The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-07-21
c. \. WILL INACCURATE
EXPRESS DELIVERY
By So Doing the Railroad Company Will Be Enabled to
Receive and Deliver Liquor Shipments to This City,
Even Though "Dry''-Company Has Issued Bulletin
to All Express Agents to Comply With Law
The Great Northern Express com


pany will put on a delivery service
in Wenatchee beginning about Octo-
Der l. This announcement was given
to the Daily Wrld last evening by
Local Agent Howard. Aside from
the general convenience to the pub
lie, the chief Importance attached to.
this move is that it will enable the
express company to accept shipments
of beer and liquor of any kind from
anywhere so long as delivery is
made by the company direct to resi-
dences which are neither places of
business or resorts. Prosecuting At
torney Kemp was seen by the World
representative and conceded this fact.
In the opinion of Express Agent
Howard the law would permit ship
ments at the present time from with
in the state if shippers would pre-
pay drayage charges for delivery to
residences in this city. But there has
been no court ruling on any case of
this kind. In absence of instruction
from his superiors Agent Howard
considers it wiser to reject all ship
ments about which there is the slight
est question.
A bulletin has just been issued by
the Great Northern Freight depart
ment. This was received yesterday
by all agents of the company within
this state. 1t is as follows:
Freight Traffic Department,
ST. Paul, Mimi, June %, 1910.
To all agents in the State of Wash
ington:
Section Is of Chapter 81, Laws of
1909 local Option), makes it un-
lawful for any carrier to receive for
shipment at any place in Washington
to any other place in Washington
where the sale of intoxicating liquor
is forbidden by the local option law.
any whiskey, brandy, rum, wine, ale,
beer, or any spurious, vinous, fer
mented, malt or other liquor contain
ing intoxicating properties, whether
medicated or not, and which is cap
able of being used as beverage. 1t
is likewise unlawful to bring into
such dry territory or deliver there
in any such shipment of intoxicating
liquor.
The law contains the following ex-
ceptions:
(a) Unbroken packages to physl-
clans or druggists. Delivery may be-
made in usual manner at the station
OBJ Wine for sacramento pur~
poses to some officer of a church.
The law also permits shipments of
liquor into dry territory to be de-
livered at residences which are not
places of business or public resorts,
when shipment is from wholesale or
manufacturer. Inasmuch, however,
as our company does not maintain
any system of delivery of freight and
our rates are not based on such de-
livery, we shall decline to receive
shipments of liquor in all cases ex-
cepting only the cases mentioned IN
(a) and (b).
1t should be remembered, however,
that this law does not affect ship
ments merely passing through dry
territory nor shipments Of CONNER
cially pure alcohol for medicinal and
chemical purposes nor to interstate
shipments. Some difficulty will be
encountered in complying with this
law and interpreting its provisions.
Agents should in all cases of doubt
request and receive instruction from
the assistant traffic manager at Sc
attic before acting.
If shipments are received and for
warded through error, agents at re-
ceiving stations should notify the as
sistant traffic manager at Seattle and
receive instructions before delivery.
The company is endeavoring to COM
ply strictly with this law and all
agents are required to exercise eau
ton to the end that the law be not
violated.
NJ. ]. COSTELLO,
Assistant Traffic Manager.
Seattle Wash.
w. P. KENNEY,