Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-12-07

and in 1854 the firm name was changed
to Fiske & Co. Fiske & Co.'S, route be.
came extended to Burlington, VT, over
the Rutland and Burlington Railroad
upon the opening of that road.
The route of Cheney & Co. became
extended over the Vermont Central
Railroad upon the opening of that road
t. Burlington, VT.
The line of Cheney, Fiske & Co.'S,
Express extended from Burlington, VT,
over the Vermont and Canada Raj read
and the Ogdensburgh Railroad, upon
the opening of these roads to Ogdens-
burgh, and to Montreal at about the
same time, c. p. Gccr, who was former
ly waiter-boy on the Lake Champlain
steamers, was the silent partner in the
as named Express Company and was
the first local Express Agent at Rouse's
Pc mt, on the line of Railroad. After
two years, in 1858, Mr.. M. +. Chase sue
ceedcd Mr.. Geer in the Office at Rouse's
Point, when Mr.. Geer went to Ogdcns-
burgh where he now is. Mr.. Geer was
the superintendent of Cheney, Fiske &
Co.'S Express, until the summer of 1867,
when the three last named Expre' s
Companies became united in one Com
pany, hich is now Known by the name
of The Omitted States and Canada En-
press"
The mos successful Xpress Iroprie-
ter in New England, is Benjamin p.
Cheney, from whom the Express de-
rived its name. Mr.. Cheney is now one
O. the receivers and managers of the
Vermont Central Railr> ad Company
He began life as a stage driver between
Peterboro and Nashua, New Hampshire
and early received the appellation of
"the fancy stage driver"
There are but two Express Companies
doing business at st. Adams, the Omit
ed States & Canad4n and the "Nation-
al" The President of the United States
and Cans ada, is p. S. Fislle, Boston. Mr..
Martin, of Windsor, who formerly run as
Express Messenger from Bellows Falls to
Windsor, is now uperintendant of the
routes formerly run by Fiske & Co. M.
j. Pratt, of White River Juction, who
was formerly Express Messenger be-
tween Burlington and Boston is now
superiLt 2ndant of the routes formerly
run by Cheney & Co., and Cheney Fiske
& Co.
Since jane 1st 1860, Mr.. j. B. Fletcher
has been the local agent of the United
States and Canada Express at st. AL
bans, and his staff is as follows, L. L
Stowell clerk, George Beals, driver, Jas.
Stebbins, helper. The messengers of
this express running into st. Adams are
as follows; between st. Adams and
Montreal S. S. Allen between Ogdens-
burgh and Burlington, e. f. Osborne,
F. A. Douglass, d. N. Bryant an d Is.
A. Arnold between st. Adams and
Concord N. II. Robert Frye, j. r. Wat
son and c. A. Thompson between st.
Adams and Boston, w. A. Stowell, w
w. Morton and e. w. Pierce.
The President of the National Elk
press Company is VIM. A. Livingston,
superintendent, e. II. Virgil and Ire
asurer L. w. Winchester. Over this
line. Mr.. stephen ID. Hopkins and A.
M. Kendall are messengers between
Burlington and Montreal, and the local
officers at ST. Adams are the same as of
the United States and Canada Express.
Mr.. Fletcher's livery for the delivery
of goods about town is not to be excel
led, his office in the depot is the perfec
ton of neatness and its accommodating
arrangements are not surpassed in New
England, but this is not the greatest i'm
portance to be attached to the frontier
Express Office, on Canada inc. Here,
the Express has moro than its ordinary
work to do and unites with its agency
the customs and forwarding business.
In the absence Of the owners of the pro-
perty to be transported across the line,
either way, it is left to the care of the
Express Agents and Messengers. The
laws o. the two countries are to be OBJ
served, strictly. and as the Express car
rieS vast amount of valuable merchan-
disc both ways, their responsibilities are
great. The messengers, in making their
reports correctly to the officers Of the
two Governments are constantly be-
tween two fires. Goods are bonded both
ways, all of which is to be remembered
and nothing is to de forgotten. Goods
in bond to go out of the country must
be so reported to the Custom House CT
the country from which il is to go, like
wise all merchandise not in bond, and
the slme report is to be made at the first
Custom House of the Country which ii
enters and there entries are to be made
and the duties to be paid, or are to lie