The sun., 1890-10-12
THE HoUsEKEEPER,S NEW TERROR.
Some OF the Tricks and Traps OF the stor-
age Warehouse Man.

Some OF the Tricks and Traps OF the stor-
age Warehouse Man.
Anew terror to housekeepers in New York
has arisen. 1t is the storage warehouse or
late years. along with the increase OF apart
ment houses, there has been demand for the
storage Of household furniture. Many families
prefer to live nine months in the city and three
In the country. They do not care to pay rent
for two places at onCe. They break up house,
keeping in tho city In the spring, store their
furniture, save the rent of their fiat, and come
back and take another fat in the fall. This
makes good deal Of tribuation.
The storage warehouse man is all smiles
when people are breaking up In the spring.
His story runs something like this: You
need not have any trouble. We Will send mon
to do all your packing We make no extra
charge for this, as We are responsible for
breakaRe and prefer to sec that things are
properly packed We will take your carpets
and get them cleaned, SO that you will have
them ready to put down in the fall We will
put your things in o separate room. We do
not know exactly how MANY loads there will
be. but we will charge you so much per load.
You do not know where you are going in tho
fall so We cannot tell how much exactly it will
be per load. but 1t will be reasonable charge.
You need not pay a cent until the fall. when
you can pay the whole bill at once"
The storage warehouse man says all this so
blandly and is apparently so obliging and
the prospect is so promislngly free from all
trouble that the housekeeper is delighted and
goes of to the country or to Europe in happy
frame Of mind. But In the fall the storage
warehouse man is decidedly different being.
The housekeeper wants the carpets taken out
first and separately, SO that they can be made
over to ht the new dwelling. The storehouse
man 10 very busy. He has so many orders on
hand that there is delay. The carpets are
hauled to get at them. This makes labor
charges. Some OF the carpet is missing. This
ss ISre deaS 9e man says
ses to investigate; This takes time. and the
housekeeRer. anxious to get settled. is i'm
tie CARPET; he hsa . better tTy SRd sS hunt
pet cleaner is positive, that he returned
It. and between the two the housekeeper Is in
despaiTb Ihe st9rshonsS man a piaG1dy pr pGonR m
busy. The housekeeper decides, to, take out
the balance OF his furniture he finds that In
stead Of being in separate room il has been
in an open bin; that dust and moths have
the storehouse man before he can get any
thing delivered: He protests that ne ought
Witch to are be no oskda % Tho s
man is memorable; He says, III every
thing, is A., not S.,IE right W. viii make AK It
house without any CARPETS. He becomes furi-
ous and makes repeated visits to the. storc:
that a search for bis carpets is In progress and
he must walt He waits. He protests again.
SnS he be Il SsS sSG bsr h I h s h he Ea mnf
inquiries, and finds that the storehouse man Is
well known to the courts and accustomed to
law suits, and that the storage company with
which he has done business has no existence:
that there is no responsihle party connected
be shown that somebody else is the proprietor,
and that the chances are II he sues that he
The cost OF moving the contents Of an ord-
nary six-room hRt, storing for four months.
and moving to new house. is about S75.
StB1snsss IN the fall The stofshosss man mar gets gets
apart aud do mol, know row to put them To-
gether again; They mark and scratch the
furniture g going up stairs and 1n ruin the land,
as TO make extra loads They disocate the gas
hxtures They pack the goods so as TO take
They pile on extra. charges for labor. They
get possession Of the housekeeper's list OF
sues sEeh hs has no list or receipt to show They
swear that the moths were IA the furniture
thHgs thing we're res scratched and brDHsa when % they hey
got them, and at tho end OF 1t all the house:
keeper Is c..nSlnced ot tho truth Of the old
perionce. One family moved to Westchester
| county. and the man In charge Of tho vans that
| took the goods there refused to deliver them
I unlsss the housekeeper paid bill which Was
/ housekeeper expected TO pay. Another found
valuable carpetg and clothing eaten up by
moths, and could get no redress. Another lost
OF course all the storehouse men are not
alike. But II Is eSsential for hous0keepers bo-
and deal with responsible persons. TO have an
! explicit agreement In writing n 10 what the
/ charges will be- o have goods securely packed
and protected from mnths and scratches, 10
have accurate Lists q everything 50 that the
ANYTHING Is missed. 70 taIo receipts IN plain
terms and keep them so that IN case Of 1t ga
ti0B there may be something 20 show AZ 10
/ what the lorchouse man agreed 10 do. with
+ out these prerRutions the bousekeepsr Is apt