Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-06-05
THE EXPRESS BUSINESS.
nov JIMMY THsCSAEA srSHfhD IT
U,rn a WHsELBsKROW
Tn, u,m.,.,ou. to which tho Adams E,pre.s
s,r,io. Has Grown IN Th,- Ciiy-From
ON. who.ibsrrow 10 sts Wagons.
rhe Wcading Con, pany.

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he Will 49,, Wv ,,,,.',,,,' VI va, "'nei VI
tnoso "'o7 '" ,'''o'' ""'' fa'"e' Nono'
ao,e """ ,'''N'"s "a'' was asen'
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i.,s was w ioo'
M'' "ni roceiNo" 'he express parcels AZ MS
,''oo "o"SraPe' a"o Per'on'ca' S'"re III Mrs
o"'u"h puiiuing' Nortn queen street, below
'"o Nof'h American hotei tnow tho hiester
nousc), anu delivered Them by carrying
'nom uhu"r hlS arm 7" tho orosidcnces oithose
to "honi they wer" addressed. IL was no
very severe task, m tho parcels were few In
nuinier aud light In weight and if perchance
there was AN excpss of parc.ls MIR nm had
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," W" 'N' ""' "'''''o' "',' :" '"o
"eh'cfS' an" pfeHy uaushtei hahhhn'
who Kept shop during their absence. By
uniting the whole Adams Express business
with tho little periodical store, Mr.. Hill
MANAGED 4, at, an, , IiycI,bnna tnr hipse,,
an, ,,,,it,
III. Ada,,. rx ,,,s. ,on,,,y c,,,n,s,,
ot Alvin Adam. and w = pinsmoro' was
frs, orpanized in $50 To carry small and ynl
uablo p,rcels betw,.u Bostou and Nav
York NOR, rapidly than they couIl be car
ri,J In ,bo slow going freight trains of that
d,y. The business proved TO be a success.
and n. \ S,nf,rd and = : sbum.L,,
started an additional line from New york
branch of the Adams ,Sprs.s soou Ioc,tod
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o"'o 'o"onio'' ',o'o was no onh's ""
his Iahfosd III those uays me sre"'es' ia'-
road IN the state and ono of the greatest III
the country was the I" main line" owned by
tbe st,te and extondIup from PHILADELPHIA
10 ,,nlnnhia and ,t either end of IN, road
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"e'o 'p'''heu P'""o' ~ 90 VIM"
lltti W tl]h tii'i iiN'N w hlHR
trip between the terminal points MI the
passengers aud almost all the heavy freight
were carried by individual owners of cars,
the state furr isbing tho motive power
Light parcels of merchandise were taken
charge OF by state agents, conductors and en-.
giueers and delivered at small expense TO
merchants and dealers The Adams express
languished advancing age ueccssitated Mr.
Hil To- retire from the business, aud the conf
psny looked around for some active young
man tn take his place. They found him ia
the person of James a.. ThaCkara
An INTERVIEW vtru MIR. ruArEu,
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~ " "'''' '''" WIN ''P'''o"l'''e VI
the lNfELLldES'ER day or TWO ago, Mr.,
Thackara, who Is now an invalid, residing at
No. Us Church street, said that he was "A ma.
flea nf phil,delphia tina, I'm early manhood
he becsms "A victim 10 dyspensia and hI.
family physician told him he must have a
change OF labor, diet and climate or he ould
Daguerreotype business, he and man
named Mitchell determined to go West and
south S ,r as NasnNllle' iehn' Ihey
,'n, ~ ~" mu sos $500, ~ "a, " i,'',.'slel'
str.et but vara moi surcasarni amt sar,r,iaa
Mr. 'rback.r, then tool "A nIare In ,ba hnol,
stor. of Jnbn ,isb A. 90 North onn., and
Orange and remainsd win them . vo.r In
ISIS Nr nm b,yinr, r.,irad ,royr H., o
pr,ss bus,ness Mr. Thackar, tool hold of /,
and had exclusive cnntrui nf II in this ,itv ,nrr
nearly a onarter of a cen,urv
W6.t ,,,,,,,ar,,,i .Lan,,aa ,,,,,l ,,ta,, i, ,,,
sxpress busin.sa duriny bis long ,n,,,, nt sar
vice When no began he done as Mr. nm
bal don, before him :. be carrieJ IN. ,ar,ajs
hy hand from house ,o house IIia a ~, U,v,.
delivery consisted of two small narkag..
and for more than two months be man.ved
10 carry easily ali deliveries Inv hand Then
business began 10 increase and ba no,it,nnaJ
for a wh.eI6arrow' which the cnmnany yiih
some mispivings granted him. and win this
fnrmidabie yohiclo no rattlpd uoisiIy oyer the
rough Al reefs of tho cItv for many 4onths
Tbe r,adsr will reIneDher tnat ir th,sa
davs thsr, we're M yas work.. no ,.nttnn
mills no sIJewalks naved win NHrih
RIVER sIahs no ReI,,ian nav.mnnts and
very tew m,radamiLed ones, ana eier,rir
lights hsd moi been thnugbt Of
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Thu ,,rs, raaI ho,,,, Io,d ,b,, ur r,,,.,,.,r,
h,d a., ,,,,r,, on hi yy,ooIr,rr,, ,,,.- I,,,,
-, c,stircs IN ha doIiyerod at ,na I,rc,g,or
a,s wnrrs tho, hniIIiiro (Isio, tio ,,Ia,a,,
b;mseIf Iva, ,xeen ,hs shs,,s ., h;s h,rro,, AMI
',', 80, .o "'.s " ~, ""i 10" "''',
uuoseu aohS tnfoush hisefao!o hhpaNea
streets ana alleys uhtil ne was within bl"ck
or two OF the gas works, when he made n
misstep and upset his barrow and his cast
ings into trench that had been dug for lay
ing gas pipe. lie got out the barrow, but
couldn't get out the castings he reported
the TACT tn the company, aud claimed that he
bad fulfilled his promise To deliver tho cast
ings at the "works," as the trench was a
part OF the works
The business continuing to increase, Mr..
Thackara petitioned for wagon and after
waiting for several months the company
sent thin little covered two-wheeled concern
known a. aP. T. 1t worked pretty we'll on
level ground, but ON going up grade the load
shifted 80 much as almost 10 choke the horse,
and on several occasions Mr.. Thackara OK
pressed fear that tho horse would be lifted
from his ieet aud compelled 10 turn back
sunersault over the wagon. lie appealed for
better wagon ; his appeal was deemded to
be unnecessary and Manager T.. =. Sand.
ford came on TO see about 1t. When he saw
the ridiculous hgure the two-wheoed j.. L.
cut In going up grade, he ordered 1t To be
rebuilt as a iour-wheeled wagon, at Sam
Cox's coach shops.
AN INCREASE or BUSINESS.
During the wbeeIbarrow admi,istr,,io,
the business in Lancaster did not amount to
more than $40 or $50 per month, but by the
time the wagon was rebuilt (lS5O) 1t was run
upto $500 per month, and continued to ill.,
crease rapidly.