The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-15
TRACING losI eAeeAaE.


Hhe system Used by All Express ccmps-
h'es TO RECOVER Missing Packages.
All the big express compares nova
days have systems by which lost or mis-.
directed bacoage can f.e traced n tho
Mint whera !, a;s.n.roa ii -
hsgo.ga !. dsr.sa,d r.. ,,,,'a : -. 80
s;t7i se,i = ,s,..n sJss WI. ~, - ,esrou-
o"e,,r, III "nen anu "ncre the aainage
- ,.., -,
- 'piy ii.u,e oaegase lost
a au',.; ns1at n a. c Mcn'nney. % ene
tardar. - ,,,Ion ant;sli p" ~, Sa'1 %
49, -. g ,S;n en.aaes ,Ys, neIe
H. -. 'eu ios' e'eis
ssan, So I" w e"'' ai"""se W hhu
..Wn,
.;a,; M tou eApla'l .ne Pro s,s ny WHICH
..WE, 20 80. = 49,, t--...
net , = man e'i,''es w aha ln9uires
IL 49, Pc ssse nc = asAel 70 sno"
s.uh ~ ,pa mn,en = s eofaasa WIN VII s'ie
49, 49, - s.'e .eoP. -; yoon non "ncu u
"as o,u' anu "hion oears corres
oau,ns nul.oe, %, e'"eei - .iien seh'
$3.50 - wy AIsn' oiie1 ~ cielh Nhose
business 10, 'osH esrr s' ne issue lll-
vi. 'n r. =. . an 'le wa. rs 70 New
i ne taxes uo"h thS NUMBER ana
.ha y, ane way olii on wnlcn
.n0 P"on en- ~ .he,e
NJ ieeosu Vi .ne Ii,,ssn9 PACK
az ca, "a .hJ VIZ, vi! sns' esa'ihs
ale hiie ~. S'e9oi,oshY 'ne pacNase.
a al sem 70 esery once "a .he country
49, "I me man. Up paeha u"ia "a
paun n .l1'A s = reee.aeie NV IN wni s
.nany snau Pa.n T a'e iaceu iof
..a,..u - i,lad ta m. h,1n,5 a. ,p''on
~. =. =" ~. oi""N 'a@os III no'
ohiy en1 halhe. auuless anu uate on
WHICH ene Pa.hase was ieoeIveu " .ne
company: put aIso gives a detailed ac-
S I1: =, 10 sohSes. az .no saiue ',i,ie
aap,soaa . "a ~ A. ALL "' "as sno
nns =; n H. su IT,. e. ,na',eu 10 70 every
Piace ~ .he oh,V gu SUITS Vi IN. ne same
n l,aLn a. 1na. On s"e paoAage men Ile
a ..,. ~ ena. ~ =, .ne uac,ns oepe M
AZ. 49, " :. .ne ,sPols, =. Jul 100
o'no.s 70 'eo ~ ahy paoAase co'.esponu-
ing 70 'l'e iniss'hg one mas oeeh wrongly
sen. 70 any one u ,nese onioe A. n
70" mus. u'ue e,. s'an': Mr NC
Whitney conl'n'eu. tnat y no
means u,iusuai lor 'elleeis oa Pachages
' ~ ,n.sa.,eos uS .j.en'
osIlJ n.J a., Z p Isl. cn n IL "
,onI paonaso :" oonn ..t ,'n I'm. N'o.o
anu, W VIZ oohn oain,'n' ol" I
90 q. many o'iee' hi'su'ieo,eu oag gago
aco a n n, "a. .ne o,iu "a oseiy iour
OF nv. nye ,aays an, .ne asen's senu - reports
1t tn'e iei'.os.i oaSgaS1' as :. - caiieu.
- ILL., 70 n eli ~ ~ 49, ..po''s W
". we iorwaru tracer over .ne rou.e Una.
the package ought 10 nave gone IL
.here Is no.h'ng aoou' II on any VI INC
way ,,v v,'ls ne al. nlus WV ,nessess oi'
~ no sie VIZ ."?e'e'se.s -,
uessensol 70 a.. nnpiuyo wno
taxes care VI MONEY anu sai"no'es ai'a,
.ney lea'e ,he cypress ONCE anu un.'i
tney are uenvereu 10 .ne agent Oh tne
oii'.s :" WHICH my ail scne ne "a'ei ~,
on tne cars anu mas cnarge a'so oi an
lne paggage. Eacn messenger nas a
run. ',pessehser VIM .sasei ~ pea wei
mere anu nuilaio mas run Vi fvo lh.ies,
,na' Is, ne iooks ou' ioI ,''hgs ior e"a'
distance. lney are .riea' picked men,
ana must nc pnys'oany as wen as
intora,iy sonhus ior !, is Tying NE
put % go pace 10 .he tracing Inc
messenger mas 70 put ms ihi'i,i on INC
way Dill opPosise 70 every package ne
carries. II ne mus any packaSes ieit
over ne enters 'he'n III way plI, on ms
own. ne mas a Jog oook' whicn Is
calsed the messenger overs ana
shorts. III the package IL entered on
any way Diii' then the messenger can
DC ,ouho whose lhltiai Is oPposi.e 10 u;
anu ,he ihessenRol sho'i' w "oie W 'o''
soheth ny aoout u, ,, -
II nothing can be learned OF the
package aiter inc invesligatloh' or IL u
IS Traced 10 certain point where IL
disappears Ior gooa' tIen we not ~ our
agent at the pace 10 "nich 'he package
was in.enuea 70 DC seut 10 can on ,he
consignee ana get from nun STATE
ment OF the contents anu Vaue OF ,he
package, ana a certihcate' tnat ne mas
not got IT, we Always LOOK upon the
consfgnee as the owner. we get rom
MN an order 10 pay the shipper before
we pAy Tor the package;
HOW ABOUT trunkss = .-u
Ihey are rarely iost, ana IL very
seldom; indeed; that anything Is missed
from them. When we receive a trunk
we weigh 1t, ana put a lead seal on .he
lock so that we can readily tell II the
lock mas been Iamperea Wild. II, on
reaching its destination 1t is not called
Tor at once. u Is placeu IN the IN
HAND or va horse department as
we can IL. ~ Is enen weighed again.
ana lts weignt compared WIN the irss
weighing. ms Is enecK on It's peihg
opened. Ii IL IS caiieu Ior al any titIie'
and the ownership proven we giadly
give u up.
what IS done with IL II IL Is not
called fore
1T remains IN tae on-nand depart
ment Tor a year along W Tn a LOT OF I'M
claimed other Things. linen IL Is soid'
All Unclaimed baggage Is ADVERT seq lor
month every year.
Are there many lruuhs uhciainieu!
Last year there were only eignt;
Altogether there were not over 3oo
pieces OF baggage ana packages at the
last sale.
rs there ever anything valuable IN
them?' :. !,
mo Most OF them are unc AIMED
because the owners DO not want TO pay
The expressaSe. FEARS ago an occa
sional valuable package was bought at
the sales, but those days are past.
III baggage is damaged what do you
doP'
AS soon as we are notified OF 1t we
send an adluster to examine It, and