The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-03
QUICK TIME TO CHICAGO.
THEOUGH IN A FEW MINUTES OYER
TWENTY FOTR nouns.
A Firms Device to Get Ahead OF It's RivnIs-
uuying $4,000 in Stamps ut Midnight,
and Sending the Goods by Special Train.

A Firms Device to Get Ahead OF n. Rivals
uuyIng $4,000 in stamps ut Midnight,
and Sending the Goods by Special Train.
Four young men alighted from a coach in
front Of the new Post Onlce In Jersey City,.
few minutes after 10 o'clock on Wednesday
evening. and entered the Internal Revenue
ONCE where one Of them handed to n clerk
certified check for t3S 900. and asked for Its
worth in revenue stamps Of different denomi-
nations for tobacco The demand was a large
one but 1t was expected. and orders had
come from Washington to keep tho oflce
open until after midnight Within an
hour OF midnight. the stamps were
given to tho four young mon. but
nobody was permitted to quit the Office. At the
first stroke Of the midnight hour watchman
unlocked tho door. the four young men grabbed
their packages OF stamps hurried down ths
stairs. and were driven rapidly to the counting
room OF i. Lorlllard & Co.'S tobacco factory.
where they were met by several members Of the
firm. surrounded by forty men handling and
asserting packages Of tobacco. For two hours
the shipping department was busy scene.
Three men were putting the revenue stamps on
boxes. nino mon were wheeling packages on
| hand trucks six men were casing small boxes,
seven mon were canccllinR. counting. and
| checking stamps others were moving and
throwing the packages into trucks and Mr..
/ Henrno was suuerintenAing nll. At nneen
/ minutes past 2o'ciork atwo-huk truck with l4O
! loVes of plug tobacco in IT wnstriven furousiy
| two blocks To- the freight depot oi the Prnnsyl;
/ Vauia EailtOnd, whore five baggage cars and
clos" is hy. ,, WINS lor@motiyc No. Which Engineer
! Nat Wilson was preparing for l1st trip.
A. soon as tn" truck mounted the incline to
/ the pot platform a freight handler mounted
! hrsdo tho driver. and hy the timr the tail end
| ~ the truck WIS turned toward the door of ono
! Of tho baggage cars ho was r'ndy 10 toss tho
/ boxes 10 two mon who stool ready 10 put thom
| upon hand trucks that two other men w"rr to
whc". Inside the car w"r' two mon rondyt to
/ pacl, the boxes closely. and Receiving Clerk
] T'rrill and an assistant We're on hnnd to check
| the receipts. For nenrly six hours truck fol-
| lowed truck into the depot. untll twentv-tour
| luads had been deposited upon tho platform.
some of the boxes were large aud unwiedy.
| others We're small and compact. and could he
| In convenient places until dayhrenk.
! At Twenty-Five minutes pnst o'clock the last
! truck with twenty heavy cls"s In II was un-
! LOADED. and "a few minutes aitprward the doors
| of the five baggage cars were closed tho locks
scaled and the engineer of tho yard locomotive
! ruil ont the cars By that time cx-Mayor Sled
ler, Of l.oriNnrd Co.. and many workmen and
/ clerks. had arrived from the factory. On sido
track was locomotive 7l9 pumping wnt"r from
tho tank into the boiler. Engineer w lsou was
Ryan Was oiling tho Journals. stanine hrside
the locomotive were Superint 'udcnt VI Crca.
I Freight Agent Butler. aud several other ON 'ers
| ofthr railroad. Tho lo o'omoiiVe H. on" oi tha
! largest passenger locomotives on the road, and
Z mas iuuNNfD NHeclS. IL uf'W from lHilt-
dcluhia that evening "A section OF regular
tmn, aud was detailed 20 draw tho regular
frcght train.
- soon MS the baggage cars wore backed
ngainst the locomotive Wilson was at lis
station ready 70 open, the throttle. Iha
escape of steam from the boiler almost drowned
the noise Of passing trains hut Engineer VIII
son heard Go ahcnd' spoken quickly 10y the
Superintendent. and Ave seconds aitcrwnrd the
large wheels began to revolyc, and Wilson
began to do his share in running the special
| freight train to Chicago in twrnty-lour hours.
lhis tram was run IN order y ~ cnntrHcs
with merchants In chicago ana other cities IN
thr N"st orS"Nrral mnntlS dealers nal Deen
redu ihs their slo,k SO ilhl lIry coun ttks al,
Nnthg" oi me frturtlnn ~ ttN on tue ISL oi
tll~ nionth. FOR horr tuUh iFn }rNi~ lhe man
uin"ur re- ana d"nnrs ln been nEhlnE lor 2