The facts are simply these: There has been complaint made to the Department by the boards of trade and commerce of Jersey City in the past few years with respect to the nearness of the powder boats that are moored in the harbor of New York and often in and about Bedloes Island and Ellis Island. Before Ellis Island was taken as an immigrant station it was used for the storage of powder. and when the Government took possession of that island the powder which had been stored there for the use of the Army and Navy and also for commercial purposes was stored upon boats in the harbor. At any hour of the day or night anybody who is familiar with that locality will see a hundred powder boats. both foreign and en0gaged in domestic trade. moored in and about the harbor. It was confessed by the Navy Department and the War Department that there had been hundreds of tons of powder stored on those boats.
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