The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1894-03-22
GOYHAM'S BIG VANS.
HOW THEY ARE USED FOR LONG
AND SHORT DISTANCE MOVING.

/ Brvukagc, limo und Trouble Saved by
Thcso Larsa Tel,,cl2s.Tho Business OF
! Moving Day Reduced TO - scIonco-Trav-
/ cl by Train and Steamboat.
Tho estimator for storage and van
company will walk into house or q
fiat and estimate within a cubic foot of
| how much space tho contents will take
| up packed, and no doesn't mako any
elaborate computations either. He just
walks in o lcisuroly way through n
| house from Icof to cellar or through q
fat from end to end, and when no is
through no knows. Houses vary great
ly. Ono threo story house might havo
in it thrcc van loads. Tho house Just
like it next door might have six, but tho
estimator rarely makes Il mistake. IIo
might get half ~ van load out Of tho
way in estimating 4 six load house, but
this would be quito unusual Ho would
bo much moro likely TO hit tho mark.
Tho contract prico for moving means
for moving from any floor to any floor.
If it is desired, tho company will send
barrels, boxes and packing materials and
men to pack crockory, bronzcs, books,
bric-a- brac, and SO on, at rs cCnts q
barrel or it's equivalent in space. Tho
timo for loading and for starting tho
vans would depend somewhat OH whero
tho goods were going. If thoy were 60
ing 40 miles into tho country, tho vans
would DO loaded tho afternoon before
and would start at o'clock in tho
morning. They would arrive at their
destination at about 10 o'clock tho samo
morning, tho horses would DO put up
and tho vans uuloadcd, tho start on tho
return would bo madc at about 2 o'clock
the next morning, and the arrival III tho
city would be at about 10.
Vans aro specially constructed with
largo bodies and low wheels for trans
portaiion by steamboat or railroad.
Whether horses arc taken on such trips
depends altogether on tho distance tho
vans arc going. If to II nearby point,
tho horses 20 along; il to n distant
point, it is cheaper 10 hire horses there.
If vans wcro going 10 Newport, for in
stance, they would bo shipped on q
freight propeller, whose derrick. would
pick them up llo great boxes of goods
and land ihom or deck. On such Il trip
horses would not be taken, but hired in
! Newport iOr tho hauling there Horses
! would meet the vans ut tho dock upon
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inu ijui,oI Ia, Gi,tGurr tNNt vans cover
on thnirn.rn wheels, lutth"Y sometimes
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,Ln,.ons ,,nula n. drawn Nv fo,,r horses
ON had or hillv roads they would talk
six horses. 1t is interesting to note, q
tho result of the drivers observations
that tho roads around New York ar
better than they used to DO, and tina
they aro steadily improving. Not in
frequently tho van companies move pco
plc from ono point to another outside o
tho city. For example, gentleman
who lived in a town near Bridgeport
Conn.,, who was about to movo to {
place near Tarrytown, IN this state, con
tractcd with avan company Of this city
to move him. Three vans went up from
the city OH this expedition. Tho worl
took about two weeks. Hero tho dis
tauco 10 be covered was SO great that il
was Impossible TO MAKO IL III SllSle
day, and tho vans halted mt night anc
went on III tho morning. Ihcy Went te
and fro in this way until tho work was
completed. Tho Dill Tor inns JoD came
! to nearly 1890.
Tho van companies move goods be-
tween points i'll tho city rs we'll ms tt
and from it, and besides moving house
! hold goods they Will estimate on aho
contract TO remove tho contents or &
storo on a Dnildins to another store OF
building. a recent moving 1on III tins
city camo TO about Sl' GOODS NOV,
| ing in vans on the'H own "hccls arc MOI
| insured. In transit by fall or Boat they