The times., 1899-09-24
New York Cotton Market.
MOVING FOR THE SUMMER.
Transportation of Goods by Van the
Newest and Quickest Way.
(From the New York Tribun

At this season CT the year many people
who never ride wheel are as thankful for
the improved condition of the highways as
the men who have ambitions in the drec-
tion OF century runs. They are the people
who move their household goods from their
city homes to the place where they will
spend the summer. Before the days of
good roads this had to be done by rail or
by steamboat. The furniture had to be
packed in vans and taken 10 the station
or TO the wharf and then every piece had
to be handled again, packed IN car or on
the deck of the boat, and then, when the
point of destination was reached, the fur
niture-or all that was left of it-had to
be packed into van again and carried to
the house where it was 10 90 service for
the season. But moving by vans and
transporting furniture on the highways
distances Of from thirty to one hundred
miles have revolutionized matters in that
line, and one may have his household goods
moved now without the loss in breakage
and partial ruin which was formerly the
natural accompaniment.
"0ne of the phases OF the constant eTo-
luton in division OF labor said profess
sional mover, "is the assuming by or
ganized companies OF the responsibilities
that formerly fell entirely upon the shoul-
ders of the housewife. Not only is the
modern hou5ekeeper provided with the
clothing, embroidery, pickles. preserves,
etc, which she used to make, but she is
also relieved of the heavy burden Of NOV
ing If she is wise now she sends for the
expert packers OF some van company, al
lows them TO inventory her goods and chat
tells, gives them the keys of the old house
and of the new, and in an incredibly short
time all her effects have been shifted 10 the
new quarters and all necessary cleaning
has been done Loss by breakage and
damage is avoided and freedom from all
anxiety is enjoyed. The cost may be a
| little more in money than If she superin-
tended the removal herself, but there is
an immense saving in time, in labor, in
bodily and mental wear and tear. and in
the preservation of the goodsS
The moving is done in great vans, which
resemble circus wagons, and trips Of thir-
ty or forty miles are made with compare
tive ease At this time OF the year vans
| are sent daily to seashore resorts and 10
| points UP the Hudson River. The pEice
| charged for moving goods long distances
depends on the condition OF the roads and
the distance. II is usually from 81 to $1-bC
! 4 mile, bat when the point 20 be reached
| is Sc far &Way that a rest over night must
be made the charges for keeping teams and
men are added Ii the distance is not more
than thirty miles the trip is made in ons
day. The start is Usually made at aboui
midnight and the horses are allowed &c
rest during the warmeet hours or the day
''rrhere is not q day at this season. sale
the head Of a large moving concern, THAI
we do not move yanloads of furniture ant
household goods fifty or sixty miles, ant
we have many customers whose goods g
100 miles orm roe.
There are some places 20 which ther'
are so many goods transported by van ev
cry year that a regular rate has been es
| tablished. Thus. a vanload to Asbury Parl
costs $50 to Rye $50, 70 Pompton Lake
$50, TO Lawrence $25, TO Far Rockawa,
s25. etc. Horses and carriages are usual
IL driven 20 their destination, and wit
that kind of property thirty miles is ais
: considered full days work. At tn
completion of that distance the horses ar
r turned in for the night. and the journe
begins anew the next morning.
] In cases where the house to be reache
: | is a long distance from the nearest raj
!, | road station it is rot unusual to load tt
: vans on platform cars and take them }
s raiI to the nearest point and then drive
e the house The people in the moving bus
J. mess say that, with the exception OF II
Il Long Branch Steamboat Gompanys We!
:, sells, there are no boats going out of Ne
Y York which have deck room for moviI
vans, and for that reason goods cann
be transported up the Hudson River
vans except on the roads.