The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-07-02
AMERICAN ABS0RBSQ.S.
Change in Name But Not In Men
Of Local Express.

Tonight at midnight, tne end of
June 80, and tae beginning of July /,
1914, occurs the transfer of the prop
erty of the United States Express
company, one of the oldest of the
parcel transfer corporations in the
land and the first organization of the
kind to do business in Oskaloosa, to
the other express companies agreed
|uGon t. take over the properties.
| -Four different companies are inter
ested in the transfer of Offices and
property, railway routes and employees,
the American, the Adams, the South
eTn and the Wells.Fargo The Rock
Island lines that have been operated
by the United States company fall to
the American Express company and
about the only appreciate change in
the service will be the change of
blanks and the company name.
All business transacted with the
Oskaloosa Office at 119 North Market
street uD to midnight Tuesday night
will be with the old United States
company, that after twelve o'clock
VIII be with the American Express
company.
No change, at least for the present,
will occur with the working force
here. Benjamin r. Marshall, who has
been local agent of the United States
Express company through long
term of faithful service, will be at
the ieHd of the new company and the
personnel of his help remains the
same as before with the exception OF
the addition of new man, NH. Rob
EFT Hardness, who will be an addition
al depot man at the Rock Island even
ings to assist in the heavy work that
frequently occurs at this time by rea-
soE of the several trains at one time,
making meeting point and trans
fer station The other employees OF
the local company, who are to remain
with the new are Art Strouse, CLERK,
Charles Spratt, driver, and Roy G.
Gillett, driver. ..... - 'f' .--.
The United States Express company
reaches back TO the time of some OF
QUE oldest inhabitants. Ii opened OPP
erations in 1854 and as its local rep
resentatiye5 the company has given
US some excellent citizens, the late
George Thompson, q. S. Phelps, the
Berry brothers, Billy Hall and Others
who have followed -. II
When the b. & w. the narrow
gauge of the Burlington system came
to OskalooSa back in the eighties, the
American Express company made its
bow to Oskaloosa business In com.
petition for patronage over the new
route. Reese Price was the hrst
agent. The Burlington was later
taken over by the Adams, which later
also took over the line of road operat-
ed by the Iowa Central from the Unit
ed States company. But the city
has continued to have the two COM
panies represented and under the
new regime two companies remain in
the field
The old employees, or the employees
OF the old company appreciate this
letter from the former general man
ager:
Chicago, ILL.,, June "a, 1914-Agents
Messengers and employees: AS you are
advised, the. United States Express
company will discontinue its trans
portation operations on June Goth,
1914, and as the time Is close at hand
when there must necessarily be, to a
greater or less extent depending upon
our future affiliations, a seyerlng OF
business associations growing out OF
many years fof campaigning together,
4 have II In my heart to thank you
for your splendid support, to which
give full credit for all the good
things which have come to me In life,
80 FAR AZ The business end Of II goes.
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