; width, wide portion. (312 feet mug), 133 feet; narrow portion (93 feet long), 59 feet. Building connecting south and west blocks, length, 62 feet; width, 88 feet. West block (Nos. 4 to 7), length 824 feet; width, wide portion (548 met long), 114 feet; narrow portion (276 feet long), 61 feet. The Warehouses are fireproof, and consist of vaults, quays, and half-decks, a ml four upper floors. The cost of construction, excluding the value °f the land, was $1,751,035. Stanley Dock.—There are three blocks, the north block, length 630 feet, width 90 feet; the south block, length 630 feet, width 90 feet; a ud the new warehouse, length 730 feet, width 165 feet. The north ;'ml south stacks each consist of a vault, quay, and four upper floors. |he new warehouse consists of a basement, quay, and twelve upper hoors. The three blocks are fireproof, and the upper floors thereof ar e devoted exclusively to the storage of tobacco. The cost of con duction of these warehouses, exclusive of the value of the land upon which the north and south blocks stand, but including the filling up °f the portion of the Stanley dock upon which the new block has been erected, was nearly $2,500,000. 1V a vying Dock.—Length, 766 feet; width, 75| feet. This is also

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