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WAREHOUSES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
who export grain to Europe by this route. The height of this elevator
is 75 feet; width, 85 feet; length, 225 feet; capacity, 1,200.000
bushels ; and original cost, $200,000. The elevator is owned and conducted
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 required.
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.
