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:: Europe

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86 WAREHOUSES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. ' For the use of hydraulic hoisting machinery $2,007 was received in 1903, against $1,663 in 1902 and $2,011 in 1901 ; for the use of electric light, $264 in 1903, against $262 in 1902. The total receipts of the free entrepot in 1903 were $58,214; the total expenses were $28,103, leaving as profits $30,111, against a favorable balance of $30,942 in 1902.« THE BLAAUWHOEDENVEEM COMPANY (LIMITED). This company states that it is fully equipped for the forwarding, handling, storing, and insuring of all kinds of merchandise; it em ploys sworn city weighers and also acts as lightermen, wharfingers, and stevedores. Warrants are issued for all goods stored in the com pany’s warehouses, on which warrants bankers make advances. The company takes upon itself the management of commercial establish ments, docks, and wharves, for either own or joint account. All kinds of business are conducted in connection with the above-men tioned branches, such as surveying, delivering, and superintending the weighing of goods. At Rotterdam, The Blaauwhoedenveem Company possesses three spacious storage establishments, a private pier 403 feet long, and railroad sidings connect ing with the State Railway Company and the Holland Railway Company. The total floor space of the Blaauwhoedenveem warehouses amounts to about 29,000 square meters (34,684 square yards). The original cost of construction of the establishments was about $480,000. The warehouses are used exclusively for the storage of all kinds of merchandise. The company has no scale of charges for storage. Among others, American articles like oleo oil, cotton seed oil, flour, canned goods, oil cakes, etc., are stored to a very large extent. All nationalities are treated alike as far as charges and facilities are concerned. The bonded warehouses of the company are under constant supervision of customs officers, by whom they are opened and closed. The length of time that goods remain in the warehouses depends entirely upon the article, market prices, etc. & THE LEYDSCHEVEEM (LIMITED). The Leydscheveem Warehouse Company provided me with the following information with reference to its bonded warehouses: This company has a large number of warehouses in all parts of the city, the largest being situated on the left side of the river Maas on the Wilhelmina Quay. This establishment is divided into three separate premises, named “ De Ruyter,” “ Tromp,” and “ Johan de With.” The warehouses are used for the storage and manipulation of merchandise. The storage charges depend upon the article. For each article there is a dif ferent rate. While all classes of goods are stored, the warehouses of the Leydscheveem Company contain chiefly tobacco, coffee, and fruits. Storage warrants are issued to bearer, and the company therefore never knows for whose accounts goods are stored. The length of time that goods remain stored is unlimited. One of the conditions printed on the warrants of the company Is. however, that after a period of five years each warrant ought to he renewed and all dues for storage paid. The goods stored in bond are under constant super a Further details of the business were forwarded by the consul and are on file in the Bureau of Statistics. The railroad traffic of the free entrepot amounted in 1903 to 804 cars loaded or unloaded, against 1,001 in 1902. The quantity of sugar stored in the free entrepôt averaged 450 tons per month during the first seven months of the year ; after the new crop came in, however, the average became much higher, and in December 3.600 tons were stored. & See also further description of the warehouses of this company in the report below for Amsterdam, where are situated the principal offices.

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