, 1864-01-21

conner of Lake I'D Dearborn streets md employ. @ @
e y &c 1a@oef eeenot ot
ses nss s4es Gss r Rasi1s nSss q Ss9
is 1ote Of thanks to Wells. Fargo Co.'s express
nr taE!o1nla ard Oregon IN Advance Of tho t1ails
e, 81, thanks to Mr. svfrtwout Of this Co. forr
the} attained quits respectable speed At Yey y
st u .ns Of cd S; hs 4;
York irom Chicago IN 6s hours and smsl packages
by The lightning Express in IS hours; we Do
The American Expresa Company VIA forr, ,,,v
organized In 1850 sid In 1853 found It necessary
so enlarge its tofdsra and took into partnership
the several partially divided interests, represented
by slightly changed firm names were consolidated,
and the company begnn to look upon IT'S Westorn
the company advertised that It would would run ten1 tn
messengers daily through from Louisville to Chi
ssgo; that It was the only authorized company a.
10 6esgo and thaf # not aatSoaeS u m Gty y
the New Albany aud Lake Michigan Raitroad il
did go Mftbont authority.
itai q one million dollars. with power to increase
1t to Two million, In 1850 the company was re-or-
ganizsd under tbs act and took its present fo.m
Aaaager Hestetn DrtsIoa-W. g. Fargo, Buffalo,
-dsstftdnl a0.- Janes g. Fargo, Chicago.
ggi2ndsnf g'm2s G7S 1aSis e'sSG Distoa-E. uavdsu.
Chicago.
The company has stations and agents at nearly
crtry point In the West, and r9as messengers on
ncatly all the railroad lines and steamboat routes
with stages in Iowa and minnesota. It comnunI.
cea directly or Indirectly with every part Of tic
world opcn to American commerce.
UNITED STATES ExrREss coxpAEr.
This company is ofa more recent origin than the
former one. having been osrauized 6n ist Nav.
Ft5, IN New York city. 1t the same time branch
enc SGe Mas open n Chicago. nt Nos: y and y Dear
n e. %so I'll III Rns hs psaa
thie tmo The company was unknown to. .mme, and
ns hustnees small so small that the agent and his
assistant. a ons driver and one horse wagon were
spmc1ent TO do It. About month after it's organ
izataon TIC company suffered serious loss in Gin
cannaa1, by which It Was obliged to pay over
Mht Ss ess aa'5 W.s The eteS SPt
light, and since that day its prosperity and bust
ne1s hsss PEP o. the nse 1 1854 the
one on the Rock lRland and the other on the
Michigan Southern, making a.continuous express
ne from hs to Ney To5k cit
about ten tone. During the sl1 years that the
company remained in Its oi1co on Dearborn street,
the business kept constantly the increase, keep.
ing pace with tho great tide Of emigration to the
Rcet, and the demand for express facilities. At
the time Of its removal to its present location on
Lake etreet, there wero employed in the Chicago
office required the help Of 3 single and double
wagons. Tho number and extent OF the rontes has
now the exclusive control Of tho routes over the
Chicago md Alton, Wabash Valley, Great West
e!n, Pnc!As and Missouri. Northern Missouri, Han
aiieaisaippi and Missouri, Illinois HiTor, Milsan..
kec AID Chicago, and Milwaukee, and Prairie du
Chen Railroads, and tho sta.c routes from Grin:
Council Biuda, ffom AtchIson to Fost Kearney, st.
Jcecph to Council Binda und Sioux Citr-thus
making Q continuous rontc from New Yorx of orer
on ke inc e rsosd ss 4 81 M e eps M
connections with the overland route to Denver
chy: Ressengers accompany esey train md
eSery parcel, from New York To Fort KearneY. At
the preecnt time the active 1orce consists Of sew
snty dssvsee iuessenEsrs an cle;ks, and seven
freight now handled at the Chicago Office amounts
Ia forty tons daily; hut in the spring and fa]' tho
aE'oun. Of freight Is mucl. larger THIS is. caased
ing and Yankee notions which arc brought on 1era
for summer and winter trade, and transported
70 ard from hero principally By Express; In the
vast amount Of freight Since the 1st Of Deccmbcr,
The amou1 Of ga1ne daily handled and Expressed
to The Eastern markets foots mp some thirty
the hands fthc Shipping and receiving clerks, ID
immense, aSgregatine In tho neighhorhood Of
$15G,UQ daily, while for weeks at d time in the
huey eeaeon Il wll double this amount. One mes
feDSer runs on every passenger train over tho Va.
