Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1912-12-22
Express Companies Make
Ready For Holiday
Rush.


and small shops are crowded to the
doors by holiday thongs. Everybody
has loosened the purse-strings and is
spending with a lavish hand. AS
result of the heaviest Yule-t de shop
ping New York has ever known, the
express companies in this city are
working night and day in prepara-
ton for handling the huge holiday
traffic now collecting at the gate
ways of New York.
5. To exped' tie the delivery of this
great flood of Christmas gifts, which
the people of this city are sending to
relatives and friends in every city OF
the country, large extra forces OF ex-
pressmen will be kept constantly on
the jump, during Christmas week,
loading to Their capacity the solid
express-car trains, which leaves the
metropolis nightly for the West.
Great quantities of small gift pack
ages are being rushed to their desti-
nation In sealed express cars, heavily
guarded by extra express messengers.
1t Is estimated by the New York
officials Of Wells Faargo & Company
Express, in an interview given Out
yesterday. that more than 10000
Christmas packages will be handled
daily by that company till several
days after Christmas. To ensure the
safe and quick delivery of this excess
Shipment of holiday packages, large
and small, the operating force of the
company has been increased nearly
so per cent, while the pickup and
wagon delivery equipment has been
reinforced by one quarter of its pres
ent strength.
New York, however, is not alone
engaged in sending, but Is receiving
an overwhelm ng supply of Christ
! mas gifts. Consequently, the lncom
ing express traffic is equally as large
as the outgoing. Express offices
throughout the city remain open for
several hours after their customary
closing time, to accommodate pat
rons.
At the long pier in Jersey CITY, the
eastern terminus of Wells Fargo q
Company. trains from all parts OF the
country are arriving, laden with
Christmas presents for New Workers
and with tine aid of this modern
Santa Claus the vast tide of incoming
CIR. stmas traffic is speedily unloaded
and distributed by hundreds of ex-
uress wagons. up and down the city
streets. Although many shippers
prefer to have their parcels delivered
exactly on Christmas Eve, the express
companies are obliged to make. de-
liveries Immediately upon receipt OF
the packages, lest the great d.s,ribu-
ton machinery should falter in It's
important role Of Santa Claus.
For many weeks, Wells Fargo 4
Company has been scattering broad
cast, printed holiday shipping sugges-
tions to the public, explaining the bes'
and safest way to wrap and rec
parcels. In addition to these, mil
lions of holiday labels and DO not
open till Christmas" pastors nave
been distributed in an effort to ale
viate the trying conditions under
which expressmen always work at
this season of the year.
The following suggestions are made
for the benefit fthe holiday snip
pers:
Prepare your shipment with eX-
IRENE care and with especial refer
ence to the articles enclosed in your
packages. Obliterate old marks on
boxes and ON wrappings. They ire
quently send packages estray,
always declare the nature OF
the contents: If fragile, SO indicate
upon the packages.
3.-Glassware, chinaware, dolls. OF
other fragile articles. Should be piac-
ed In wooden boxes, carefully protect
ed by excelsicr or corrugated paper
but never with ordinary paper only
4.-Money, jewelry or Naluables
should not be enclosed with ordinary
merchandise. Such matter should DC
placed in separate packages, sealed
and the value marked plainly there
on.
5.-The shippers name and address
should always be written on the pack
age SO that prompt notice can be CIV
en- in case Of non-delivery.
Con packages on which you wiSn
to prepay charges, see that the driver
affixes tae new yellow prepaid labels.
On those on which you wish charges