The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-06
TRUNKS HOME ON TINE NOW.
NEW SYSTEM FOR HANDLING
THE HONE(OHING NJ 81.
I'm the Central the naggage Cars We're cut
out al AIbHn, and drought Here In
sslld Train--s 7.0ssss Pieces Handled
An One Da, n, the Grand Central.

On one day Of the week just ended the
New York Central Railroad handled 1900
,,;cocs q baggage at the Grand Central
Station. In the homecoming period
has averag ed more than 5000 pieces day
with the mail running between 300 and
$50 tons day
These III. .,aggaga receipts have he'd
to the adoption Of new system 10y the
New York Central and the Westcott E1-
press Company Year after year the ca
pacitv Of the baggage cars and baggage
rooms has been strained by the return
to New York, within week or ten days OF
the whole population which wen away on
vacation anywhere from June to Aug :"
This has meant a hea ping up OF baggage
and hopeless task before the transfer
companies Of delivering the luggage within
reasonable time This year. General
Passenger Agent George II Daniels made
early plans for this emergency
The number of men and wagons was
doubled and the bulk Of the baggage has
gone out from the Grand Contra STATION
AS rapidly as the duplicate checks were
delivered and the baggage could bo put
aboard the wagons,
At Mr., Daniels's suggestion. baggage
cars were cut of the heaviest through
trains at Albany and made into solid bag
rage trains, which were brought into New
York a few hours behind the passenger
trains. Solicitors Of the transfer com
panies boarded the passenger trains, took
I'D the duplicate checks, as usual, and TOOK
them up to Albany.
Here they met the baggage trains and
double tagged the baggage so that on its
arrival at the Grand Central Station 1t
could be transferred Immediately to wagons
and delivered to house or hotel. This
saved all rehandling Of baggage in the
Grand Central Station.
A system recently adopted by the trans
fer companies was OF great assistance
to the Central people. The express COM
pany now checks baggage through to
they operate ut the same fee that Is charg' d
for the regular baggage delivery.
When you are ready to travel now you
need only summon the agent OF the transfer
company. He issues a check for your
baggage, which you must exhibit, with
the railroad ticket. at the baggage. room
That ends the trouble. You don't have
to wait until the luggage has been actually
delivered to the railroad company and then
get check for it. You don't have to bother
about it when you reach your destination,
for delivery at the other end has been ar
ranged for and the baggage is there very
shortly after you are.
Another week and the rush will be over.
said one of the New York Central officials
yesterday This has been an extraorci-
nary day, because Of the number Of people
going out Of town for the two-day vacation
created by Sunday and Labor Day. We
expect a great days business on Tuesday,
for ali these two-day trippers will be com
ing back, together with q lot of people who
are rounding out the last days OF their
vacations.
I'VE have had remarkably few COM
plants this season. 1t has been hard for
the transfer companies to get wagons and
men enough to make their deliveries. Men
unused to the work are slow. They don't
know how to sort and handle baggage and
when driving they don't know the short
EST way over their routes.
Some Of the transfer companies went
organized for the work, not to bring them
any larger direct profit, but to popularze
themselves by their rromptness. 1t has
worked well; but Of course, they couldn't
do much if the railroad company wasn't
equally prompt in handing the baggage
over TO them.
"On the same dav this week when We
handled 10000 pieces Of baggage | pre-.
sumo that more than 10000 pieces were
handled in all Manhattan, representing
an income to the transfer companies Of
Si5 ODo tn x1s 600