The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-22

At Washington avenue and Third stree;
is Il suite Of rooms On the second EoQr 81
the building. On the northwest corner. me
contents OF which APPLY and forcibiy Illus
trate the truth OF the saying that the tray
cling public is ain abssht-mtui,d body Ihe
rooms in question are occupied by The -
Louis Transit Company as a Warehouse az
repository fOr articles lost or m.slia'tI ~
passengers on the cars az me .diiyi.N ti
Visions of the IiuGeN system. ~ all sea-
sons of the year these rooms are ii!en
with rs ccnsloneret" Il mass ct aruc.e Tee;
as ever decorated The Interior. or q Junk
shop on Morgan street o. IA Ole curiosity
shop On the BeW,ry.
left by ahseut-EniadCI las S"-i-aIS on ne
street cars IN the course ~ "a Year IS sons
thing astonishing. and VIII APPEAR incfsii-
hle 10 the average reader y list OF the
finds entered in thc books OF the COM
pany in the year reads like 4 schedule q
the assets OF large Department store. only
appreciably less in quantity, and equaI IN
and sent to the repository are the following:
lunch buckets and 81. s,.cEs. -,
Toilet combs, Trims a,..''
la Ssss53. iaa'aatf5i linen.
UiniTsllss and para ii,I9sesrapas,
Picture frames, Sgoye castings.
tsufiiar ,rons. t'aETsE,e-'s tools.
Hats ana Gays. h'N OF leat.-f'
Sax, Toilst articles.
sTccki-es, REVIEWERS.
Tabicv1Te Pocket books.
Jewelry, Policenon's Clubs.
F1nser rings, Spectacles.
r,rTl!t Complete suits Of cloth
Provisions and greece Ing.
M tifS s seaSS,i ftre cover.
piils in boxes. KIT .: plumbers to'is.
underwear. I-rydea jars,
SS 65sgs pins ca q N %': Manual.
Cataio--ues Playing cards.
Msli p Io9Ess I IassT ~ 81 Beads.
Castings. Paints,
oyercoats. Nalises,
Tho attendant in charge cc the lost
article department IS kept very blsy .
peciaIly IN winter and In incle1nent weather.
when travel is the heaviest. me WoEA OF
ever, that there IS absolutely no confusion
and rs q result most OF the articles found
In the cars al the s,, snd OF awaer run within
short time after the loss has bsen ttpoI'eI-
The rules of the company IN REGARD To
the dndilg OF lost srtices IN the cars 3n are
meets with the prompt ciscip!inlng OF tho
offender. Each eon3ucttGr IS fequ Iy Io 20
articss Re nay ind in his car. and t.rn
It IN to the division superintendent. The
The tag bears the name OF the coniuetor;
the number of his car. oescrlpilcn. az
the property and the date Of is finding.
All hesa are entered up in book by the
the property lat:i aside 10 avail; q claimant
II no claimant appears wlLrin sixty days,
the property is turn ID over 10 the conduc-
tor who found *, ard Il becomes his prop
cry. This provision acts as an incentive
to honesty on Tie part OF the conductors. II
is said. In the course OF year many con-
ductors add a neat little sun to their bank
accounts in this manner.
Patrick Maxwell, VINO has been in the en-
plcy OF rhe Lindeil system for tUenty-four
years. Is in charge of the lost article de-
partTnenr. Maxwell Is a Very shrewd and
obscrvant Individual. WHO discourses enter
tairiuE3y Of the incidents which have come
under his attention whila ne has had charge
Of the Office.
ayes. sir" he remarked, as he gazed about
she rooms at the heterogeneous mass OF
sruE disposed about II orderly manner,
neatly tad nn.S T. zsnSd, lit IL astonishing,
when Gus con-sTnpiateS Il seriously. what
an absent-rl.2Gsd animal is man-ant wcEl-
O IS inclx9ed in that term very numerous
~ also. as you viii see BY perUsiug these
records. Just glance rapidly az the articles
in these Tooms-what trnpresses you most
forcibly? The unusual number Of UNI
breilas? kr W sol. would say that. There
are just IS; umbrellas in thoss bundles, hut
that Is only e small percentage Of the mum
Der that were left IN the cars OF our vari-
diyisions within the past sixty days.
III venture TO wager that at least six times
that number have been claimed and turned