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The police permit and that from the customs authorities, if any, must always 
be carried and shown to the police or customs authorities on demand. 
2. It is prohibited to sell used ship’s equipment, left-over goods from vessels, 
Sweepings, garbage, and such things to peddlers or to turn over such left-over 
goods, sweepings, garbage, etc., to the firms undertaking the cleaning of the 
vessels. 
3. The sale of goods by the ship’s crew is also prohibited. The ship’s master 
must watch out that no business with peddlers or dealers is carried on from 
their ships. 
Dispatch secured in unloading vessels.—As Bremen deals with about 
80 per cent of its sea-borne trade by rail and only 20 per cent by inland 
waterways, it has equipped its docks most thoroughly with railways. 
In the dock quarter there are about 10 kilometers of railway on each 
kilometer of quay. Besides the German National Railway shunting- 
yard, there are in the dock area two large shunting yards owned by 
the municipality. Bremen has also several locomotive sheds and 24 
heavy locomotives. By means of this equipment, as well as the very 
modern equipment of the docks, sheds, and warehouses, Bremen is 
able to handle consignments in bulk very quickly and accurately, 
and all ordinary or small consignments are also treated with dispatch. 
Through this organization Bremen has so far been able (unlike other 
seaports) to avoid traffic delays even in times of difficulty. 
It might be of interest to give a short description of the warehouses: 
All the quays are equipped with warehouses. On account of its 
large import trade in raw cotton, Bremen has laid stress on roomy 
interiors, good light, and fireproof construction. On the side facing 
the water these buildings have a continuous series of sliding doors, so 
that they may be thrown open at any point directly opposite the 
vessels. The newer warehouses are from 200 to 300 meters long and 
from 40 to 66 broad. They are divided into compartments about 100 
eters long, separated by fireproof walls with trap doors and auto- 
atic sliding doors. Sprinklers have been fitted on the ceilings. 
The dock area also has its own high-pressure water supply and special 
fire stations in case of fire. The State warehouses are situated behind 
the quay buildings, with which they are connected by transport 
Cranes, which lift the goods out of the sheds into any floor of the 
Warehouse and from thence to railway or wagon. In these warehouses 
there are more than 60 elevators. They are provided with cellars 
and are three or four stories above the ground floor. The private 
Warehouses have a capacity of 73,000 cubic meters. 
Bremen has also a considerable import of grain, therefore it has 
SPecially arranged its organization for this trade by establishing par- 
ticularly efficient grain elevators with direct access to the railway. 
There are two jetties built at right angle to the bank, between which 
lie the storage buildings for empty sacks, and an elevator of (provi- 
Slonally) 23,000 tons capacity. At each jetty are berths for two ves