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

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Identifikator:: 863514456

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-45340

Document type:: Monograph

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

Place of publication:: Washington

Publisher:: Government Printing Office

Year of publication:: 1905

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (206 Seiten)

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: North America

Collection:: Economics Books

134 WAREHOUSES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. who export grain to Europe by this route. The height of this eleva tor is 75 feet; width, 85 feet; length, 225 feet; capacity, 1,200.000 bushels ; and original cost, $200,000. The elevator is owned and con ducted by a Chicago grain firm which uses it exclusively. The use of the elevator makes possible the shipment of grain by this route without the delay and expense which would be incurred if the grain were transferred directly from vessel to cars. Grain is removed from vessel to elevator by means of what is known as a “ ships leg.” Inside this leg is an endless chain to which are attached small buckets at close intervals. In loading on cars the grain descends from elevators by means of a spout to the interior of the car. The cost of both transfers is less than one-half cent per bushel. Services of both American and Canadian customs officials are re quired. The duty of the American official is to break the seals on vessels previous to unloading and to seal cars after transshipment. The Canadian official attends to the enforcement of Canadian marine regulations and allows no grain to leave.unless properly sealed. For the purpose of facilitating foreign trade the Grand Trunk Railway has a small bonded wareroom in freight sheds at points where a collector of customs or deputy is located. There are such rooms at Orillia, Midland, North Bay, and Sudbury, in this district There is no storage or other charge in connection with these, and they answer all purposes admirably. The privileges are extended to all exporters without regard to nationality. E. A. Wakefield, Consul. Orillia, Ontario, July 11, 190 TORONTO. (From United States Consul Ounsaulus, Toronto, Ontario.) There are in Toronto no warehouses established exclusively for the storage of merchandise in bond. The owners of warehouses, either public or private, may, by the payment of an annual fee of $40, have one or more rooms set apart for the storage of goods in bond. There are at present five public warehouses and 22 private firms having rooms for the storage of bonded goods. The surveyor of customs is the principal customs officer in charge of the bonded warehouses. Under him are officers called lockers whose duties are to see that goods sent to the bonded warehouse are properly locked into the rooms set apart for that purpose, and also when goods are taken from bond, upon an entry being passed for that purpose and a warrant issued by the surveyor, the locker allows the proper amount of goods to be removed from warehouse. The charges for storage in bond are the same as those for ordinary storage, and vary widely, according to the character of the goods, the size of the packages, and the length of time they remain in storage. For ordinary goods in small packages or boxes about 1 by 2 by 3 feet the charge is 3 cents per month or part thereof. For dry goods in larger cases 15 to 30 cents per month per case, depending on the size of cases. Whisky is stored at the rate of 2 cents per month per case.

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