, 1875-09-11
Inst nraft ,,hnt, Tho capital tIloy flnvo rBkod in
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STAR UNION LINE

rains Of such cara tot different Dhfnea OF NUN.
herr. which Is Tho hatae thinR}, and growing |
onger every tlay. At that t:mn. Through !
froight" meant freight that wont through half
1ozcn sets Of 1,andn. a,ll wa4 tranSfortoa and Fe-
Transferred and 'fast fright" did nut exist.
Freight MAS tho s1owe~t thing In nnr fart Amor
tcnn fo. BlowncAs uaa NOT tho chief faalt ct tho
old syatcm, rttnr. Il waA unsafn. II n Chicago
bought fay cnseA OF goot1a In Now iotk,
ns.d slpped slom tp thu city. The bo1ee rere
taken to Ahhny atsi p1at"d IN tho freight dcpot
t,oFc. Tlo contents might be broken bv tue III
eTtablo rough tlantlIpg, ard paft Of them waie
pretty Aure tn bo stoIen. an nnraithful wateh-
IaAn ami lila 1utrida roufotleratea had one ot tim
bust cilauces 1T the wo,lI fnr
tkrTY rlLrEnts0. ...
ah!' for pflfoFfng that "as not petty. It took
oon9Y noJncht to pry up the cover OF a
box and abstraet dozen patra Of
shnes n . acore Ut hnta. or bolt of cloth.
While 'he boxes rere Hnsing Ut tho Albany
IL not 1nfre1t uofts happened that
anoI1cr train atriyo1 containing numerous otloF
IN thl. cave. tho second lot wsh |
,'ltod M top of tho ti,ht or bcHt,a it. Whon =
train waa made IN. tho b"xcs nearest tho depot |
doors wore packed into tho cars. Tho cl.ahcos
ncro that At leaht a half t1zr'1 Of o1r Ehiea- |
goan's fifty boxes ~rro left Ut slbany. Arrived
at Hufrain, tho aa'nc thing ~n4 gone through |
NTH. At Cleveland, there might tn
,ii T.iii another another. IL each ons % 1T II ': .hs.s
,}uiuts, there might bo tLeil, tLere was rlrtiy
surely breakage ur injury from tongI. handling. |
and thoro vas inevitably "g0upcrn2o." Tie |
average box 1As Ttcoo1ercI half dozen times |
GU tue wav. and eyhry time thare Was nrer:aI |
charge. This got. in fncs 10 ha 30 fnnc.l the |
regular thing that tho rtrks added In coonerage
:.lIhont inquring nheLhor tlIefn had becn any.
There ia ons case OH record III which tho
CCEHi1NEE OF LIVE BILL
waB ahked to paw - for cnonasasc! Under this
rough AyRtcm tbs Aftr bU1es wcfs sent o1l. Half
r dozen Of them might bo lett bthind at Albauv,
an many 81 buffalo. five or ten at Cleveland.
That the contisuco received. wuok or t=u DAYS
Rfter he lad rrt,,rsIcd llnHle. q fay Ut hiA fifty
boxes with = btIl for tha rhoie. nnd the c,nl~
foltlng assurance thnt the rest would he h1ony
Rou1I. "Hoon" meant auy ttlnc within two
ulunths. The victim llsd 10 wait M Lcst Le
could. His bill contained charges for all the
handling We haya exetched tho carriage. COOPER
sge watehonHing. etc. When ho fluH'iy got his
goods. they wore oiten Injured by ths da'ns or
hhntt1ing, aud some Of tho boxes wcra apt to DO
partly empty. Tho vacant npacos represented
" SHORTAGE" TINT il, stealing. II Wa a mist
HseicrH 10 try to discover on shat link Ut tho
long chaiu Ut tue roads tbs theft had occurred.
lie gouds had bocn OH four or five differ
cit railways, and In AZ maDY aepots anti
warohoiaen. They bad pasbed through the
banda Uf dozen ditierauk Htt8 0t met. Eyess-
bod" thtaw Tic b:nEla Oh czalybodf else. Ihc
responsibility ~aa transferred with mach more
rapidly thlu ths freight had be0n. II tic con-
elguco a1 lost 800 by tho theft, 1t usually cost
him a years. time anu Yi0u in motley to dlecovor
tho particular railway. liz the reaponslbitltr. and
recover damages. While everybody gruinhled
~ st1ca saa" Az o !ni"ss, n'sa.po1s p"a ~ nntp
that the freight depots between tue Bea-
board md the West were crAlnmcd full,
anu to''a tsne 81 t"@e ~, Ia's heu 'ne ueo suu
ttachh' - 'oe ~, ~ -. iet"! .ue,e "e'o ov' suei
cars standing at piEtsbufB aud not Al inch Of
vacant s1,acn at tIa tn1)ots.
:, Al tplh l!alietu1a' INC idaa 81 sntouen lfo1snt
nhe, n'aA4lf 'ast .si!e Tla ~ tisan.ele "
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