Telegram-herald., 1889-10-05

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ssiEd4nz are fs.leo - tl-s res-ire.ns1t.
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eFu ara tcr macy. .en L1e 1eDey cans
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taxes fll- aza-es--ja-1es Horacs Jenss. Ia
nan wac Rzd seat fer Il bzd zZgus6 h.s
n4l-s james H. scless e1t U1e1 zsksc -
ETs rs 1ld1-s uaEls, sad Il ~ Henry.
rs dtca't get the IcoEey, sld t1s uext dzy
TIE telegraph en- pany 1ss not.6sd by ths
sender taat he G4a Ter whom tas money
Sas Iusen3et Lad eft Chicago. before t1s
or1sT vas received
A ChinG1-4l, however, succeeded IN pay
ne vain Lrack ca enc of shs transfer
e.erss- The proprietor cf local Laundry
tslsgrsphsd 70 so@s AoEzoAaH Ia san Fran-
elseo Tor ESQ, ~nieh cane a. rignt an6 Was
paid - the laGEdryEnlzni Ia the fem of sceeck.
Happy IA the possession of 50 much wealth
The Chinanaa ~hiI the pipe" a little too
hard, aEd while he was sleepln q the ef-
feets one Of his eogntrymsn cot possession
Of the check. and presented Il a. the bank
on a-ch IL WAS drawn.
He was sold he would have 70 be denti-
ned, and 50 he pat al innocent face on tho
matter and went 70 the telegraph oftce,
where be got the clerk % % 20 the bank and
identity hin as the person he gave the
check 70 Cinnamon look pretty much
alike 70 Czueasians and the transfer clerk
had 40 suspicion of the game that lad been
played upon hiIa untl the righlful owner
brought sult aga ast ths company 10 recoV-
er the money The suit is still pending and
the company VIII rest is dsfense on tho
ground that the clerks Official connection
with tne transaction ceased when he gave
The chack 10 the right Chinaman, his sabse-
eUent identincatioE Of the wrong one being
a. act Ia his Individual capacity and re-
sponslol-lty The ceiesuaIs are a WHY race
and there : room IN the above incident for
q possible conspiracy 70 obtain double pay
Inent frOm the telegraph company.
patron coming in and calling Tor
might rate" blank moved the clerk 10 ex-
PLAIN that the red blanks were no longer
kept on the shelf IN the public Office, be-
cause they were the cause Of considerable
annoyance % both the public and the COM
paDy. and chiefly on account Of the public's
carelessnesa The printed conditions on
the red blanks state that the message viii
not be delivered earher than the following
morning, and such messages sent on Sun
day night sre not, as a rule, delivered until
Monday.
As matter Of courtesy, however, night
messages are inspected at the receiving Of
fee, and when the matter Is urgent they are
promptly delivered. Still, in the rush Of
business an important message Is occasion
ally overlooked and not delivered until too
late 70 DO OF service. IL often happened
that man in hurry would use ared blank
when not intending 70 send ight message.
N some cases serious Inconvenience re-
suited and IL was decided 10 supply red
blanks only when they were asked for. An
other frequent source of complaint arises
Ia cases similar 10 the following: Robinson,
OF Chicago, telegraphs " his relative, Clark,
OF POdunk. 20 meet Jenny at the 9 30 train"
Clark IS farmer living four or five miles
from Podunk, aud Podunk is a small way
station where the operator is in the employ
OF the railroad company. With him rail-
road business must take precedence, and it
Is only after ii Is finished that he can give
his attention 10 public business. He has no
messenger and can not leave the station TO
deliver the telegram himself so he wires TO
Chicago that IL wlll cost 3. so g to deliver
Clark's message and wants to know if Chi
cagO will guarantee the charges. Chicago,
not knowing the sender. will not guarantee
the charges, and the Consequence is that
when "Jenny" arrives st Podunk there is
nobody 70 receive her. Now, il Robinson
had told the clerk at Chicago that Clark
lived five miles in the country he would
have been asked 10 put up deposit for de-
livery and Jenny would have been put to no
inconvenience.
Carelessness in addressing messages
particularly In omitting the street and num-
boris the cause of endless trouble and
complaint in telegraph offices. Every
reasonable effort is made TO deliver such
messages. The directory is referred to. II
that falls he special address-book is con-
suited, and if the name is not there inquiry