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performed by one man and Master John
Hoey, with the aid of no larger vehicle
than wheebarrow. But the lad was a
smart one, for he had made himself, and in
serving the latest intelligence received per
express" TO the daily newspapers of New
York, he put Harnden & Cos Mercury
Jim to his trumps. Hoey is now the Su-
perintendent of the Adams Express Com
pany's immense freight and parcel business
at No. SO Broadway, with force Of so
men, 40 horses and 20 wagons at his.co
mand, as a substitute for the pony on which
he used to wnylay the cars of the Long
Island Railroad, to obtain from the con-
ductor the Boston papers for the New York
offices.
In 1912 or ls43, Adams & Co.'s lines
were extended, through the enterprise Of
the firm and their new eoadjutors, E. S.
Saudford, at Philadelphia, and S. NJ. Shoe
moker in Baltimore, as faynas Washington,
D. c., and Alexandria, Va. About the
same time, Col. Thompson, agent at Spring
field, Mass, bought out Harnden Il Co.'S
Boston and Albany line. and gave it the
name of Thompson & Co.'S Express. Col.
Thompson has since become identified with
nearly all the more important express en-
terprises Of our times. He continues to
reside in Springfield.
The first express west Of Buffalo was es-
tablished April l, ls45, under the name Of
Wells & Co. The members of that firm
were Messrs, Henry Wells, VIM. E. Fargo
and d Dunning.
In February, ls47, VIM L. Fargo and
WIN. A. Livingston became sole proprie-
tors Of the express west of Buffalo; and it
was continued under the style of Livings-
ton g. Fargo until March Is, 1850, when
it was consolidated with the expresses of
Wells & Co. and Butterfeld, Wassen &
Co., in the popular concern created on that
day, and named the American Express
Company
BY this time, the express had come to be
ian American institution"
Butterfeld, of the American Express
Company, associated with Dinsmore, Fargo
and several other eminent expressmen in
the herculean undertaking ofGstablishing
mail route through from St. Louis to San
Francisco for the United States Govern
ment No better men for the work could
have been selected than those who, by their
energy and wisdom, have covered the coun-
try with express lines. The capital of the
American Express Company is 81 900, ,00e.
Its route is westward, via the Hudson Riv-
er Railroad and New York Central Rail.
road, to Buffalo, and thence by several land
and water routes TO all parts of the West.
1t furnishes express facilities to more than
six hundred cities and towns; has nearly
400 local agents, and gives employment to
about 1900 men. Its daily business is al
most incredibly large. Its money express
has conveyed $3,OOO,OOO in bank notes at
time; and the aggregate weekly amount
sometimes exceeds $lO,OO0,OOO.
Wells, Fargo & Co.'s California Express
and Exchange Company was established in
New York in 1859. 1t is joint stock
concern, with capital Of 100000. D.
N. Barney, Esq, its President, is President
also of the National Express Company,
(capital $3.50, ,OOO,) also interested in the
United States Express Company, joint
stock institution with capital of $780,
OOO), whose line of operations is over the
New York and Erie Railroad to Dunkirk,
but mainly west of Buffalo.
In 1854, Adams g. Co.'S Express, the
Harnden Express. Kinsley & Co.'s Express,
and Hoey & Co.'S Express were consolida-
ted under the style Of the Adams Express
Company. VIM. B. Dinsmore is the Pres
ident. The amount of money, merchandise,
&c, daily entrusted to the Adams Express
Company for conveyance and delivery aver
ages, it is said, over million of dollars
1t has the use Of all the routes from Bos
ton to New York and Philadelphia, Balti
more and Washington, and thence to Pitts
burg, Wheeling, Cincinnati, Louisville, St
Louis, and portion Of the West, as far as
Kansas Its lines include New Orleans
Mobile, Charleston, Savannah, and oil the
Southern country.
Freeman & Co.'S California Express, in
New York, is located in the Office Of the
Adams Express. 1t is the only compet
tor to Wells, Fargo & Co.
The American-European Express and
Exchange Company has Offices in Liver
pool London, Paris. Hayre. and through