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or  volume,  based  on  a  stated  classification.  The  general  rule  is  that
goods  which  weigh  more  than  500  kilos  to  the  cubic  meter  (850  pounds
to  the  cubic  yard)  are  privileged  to  pay  by  weight.  If  a  cubic  yard
does  not  reach  that  weight  the  charges  are  made  by  volume,  as  is
the  case  in  tonnage  measurement  for  freight.  Fractions  of  100
kilos  (220.46  pounds)  or  100  cubic  decimeters  (3.53  cubic  feet)  are
charged  as  100  kilos  or  100  cubic  decimeters,  except  in  the  case  of
indivisible  masses  weighing  more  than  2  tons  or  measuring  more  than
2  cubic  meters  (70.6  cubic  feet),  for  which  special  arrangements  can
be  made.
Storage  and  insurance  charges  are  made  by  months  of  thirty  days
or  fraction  thereof,  dating  from  (he  entry  of  the  first  installment  of
the  goods.  All  expenses  must  be  paid  when  the  packages  are  withdrawn, ­
  and  the  company  has  the  right  to  demand  security.  The
company  publishes  in  the  tariff,  forwarded  under  separate  cover.“
a  complete  list  in  four  categories  of  most  of  the  articles  likely  to  be
stored,  denoting  in  each  category  what  is  charged  by  weight  and  what
by  volume;  but  the  general  rule  appears  to  be  a  sufficient  guide.
Thus  in  the  first  category  marble  statuary  is  charged  by  weight  and
wood  by  volume;  in  the  second  category  ironmongery  by  weight  and
feathers  by  volume,  and  so  on.  Hence  it  is  hardly  necssary  to  enumerate ­
  here  some  three  hundred  articles.
The  scale  of  charges,  as  well  as  the  facilities  for  and  cost  of  the  removal ­
  of  goods  from  boat  to  warehouse,  will  be  sufficiently  clear  from
the  following  analysis  of  the  company’s  conditions:
For  taking  charge  of  goods  at  the  landing  place,  loading  them  on
the  trucks,  and  conveying  them  by  the  company’s  Decauville  railway,
and  unloading  them  at  the  doors  of  the  warehouse,  and  vice  versa,  20
cents  per  ton  or  cubic  meter  (35.3  cubic  feet),  the  minimum  charge
being  10  cents.  For  heavy  packages  of  from  1  to  2  tons,  40  cents
per  ton.
For  taking  delivery  of  the  goods  at  the  door  of  the  warehouse,
classifying  and  storing  them  without  weighing,  30  cents  per  ton,  and
if  packages  of  1  to  2  tons,  60  cents,  the  minimum  charge  being  20
cents.
For  unstoring  goods  and  delivering  them  at  the  doors  of  the  warehouse, ­
  30  cents  per  ton,  the  minimum  charge  being  20  cents;  for
heavy  packages  of  1  to  2  tons,  60  cents.
For  unstoring  and  conveying  goods  from  one  place  to  another  in
order  to  classify  and  store  them,  50  cents  per  ton,  the  minimum
charge  being  3Ò  cents;  and  for  heavy  packages  of  1  to  2  tons,  $1
per  ton.
For  storekeepers’  charges  and  supervision,  not  including  insurance ­
  against  fire,  from  60  cents  to  $1.20  per  ton  or  cubic  meter,  according ­
  to  the  class  of  goods,  the  minimum  charge  in  any  case  being
30  cents.
There  is  a  special  tariff  for  merchandise  of  a  bulky  and  cumbrous
character,  such  as  pig  iron  and  coal,  which  pay  20  cents  per  ton
weight,  and  others,  such  as  lime  and  cement,  50  cents;  coke  goes  by
ton  measurement  at  40  cents.
Another  special  tariff  deals  with  dangerous  and  combustible  substances, ­
  such  as  petroleum,  turpentine,  etc.,  the  warehouses  for

a  On  file  in  the  Bureau  of  Statistics,  Department  of  Commerce  and  Labor.