The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-18
-ORlGiSAL PACKAGE BUSINESS.


City.
Few Of the Wheeling people who, in
common with the people Of tho country
at large, have been reading about the
"original package houses in prohibition
cities aud no licenae towns, have any
idea, probably, OF the extent TO which
this new business has affected some
branches OF business In Wheeling.
Situated rs she Ia on narrow neck OF
land between two other States, Wheel.
Ing Is unusually iayorably located for
tho supply depots OF "osisinal package"
houses. A great many Of the Pennsyl.
vania houses In this business, and 4 few
In Ohio, are agencies for Wheeling
houses. But Just how much business Ia
done here In this way,probably very few
people not themselves engaged in II
have any conception.
An lSTgLLiGgSCEG reporter met m nj.
tache Of q city express office the other
evening, and the latter complained Of
being worked 10 DEATH" When asked
how this was, he answered:
."Why, the original package business
has given the express companies more
business than they can attend to-"
"Does 1t make much OF an increase
here?"
"Does II? Well, I'll bet there isn't q
town anywhere that has as big q boom
in original packages as Wheeling"
The reporter started out to investigate,
He found all the express Offices ovelrur
with Original package" business. Be
sides shipments from here 10 Washing
ton and Greene counties, Pennsylvania
and various dry towns in Ohio. there
are toms Of this sort OF express matter
handled here Ia transitu from S;euben
Vile TO no.!icense towns in West Vir
ginia. To CLAIM the protection Of thu
original package decision. the agent mus
represent u principal outside Of his owl
State. Consequently Warrington, New
Martinsvills add other towns in Yves
Virginia which do not grant license, ar
supplied from Pittsburgh or Steuben
vile.
One expreaa office here is said to hay,
shipped aud r%eshipped 200 tons OF orig
; inal package freight since the decision
went into effect. These packages al
seem to be whisky aud beer. /, is on
! Of the anomalies OF the rum traffic
! that rum is scarcely known in the traffic
and in the original package traffic wine
, gin, brandy and the various other drink
j. besides whisky and beer, seem to hav
. no place.
, A reporter yesterday visited Welty'
Wholesale liquor houae and waichedtw
, boys and a man pack Original packs
ges." The beer is in the ordinary pack
ages-barrels, half, quarter and eight
|. barrels, quart and pint bottles. Tn
whisky isia quarts, pints and half.pints
!, Each bottle is enclosed in a nea
pasieboefd box, latel!d On the side
=. and sealed over tho top with q stri!
bearing those mystic wortg, the opel
. sesame OF ro-license towns, "U1isiua
, Package"
The metips CT tho bottles, the paste
board boxes, the wooden boxes, thv
packing, the straw, the printing Of la
bells, the freight, the haulsge-all thes
are items which were not known befor
3 the decision went into effect, and al
are considerable items. The whisk,
!, and beer sent out from here are tn
same Is were slways sold in the Of,
way, and the only diecrepce in cost
the expense for packing. and the eat
riage. No original package dealer ha
use ,ior freight trains. All their good
20 BY express.