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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 employs
sworn city weighers and also acts as lightermen, wharfingers,
and stevedores. Warrants are issued for all goods stored in the company’s
warehouses, on which warrants bankers make advances. The
company takes upon itself the management of commercial establishments,
docks, and wharves, for either own or joint account. All
kinds of business are conducted in connection with the above-mentioned
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 connecting
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 different
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.
