Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-16
CHANGE OF VALUE.

Philadelphia Inquirer: Talk about
sudden and surprising rises in real
heard of could equal the sudden and sur
prising rise in the value Of packages con-
signed to the care Of the express compan-
les.
Packages that manage somehow or
other to get lost in the shuttle. I mean"
| the veteran explained. "Despi- e the sys-
| tenn employed by all of the big carrying
companies. packages will go astray
sometimes. and of course it is then up
| to the companies to recOmpense the ship
| pers. If you have ever sent a package
| by express you doubtless remember that
the agent who made out your receipt
asked you the value Of the contents OF
/ the package"
The Saunterer recalled experiences IN
that line.
And of course you always placed the
value high enough" continued h vet
eran but occasionally no value Is given
by the shipper. and there is where the
latter gets in it's fine work, should the
package happen to get lost. l have set
tied a thousand or more claims in my ex-
press ompan career. and l don't re-
member one where the amount paid to
the claimant was less than SO. And the
figures ran from that all the way up to
500. OF course. the chances are that the
company got the worst of it to the extent
of one-half in nine-tenths of the cases.
but there was no alternative but to pay.
/ ! got q OIL OIL SdllSldcuOA wv VI oAC SooS
the other day, though"
The veteran puffed away refect1vely
for a moment at his cigar.
"A fellow put in a claim for $50 for a
suit of clothes he had shipped by oul
pany, and, as we couldn,t find a trace OIL
his package, we were about to pay Ovel
the money. In fact. I had sent him 9
letter requesting him to call and sign 8
receipt. He came and lined himself w
at my desk. I had a check made ou'
- &c orlor onH UQC q hnIlf r.
hand it to him, when one of the yount
men in the office handed me a note. Tn
latter was to the effect that the missing
package had been found a few minutes
before. and was at that momen IN IN
back end of the room. I said nothing t.
4 the man, but quietly sent word to nav
the package brought to me. While walt
ing 7 displayed the check to the man an
asked him II he was sure the suit Q
., clothes was worth $50. -.
rs Certainly he exclaimed. I couldn'
get another one like 1t for the sam
money, either -,
"Just then an assistant came up wit
the package. 1t had beer rougniy nan Inc
O led. and was in a badly demoralized con
IS dition. I laid 1t on the counter llte
off the cover. A banly. worn coat. yes
and trousers, probably worth $Ao whe
new, but at that moment hardly salapl
:. enough to pay the express charges we
IS His face got as red as a beet. ana =
re started in to stammer something abo,
N his having made a mistake.
= "'Oh, that's all right ! replied plea
n ant,v nicking up the $50 check and teal
4 ing it in two. We all make mistake
&c sometimes. Shall I have this reWrappe
e. and sent to it's destinations
4 HE grinned a slckly grin plcke
IN rp the package. The next instant l
to shot ont the door as if he had to + SOM
where and meant to lose no time in ge
ls ting there. I never saw him after tina
be and I suppose he does all of his EXPIRE
ne business over some other line now. 3,
r Il wasn't my fault that he didn't soak Il
e, company for $50. and SO I don't worl
~ any about it."