The morning times., 1895-07-22
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THE TRUNKS FAITHFUL FRIEND.
A Member of the Benign brotherhood
of Bapgapemen Talks

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a Member of the Benign Brotherhood
of Baggagemen Talks.
/ How do so many trunks get brOken?'
repeated the baggageman, as his face took
on an anxious and weary look well,
that's question which has puzzled me for
| good many years, and I'd give a good
| deal for a satisfactory answer"
/ The baggage snlasaer doesn't have any
| thing 10 do withit, oreOurse?" was sarcastic
/ ally asked by the Detroit Free Press man
Not a thing, sir. That where the public
does him rankinjustice. In the old days
they have smashed up a trunk occasionally,
! but in these modern times trunks are handled
like glassware. I've been on the road for
| seven years, and during that time have not
even ripped the handle off trunk"
But trunks come off your car smashed
up"
Yes, sometimes; and I've had people COM
plain of me and try to get me discharged
| They were aboring Underam apprehension,
| however. In seven cases out OF ten the
i trunk is damaged before it leaves home.
People never send trunk TO the shop until
| the last minute"
us the motion of the train hard on
| trunks?''
Very hard, sir. 1t Jars the nails and
! screws loose and the first thing YOU know the
| sides of a trunk all fan in and L am blamed
for it.. We have to stand trunks on end,
| you know, to economic space. While in
| that position they are still more susceptible
/ to the jarring''
1T doesn't hurt trunk to drop it from
| the car door to the platform, does it?r
| Not the slightest Outhe contrary II tits
an old trunk the shock viii tighten it up as
| good as new. On my run Isave the pubica at
I least So 600 per year forFepairs TO the trunks
/ You have seen two men seize a trunk and
fling it on top the pile on truck A such
times you think you hear the sound or
( breaking glass. but YOU are nistak ken II ia
/ the loose lock OF the trunk settling into place
| aud saving the owner at least fifty cents
/ in cash You have seen a trunk fall
| from the top OF load on a transfer truck,
haven't you2''
Yes. i have
The noise was like bursting open a door,
and you probably felt like giving somebodya
piece OF your mind. The injury was purely
/ imaginary. the fall simply bOlted the
4 casters on and strengthened the hinges.
/ / am sorry the public IabOrs under the
hallucinatioD IL does, as il puts baggage
manin a badnGht- Isuppose yousometines
stand around 10 see your trunk put on
the carr"
Yes, often do"
And when you see it rolled over and over
and ended with bang and spun half way
I down the car you reela cold
II DO"
''WelT, chill no more. Such handling is
J really benefit to the trunk and should be an
extra charge. Dear me, butI wish the public
/ was more appreciativei'
How would you go to work 10 damasea
I trunk?'
/ Il do not know. ! have laid a wa ke nights
/ aud specialized and planned and worried, ,FNgt
have never solved the question. There Is no
way l could do it. In case of u wreck a
I trunk might get damaged, but while under
my care it is as safe as its owner IN the
( parlor car. For years aud years / have
handled at least 500 trunks per week
and in no case have 1 been TO blame for
any damage. / wish the public understood
this, as il would ma ke my life more cheerful.
II is useless 10 hope. though. The baggage
man is slaDdered railroad man and so
be must remain while people travel with
Z trunks"
Aud he caught the handle Of an old trunk
gave 1T Il wrench which broke both hinges
/ aud split the cover. and sighed drearily
as he turned TO his work checking off.