The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-12

than IN former years. A number of
large parties have been booked and
ticketed for travel in foreign lands.
The company is known all over this
country and Europe. Its office Is
really gigantic railway and steam
ship centre. with business ramifica-
lions all over the world. and a source
of complete and accurate information
to any traveller, no matter what may
be his destination. AT these Offices
tickets may be bought to any point
in the United States. Canada. Europe,
Asia. or even Africa. and the sticke,
buyer can have choice of routes to any
trayelaole point in the world. The facil-
ties, convenience and information of
fered 10 the public can nowhere else
be obtained in Virginia. and it is
doubtful IL there is a place in the
United States that is better equipped
for the transaction of this colossal
business.
Travel Mndc Easy.
The company has traffic" arrange
ments with other transfer companies
in the principal cities OF the United
states and Europe. whereby baggage
may be checked from your house in
Richmond to the house or hotel at
which the traveller proposes to stop In
the cities named. That is to say, a
man living on Franklin Street and in
tending TO go 10 Old Point, Norfolk,
Washington. Baltimore. Philadelphia.
Atlantic City, Newark. Jersey City,
New York Hoboken or Brooklyn, can
have check put on his trunk in his
Franklin Street home and bother
himself no more about IL until he
reaches the very house he Is going TO
in any of the cities named. and on his
arrival there the trunk will be in his
room ready to be unlocked. European
passengers can have their baggage
checked direct TO pier.
To maintain this superb service the
company has. of course, to keep up
immense stables. feed many horses,
keep many carriages, cabs. hotel
buses and baggage wagons. besides
employing a small army of men; but
as above stated, the noble horse Is
soon to step down and out. and the
quicker moving taxi and auto truck
Will take his place
Checks for Travellers.
More than n year ago the Transfer
Company added to Its other big line
OF business great feature for the
comfort and convenience of travellers
bound for foreign lands. 1t made an
arrangement with the American Ex-
press Company by which it isues here
in Richmond that company's
in Richmond that company's travellers
cheques" on any European city A
Richmond man starting for q tour OF
Europe can call on the transfer COM
pany and make all necessary financial
arrangements and have the necessary
money handed to him in foreign parts
just whenever and however he needs II.
This has proven in the past year a
great feature. and travellers starting
on European tours have taken advan-
tagc OF this great accommodation
Other cities in the country have
frst-cIass transfer companies-of
course, they have-but no city on the
map of the United States has more
up to-datc or better equipped con-
Germ than that which serves the trav-
cling public turned towards Richmond
or going hence. and no people have
a better transfer service, locally and
otherwise, than the Richmond Trans
fer Company affords the people of the
best city in the country, which, of
course. is ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Rich
mond.