Show now cai 4 iv I 1 it ai ft g it e d of this the york alvo live lately reached tho the conc conclusion lulon that tile present custom house building is if inadequate in its accommodations to meet the requirements of alio llio nee ciary to be ba transacted d there consequently it a new building ii 6 of and the lh matter is being urged upon tho the attention allon lion odthe government by a num berof lending leading merchants who have prepared n memorial urging the govern ment to pur putcha cline e n kiili situ upon tile llie battory Battor 3 for tt a new custom house chidi will bo be presen tl awl to congress congles Con gres becore the tha adjournment tho the memorial sets forch that tile llie present cutton horise is inconvenient and nd in evry every way fur for the purro sesto which it is devot devoted de it is or crowded badly ventilated and nd it lm has become necessary to rent of tile ine wilding building fur for tho the use of various various turbans tur cans and tile tho rapidly increasing port it absolutely abiol necessary that better should lie bo provided As A an example of tile growth af ofilio elio butine alis port tile revenue col 1144 41 in ill ill 1862 amounted only to lih whereat reas in tile iho year 1871 it amounted to 2 wh kh is an n increase in ten years |