New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-30
LEFT on RAILROAD TRAINS.
CORDS OF UMBRELLAS. BARRELS or DIVERSION,
AND MANY SETS Of FAi9E TEETH
From The Chicago Tribune.

AND MANY SETS OF FAL&E TEETH
From The Chicago Tribune.
Recently a Chicogo railroad displayed IN \,
unclaimed Iarc.l-room iiv" iarrcls 4 rubhs,
overshoos and box full OF false teeth. All TIN
property and more, during a leriod " II
months has been left ON suburban and througA
trains by absent minded passef gers. The r,n.
eral baggage agent, upon being asked what va,
the oldest occurrence of this kind said that
woman once left on train siN-WOnths-o.
baby. and she dbl not miss II until a tIainnA.
overlook her with the little bundle ~ humanity
before she got outside Of the train shed I,
was not "A case Of abandonment she had ac,..
ally forgotten 10 take u? her own offspring.
Only One-half ~ the articles left on trains are
claimed and returned To Owners At all the RAJ.
road Offices in Chicago there are 10 be foua.
motley collections Of about all the articles who.
man or woman ever owned. Ii would be IN.
possible TO list them in a whole page Of news
paper
The article which figures most extensively
among the lost and found " the big railroads
the umbrella. An official Of the Illinois certrzl
says he receives in the baggage dcparimer.
fifteen hundred umbrellas year General Agea
Sadd If the Burlington says MS records sh0s
about six hundred a year. and the other fs
report large collections Of this seryiceahle ara.
which Is left on trains in all Kinds ~ "eaihe'
On recent fine, sunshiny day the bnriing'1
Railroad showed on It's record "hvle iags
of abandoned umbrellas.
Next come the oyershoes which are daily
found. sirgly and IN pairs. and oiicnnmes ~f ~
size and kind. At all the Offices they are a.
cumuatod To the extent of barrels ana barreA
IL IS "A common occurrence 10 ma upper. lover
and partial sets Of false teeth. Some give efr
dence Of long service. others have been TOO n-E
and have been laid OUT o. give relief BIT
they come IN all shapes and sizes.
Wearing apparel In large quantities Is y
found in the lost parcel rooms. Tho clerks 2
the Atoms quarters AT the Union station rte!
out n dummy figure with every single arti-s
that a man is likely e. wear from head to fo1t
The articles were all left piece by piece On ne
trains and gathered UP 10y the employees lrl
the figure was logged out In newest fashion
The young woman stenographer DO bagSag
Agent Sadds Office has pet kitten which as
found In an envelope box on tram, ana th'f
having been no claimant. young Tom - tefs
taught To earn his board ~ housing III VIZ
baggage-rOOm
Cripples frequently leave their crutches o
trains. There is collection al them Az az w
Offices Hanging up In the parcei-roOm Of "
Illinois Central h a blg anchor made oi in~
gathered from trees In the FAR South. II
maker had taken care of it until Chicago Hn
reached. only TO abandon II 10 the care o. he
parcel man.
IN Chicago contains no article that cannot =
found i'm one or another ~ the chicago fa.'
roads unclaimed parcel rooms The fai.t 81
have different methods Of taxing care OK a.
keeping track Of the stun. Ihat ot lhe l.h.s
of boxes thirty in number, is labelled one
box for each day ~ the month To ~
Is placed all matter found on All me trans , "
the corresponding date. When 80 81 =
reached box No | is ,mpti'd, ana me aiu.n
carried 10 the baggage storeroOm and thus uf
nliing and emptyirg goes on 100 ilmes se-',
Each article is tagged. showing the date an,
train on which u was found SD that a r.eVi'
and description ~ each article can p' h@H y
stub Of the tag is printed ON receipt 70 =
signed by the claimant II reclaimed leA.-.
OF their plan is that perfect RECORD y ~
OF the smallest and most inconsegG'nial lai,'s
There are o. certain number or it-s ana ~ - o..
case the company has either the pafeei OF ".
tag Sales OF unclaimed parcels are mao ia \.
a wear The whole accumulation oi one year y
bundled" Two or more small packages az
tied in one vi ich is sold All The way ipin
cents 10 - cents Umbrellas are put up ~ do-.-
packages and sold At whatever they "h u-.Hs
the work II selling being let ont io ne al'u,-
house with which the best bargain can To- ua--
MANY valuable articles are found on Wi"
II A Winter the venerable agent Ni th' h".
Central saws A short time ago q 'helu.
containing n quantity of money was lu'h,l
by a train crew The same day " ~ ',.-
fed the purse by stating that y '.iilt'i.u -
old coins which she described. ITO ll'tt
was turned over 10 her ana Si' WIS ,.+
ont Of tho office when another woman appear
and asked for the same pocketbDnk II tufn.i
out that the first woman nad h'aii ihe s''s ~.
claiuon, vho was the real owner N'N a" ~
loss during which she told Nhat th' DON ~,
tanned Thereuvon she hurried o. mo u'-.'f
office claimed the article and gave d '"," .
ne her street address. Il have uo nNI"' -
Mr. Winter that the woman was ah @D'F'
that sort OF business