The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1882-02-04
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lnIfuNn io lhctt care.
N,a 1or. .wI
100 lheuumhorof packages of holiday
presents 90 Joe handled by tua oyprcas
companies tloe does NOT seem To- he
wy uIlug on but rather ava increase
vaicu faxes thelr facilities 90 the ut
most Iu ,he matter of value. however,
uorc 20 very great decrease from
iuImcI yeats we are 300 pushed and
driven, 70 superintendent said. "thal
lat iu behind the counter 10 help The
CLERKS myself, and $50 had means OF
practically aud positively knowing
sometime of the value of the stnt We
We're handling. We nuke % practice of
asking % cousignor of 70 package what
10 value is, NOT that we purpose putting
10 ou the uncLage, which might be OBJ
| lprlioulhlo ,ur various renBlns, but TINT
gnvish 10 vrito it in receipt We'll,
.n the whole day there was only ono
moderately valuable thing una that was
l ring which o gentleman said WIS
ath 5lu0. All The rest averaged
Ahout 5i or $40, and there wore grcut
quantities u- low down as - eUch ]
nu now speaking OF the holiday pres.
| emit patl, res, OF course, not of the bus
iUcss shipments, which are readily dis
luom,loi from the others
"it would mot pay robbers to make Il
raid on oue OF our parcel wagons. The
aggregate value of all they could secure
would not hc enough for the risk. With
respect 20 the wagons for money deliy-
| cry, however, the cusei rs worry different
| There thc driver and his assistant have
in charge sometimes hundreds OF
thousands OF dollars "a rich haul for
tine thicyeaif they could get ut it, but
| that is what they cannot do. In the
first place. the region whore these
money wagons are generally used is IN
the most crowded part OF the city-tho
down town part where there are
| thousands about all the time, aud it
would br impossible for thieves to-
make amy attempt ON our drivers with.
| ont such "a struggle and row rs would
call attention, and not only frustrato
the purposes OF the robbers, but in all
| probabi ty insure their arrest. There
are always two men in those wagons
when they are ont on duty. aud care is
mkeu in their selection that they shall
ne young, vigorous, quick-witted and
courageous follows. They are armed
with reviewers, aud they know how t.
14c them, bnt my instructions are that
they shall put more confidence in then
voices than their pistols. y pistol, ever
the best, might snap, but q yell is bound
20 go on So, if attacked, they are cx
pcctud 10 make all the uprolr they can
Ans body with any knowledge of Nev
| York street crowds can imagine shn
would be the consequence.
besides, our wagons are arranged
so us to put the greatest obstacles i,'h
way of un8rranted intrusion cumpatl
ole with convenience. Look ut thi
ono for illustration 1t is a one-hcrst
vehicle with two wheels, aud the onl,
way Of getting into it is over the sea
iu front, where the driver or his part
ler, or both, wi be ON guard EXter
uully it is solid surface of Vanished
wood ON sides and back, except whert
that small window of thick glass, higl
MP i'm tho rear, admits light. Internal,
20 is lined with heavy wire netting In
side, filling the space behind the scat
and fastened there, is heavy wooden
box, with safety lock. Tint box /
never opened, except when the drive
is taking ont money package Whei
he leaves tine wagon to deliver u pack
. age be locks tine box and carries th
key with him. His partner, who is LEI
in the wagon, has no means Of opening
the box, and it would take thieves, eve
, with axes and cleor field of action
several minutes TO get at its content.
When the driver takes a package on
f1r delivery, he is instructed 10 carry
hidden or IN bag elung TO his lei
, wrist, while his right hand is free (
~ use Dis pistol. When We have occasio
| to send money up town, where thcr
i arc comparatively few persons in tn
=, | streets, wagon Ia sont with singl
. package, or perhaps two, and the me
= arc cautioned 10 extraordinary vigi
Z auce. The system is the same in al
I the companies Wherever ana improve
ment for greater security can be devise
~ By one ii is immedi tely communicate
o 20 and adopted by ali the others, as a
are equally interested ia keeping u
the common reputation for absolut
- safety. lieu another flct may hay
some influence IN orr favor. III
thieves know that our companies al
\ very rich corporations, and that we vi
y prosecute TO the utmost anybody VIII
y makes an attack ON the goods uud,
" our care, regardless of cost and troubl
- A prosecution by AN express compm
= would not be the periuuctory sersi,
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