The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-13
TRANSFERCHECKS
TOBE RECOGNIZED
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Lynchburg Company Permitted
to Use Own Means Of
identification.
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BAGGAGE CASE is DECIDED
Exclusive Contract for solicita
ton Is Declared to
Be Valid.
BAGGAGE CASE is DECIDED

In an opinion yesterday by Chair
man PrentIs. in which Commissioners
Rhea and Wingfleld concur, the Nor
folk and western Hallway Company If
required by the state Corporate
Commission to allow travellers to
claim. identity and check their bag
gage left at It's station in Lynchburs
by the Peoples Baggage Transfer
Company This point. made in the
recent hearing by counsel for tho vir-
ginia Travellers Association and the
Peoples Company, Ia, therefore, sus-
tafned.
On the other hand. the commission
decides that the contract existing be-
tween the railway company and Longs
Baggage Transfer Company. by which
lege OF soliciting baggage on the
premises Of tho company In lynch
burg, is legal and valid. and that SO
long as the public Is provided there
under with good service at reasonable
rates, II will not be disapproyed by
Erect OF Ruling.
This means that no other transfer
concern will be permitted to solicit
baggage on the trains and In the sta
Longs Baggage Transfer Company,
but that on the other hand. the rail-
way must allow passengers to iden-
tify their baggage hauled by the Peo-
pies Company under rules and regu-
tho State Corporation Commission.
The Virginia Travellers Association.
q society OF commercial travelling men,
joined In the petition because 1t re-
Rarded the contract between the rail-
attempt to abridge the rights of It's
members to employ. the Peoples Com
pany II they SO desired.
The Long Company. on receiving
travellers, issues Its own claim checks
to such persons as employ It to trans
fer their baggage the station These
claim checks are similar to those In
general use. and consist OF two cards.
each bearing the same number and
provided with appropriately marked
spaces for writing the name and ad
dress OF the owner OF the baggage, a
description thereof. the charges there
on and the name of the driver. The
to the baggage and the other. contain
ing the corresponding number, Is given
to the owner for use in identifying
claiming and checking it TO It's des-
t1on. The baggage SO transferred is
nccapted by the railway from the
Long Company. and the traveller is
permitted to identify and claim II for
checking to its destination by the pre-.
sentation of his claim check, bearing
the number corresponding to that on
the baggage.
Issues Similar Checks.
The Peoples Company. a competins
concern, issues similar checks. but the
nize them as the sole means OF identi.
ication The Peoples concern has of.
fered to give bond and conform tc
the rules of tho railwa-, without eff.
fact IN At
effect Of the refusal to accept the
checks for Identification is that The
driver OF the waoon who delivers the
baggage must get from the agent {
must then, look up the owner ant
railway check. by which alone tn,
traveller may identify and claim hi.
baggage. II the driver should fail t
find the owner, his trunk cannot b,
| identified. and the traveller is delayed
in his journey while waiting for tn,
check, or else must leave his bag
gage behind. 1t may also happen tina
the driver may by mistake delive
means of which the baggage may b,
Host to the owner
The decision OF the commission Il
as follows:
the agreed statements of facts. yer
4 bal and written, is Of opinion, for tn,
reasons stated In writing ana file,
| with the record as a part thereof, an,
doth decide as follows:
Contract Valid.
81. That the existing contract, re
ferred to IN the evidence. whereby tn
Norfolk and Western Railway Com
pany has granted to Longs Baggag
! exclusive privilege of soliciting bag
gage on the premises of the railwa,
company at Lynchburg, is legal an,
/ valid contract; and that SO long as. TIL
| public Is provided hereunder wit
! good service at reasonable rates, i
will not be disapproved by this com
mission
"2. That the refusal of the Norfoll
i and Western Railway Company to per
nit travellers departing from Lynch
burg to Identify and claim their bag
by the Peoples Baggage Transfe
Company, is unreasonable and i'm
I poses unnecessary annoyance and In
4 convenience upon the travelling pub
] "Therefore. such practice Is disap
4 proved, and 1t is ordered that the Nor
4 folk and Western Railway Conpan
4 allow travellers to identify and clair
their baggage left at its station /
\ the city OF Lynchburg by the People
!! Baggage Transfer Company, by mean
pany, under such reasonable rules an
4 regulations as may be ADOPTED by tn
(. Norfolk and Western Railway Com
Ipany. subject to the approval Of thi
! commission, SO that such baggage ma
J be promptly checked and forwarded,
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II. G. Jennings Missing.