The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1892-01-16
ABOUT BAGGAGE.



Tholo who make short trips To
Europe arc wont ON their return. -
express their surprise tina. English
raiirU-i eomPAnis, have not adopted
our system VI baggage checks. as II Is
assumed that such a method would ts
far preferable 10 the one la uss there
II Is well snown thsi In making =
Journey on an English railway what
ever luggage tho passenger doos not
carry gtih him In his cOniparincnt--
and this with an ordinary Lngi!-binan
represents quite an array Of mIseells-
nelu, small trap is placed In tho
luggage van sp-esii'1 which may b
n ear sei apart distinctly for tho pur-
pOso ar "a 10 moro frequently tho
sa... mny be- n compartment OF ono OF
the passenger cars Oi which the tram
is mads-up No cheek Is giNsl 20 tho
traveller 4 litsls Paper 1. pasted on
tho trunk IHligaunf H. Destination. ,
and when tho I.i.i aErlYss at tina.
p0in, Il u aNp 'ciei that tho paassa'
ger Ei.i claim his 67n trlaks - lh1's
arc taken from tic van
judged Of By our 0Wu standards 3
says thr Hoii1n Herald this SEN, -
bs very loose Anl detective means
Of carrying On business
Ou the other hand the manas.n.
director and some Of his asine.g'aj 81
tho l.oldoi & Northwestern Hallway
Company corporation which en-
dcaFnrs 70 : sSp abreast OF ln,sl.Iseat
pr1gsas Ia ait matter, o. railroad
bI,.urs, visited tho Inltsi s,a'"s
fuyaFal yrsp ago for 'li,s purpose Of
studying tho American -Ys,sW OF bag
gage checking With tao lEp'lt.Oa Ut
Introducing Il uPoH tho Eng.i,h I.r<S
II IL asi found Ia br a satisfactory.
method, h'tpr IA c4rr'Jl study OF tho
application IT the system upon some
% orr best managed road, tho North
western officials concl-dsi tia. !.
would cot pry 30 mako tho change.
Mug1 than tina We arc !niormsI ,h.,
u 10 il4r 0pin,nl Of several experience /
Amrric railroad m-a who h.y,
visited Ens.ani and studied tho meth
OILS Of transportation there tina. IL ,
system oi handling baggage In us, BY.
tho railroads 1i thu, country. Ia whsn
tho needs pDcuhnF.iIcs aud c6nii,!ogs
OF English travel Ars taken into az
count better system for ,heta ,hsa
,hv American method would bS
H. tho firsi place ofpsrss Transfers
aru uncailcl for ~ tho prlc, chsry,i
for carriage hire h very sna.l. and r
passenger can bi carried With nj.
trunk Ia private carriage al abog.
tho same outlay required - have 4
trunk iakrl aud dallTyrri Ia ,his
country Gao docs no; lIk- 10 take ;
carriage and carry his llssas. up9i'
II In tho uni,1i States on sc.oga! ~
III. delay caused while tho drlysr I,
getting possession OF tho trunk which
not in'r1lu.aily with train. b1'-eon
grra, clilot pGah as New York Aad
Boston amounts 10 Ei,o-n or twenty
minute. But Ia tho English Oslo.
tr'Bya ~ his Kind arc 10, eSpvr.-
olccI fhc pablo carriage, oraInar.
II ,lall alongside tho platform and
wifaiG do IN or ;ii,c,a fos, OF tho
pi.n, at vhict the train come, W n
stop
The port-r.-aud there is ono for
nlmos, every coaPar,mcn, door--rs
ilc'c tho passengers Of thoir hsnd
luggage. secure Tor 'hsD carriage
and u they have ono or more trunks
open thi luggage san take these GU.
place them GA the top OF tho hackney
coach the whole transfer proceeding
n, 80 rapid rn'o that frequently II
traveller with nil Of his bolongings
will DO driven from the station In loss
than n minute from tho time OF tho mr.
rival OF tho train, 4 degree o. oppo.
d!tion Is In this way oDta!noi that IL
entirely withou, 90 parallel on this
side o! tho Atlhu'!c and under cS!st-
Ing conditions IL /, quito impossible
oil repro luc'l8n here Is 10 tho iNc,.
ton of private Ownership. all thai,
mny be said Is that Tho ialse claiming
OF luggage Is an o'icasl whi.h appar-
emily docs not orrar In England. II.
caaAo, bu said that tho people arc any
mo honest than our own but their
dishonesty BDsm.ngIy runs ia d!Goroas
cH1nels
IN Eng !shman will 20 into hotel.
will put down his Goa. and uInDrclls
UPON tho 'lblp IN tho lront entrance.
aud may Leave th3m thpr1 !Dr two or
thr days bs'Oro calling !pr thom.
feeling confident that whoa ho doe,
w,th them he will b. slri TO fad
iAom. while with as thu contrary OK
pcli .ncc would be almOIt inevitable.
Possibly tho reason for this IL 10 DO
found la tho severity aud certainty
with which theft OF this kind IL pun-
ishc1 whom it is detected. There Is
no qualification or excuse nnl tn,
chances OF detection nrc 50 numerous
that /, Is thought hes, by evil disposed
rorsors 10 try other means than this
OF carningn dishonas, livelihood. Thus
taking oyerythlng into occouut tho
method pursued in England OF carry
ing baggage upon tho railroads is ono
that il no, liksly soon to give place to
the American system.