rio1e routes Of the company, making the round
tip in Two days. The third 6a5 he lays ofi, =
inc fe 5.sss &c
Cincinnati (mentioncd heforel and At St. Louis,
elott time ago hy The notorious Charley Noyes,
onre With cor me- ans ss,iui and IT, IL:
tegsity the Company has Satisfactorily settled
sve,y Just clam that has been brought against it
p:ny and the pr,ne % pai oeers m afs HsI 5.
/ =. EaIaeT, President: A. II. barney, Vice Pfesi-
dent, 10th siding at Now YORK, ana Henry Kcpp,
General superintendent residing at Buffalo.
xsRcuAHTs' n1srArcu.
This IL fast Freight Line, exclusively. It was
| ORIGINALLY eftablisEcd a. Kasson's Express, {p
! ,,lo TOW owned and operated hy the American
Fae Ss4 1a9 d psae1 Ss osng
g. Pastons General Agent for Chicago and tie
Northwest. The agents Of the american Express
COMPANY arc =, 1Eenta for this ,ne hence thsl1
AmericaE-ihey forward freight At legaias ra!i. al
road rates. The buaineea Of the 3fetc6ants' Des.
patch has rapidly increased, and the Company
nedious buildings. on the ,st Of December, at tie
/ ioot Of South Water street.
THE Union DISPATCH coAP4xr
Mae Incorporated March = 1859, nnder the laws
years-autho1lzed capital. s.: i:1G0,0E'. Of Whlci,
s g sap,tpel a9sk be- been a b
Ger the management OF Chas. D. bingham. Psesi.
dcEt; e. Il. booth, Scczetary, and about :c0 locai
asen1a IN The principal towIs anu cities oI the
Northern States, their business extending from
Bangor, Maine, IN the East, 10 ST. Joseph, NO, in
the West, and as inr North IS La Crosse, Wiscou.
e Ths Company sFaafports to ses and
charging feknlat railroad rates for transportation
Ile bns,Eess q ne companyis tapld!y On tue 10
pied during the ycarju closed.
OTHER oPT7cEs,
Besides these, We have In Chicago the Central
Express Company locatcd At No. G6 Lake street,
AID the GEcat Western Dispatch Company, located
Lake Streets In addition to these there arc nu1ner
oEs singe lines OF express by boat the propri
eiors or which make special arrangements ior the
sntc travel ofenall pcrcels and ro1rables.
The business ts In fact eo~extensire With our
travelling facflities wherever 1alroad: steamboat
oretsge ru1B, there may be fonnd IN express mes
fcrSer, un1ess the stage compete with niIroad In
which cnse Of cou1sc tho latter is preferred. Tho
name itse]f IL admirably eressire Of the genins Of
the American people, who rccoEnfzc in its e1ciu-
awe attention to one idea get vastness OF compre-
hens3on, exactly the feature which has coaduccd to
much to oar national grcatness;i It Is satcto pre-
DICT that se the milton itaelf business,
large as It Is, 1s yet in It's infancy.
- A-' .T, sA11N1 ~ LIE - w.
~. a. -. =, sase ~ ou1 ias1 'ssne eae "nole
a aguIut ~. tuc trneets. ano 'noss 'asoiao'y
ha1dehips and the high qualities demanded By their
vocation. Any Inen has Z right to fix prire upon
his labor, as he has upon his wares and to deeida
"ne1nef n1 VIM "ofA lot certain taaisiaaaa OF
company ont "e 60 no inftAef than t"ss' nor can
an. suae m aoopteu ~ en.osre saco appeee1as1on OF
te!'1s' "aI W Us aetlon ls ol aet1ment 70 pap'ac
nn.sssss' Nv, ore,st'ses n'as Anoea on "neu sney
VIII uot "Acn IL eoHacs 70 tne assumption o. con.
noa ossr ~ tec uSeney ol otnefa oy tnsea.s ana
!ut''aai'ous' 'eno'ns 10 Inc s'oposse ot fnlfoad