Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-07-31
FOUND IN STREET Cars.
ALL SORTS OF ARTICLES LEFT BIZ FEMALE
PASSENGERS
The Men Lose Nothing But Umbrellas and Dinner
Pails-Largs Sums Of Money Fond.
Valuable Carriers.

= A REGISTER reporter entered the
Tenth street Office of the Street Raii-
way Company the other day to inquire
for an umbrella which he left in mo-
tor few days ago.
There's our stock" said the clerk,
digging into a dark corner with his
hands and producing half dozen
weather beaten parasols and Umbrellas.
The missing articls was not In the lot.
"You are the second person TO inquire
for an umbrella to-day" he said. "fou
would be surprised at the number OF ar
ticles found in the cars. Not single
day passes without at least one or two
INQUIRIES, either in person or by tele-
phone, for articles which passengers
leave. As rule, they are found by the
conductors, and left here on the next
trim. but thew are often picked up by
passengers and never returned to the
owners"
do you often find articles OF any
value?" querled the reporter.
well, they are usually tribes, but
once in a while we pick up large sums
OF money. A few years ago lady lett
$1,000 IN BILLS
living In a seat beside her, wrapped up
in newspaper. We Immediately got
telephone call, and the loss was report
ed to the police, but the money was not
found for several hours. On another
occasion a woman left pocketbook
containing $50, and 1t was returned to
her within an hour Women lose artl-
cles oftener than men. They place
packages on the seat beside them, while
they adjust their hairpins, or brush
back locks of hair, and when the car
stops they forget az about them In
their excite~"ht. Women usually carry
the parcels in their hands. II they
were as we'll supplied with pockets as
the men there would be less calls for
missing bundles"
what articles are most frequently
found?"
"That Is a hard question. / would
say that we probably find more band
kerchiefs than anything else. They are
seldom called for. Yesterday negro
woman lost a handsome white shawl,
and threatened to sue the company II it
was not returned. Then we find dress
goods ribbons and laces, and all sorts OF
knick-knacks which the women pur.
chase on their shopping expeditions.
We have found enough hair pins TO sup
ply large jobbing house. The hair
pins catch in the shutters and windows
of the closed cars and drop down be-
hind the seats. When the cars are
cleaned every Saturday there are always
eight or ten hair pins found. Occasion
ally they are gold and silver, and then
the owners are usually found.
ALIVE DUCK.
mot long ago woman got on the
car at the market house with her son.
The boy carried live duck, which had
been bought for the Sunday dinner.
When the car reached her destination
il did not stop, and the boy jumped up
to pull the bel-cord, leaving the duck
on the seat Ia their excitement both
got of a square below their home, and
left the fowl. 1t was kept at the barn
for day, and as no person called for 1t,
the conductor took it home.
Here's a shopping bag that was
brought 10 yesterday. 1t contains four
pieces of chewing gum, a sugar kiss, a
powder rag and rubber doll. The
owner probably had enough TO attend
to, with a squalling baby in her arms.
We don't get as many fans as we did
last summer. Only two have been
brought in this year, and both were re-
turned to their owners. Down at the
barn we have large collection OF din
ner baskets and pals, which were left
by workingmen.
1--WE find some peculiar articles In the
cars. The conductors often pick up
garters, but they are usually OF no
value. Some time ago a conductor
brought in a silk garter with
HANDSOME SILVER BUCKLE
engraved with the initials *. s. A
few evenings later, when was alone in
the Office, two stylishlY dressed young
ladies entered. They walked up to the
desk, and one asked, WAS anything left
in a motor Tuesday afternoonp / knew
we had found the owner OF the garter.
rs this it?' l said. holding up the arS!
Gle. She blushed furiously, but proved
her right To It's possession and went
away happy.
"On another occasion we found a gar
ter with a gold buckle, set with dia-
mond. The owner called for it the
same evening. Another woman sent a
small boy with note describing gar
ter which she lost, but it had not been
left here"
When the Office OF the company was
removed from Forty-third street, to the
new barn, there were q great many
articles unclaimed, but none Of them OF
much value. They were piled in heap
and burned. There is already large
collection Of parcels at the Tenth street
Office.