The Washington critic., 1886-05-22
CASH ERE!
CASH 'ERE!l
CASH 'EREl!!

This Objectionable cry will be no longer
heard within the walls of the Bon Marcho.
The new Cable CashCarrior system, intro.
duced one week ago, has entirely displaced
the old and familiar cry, and to-day the now
and nolscless system adopted Is the admira-
ton or all who have witnessed Its wonderful
workings. Before your purchases have been
wrapped and ready for delivery, your change
Is handed to you. only think, 900 feet per
minute. Como and see II, and bring the chill.
dren TO see the little cars run up and down,
from floor to floor. Its operation Will be
cheorfully explained.
Tho press, ever willing to notice now and
worthy enterprises, have pronounced this
system "par excellence" We give q few ex
tracts:
The National Republican says:
RAPID TRANSIT IN STORES.
The Bon Marches New System of Transmit
mitting Cash and Receiving Change.
Tho energetic and enterprising propretors
of tho Bon Marohe have found II necessary, In
order TO properly accommodate and serve
their constantly Increasing army OF custom.
ers, TO arrange new system for receiving
returning the change to the customer Find.
Ing the service by cash boys and girls to be
too slow, and In many other respects unrell.
able and unsatisfactory, they determined to
adopt better system. After thorough in
vestigation Of the subject, they determined to
order one of Martin ,S Ilills Gable Cash. Car.
riers, manufactured at Florence, Mass. This
was accordingly done, and on Saturday last
II was put into practical operation In the es.
tablishmcnt for tho first tlmo, and was
worked oil day to the entire satisfaction of
the proprietors. onSaturday night the press
ofthe city were invited to be present and wit.
ness the working OF the now carrier Repre.
sentativcs from most Of the city papers were
present and taken in charge by Mr.. Martin,
the inventor, and the mechanism and work.
lpgs Of the carrier fully explained and dem.
onstrated. rhe carrier consists of a number
Of steel nlckel.plated cable wires, having
much the appearance of cable car line. The
motive power Is very handsome two.horse
gas engine, placed In the cellar of the store
just under the cashiers desk The daily cost
of running the engine Is about thirty cents,
and II requires no other attention than to bo
started In the morning and an occasional oil
ing of tho bearings of the engine. The car
rier moves without the least noise and the
cash boxes are carried to the desk and re-
turned at the rate of 1a feet per second. One
of the great advantages of this carrier Is that
II can be operated upon any number of floors
that is desired. 1t Is now operated at the Bon
Marche upon three floors, having thirty-fve
different stations. One OF the boxes was sent
from station 800 feet from the desk and re.
turned In three.Quartors of minute. The
new carriers have been In use In other cities
of the country for moro than q year and have
been proven to be superior to all other con.
triyances for carrying cash and light memo.
randa between the clerks and cashier. The
one put up at the Bon Marche Is the only one
south Of New York city. Merchants who have
used what is known as the ball system have
adopted this new carrier as being much
quicker, perfectly noiseless and entirely sat
isfactory In every respect. After some time
spent in examining the CARRIER the represen.
tatives Of the press We're invited to the private
Office OF the gentlemanlyp and hand.
somely entertained.