Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 304, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1912 — New Baggage Check. [ARTICLE]

New Baggage Check.

A new baggage check that is expected to lessen the number of-errors and complaints has Just been placed into the service on an eastern line. The duplicate portion of the new check is provided with spaces, in which are printed a number of the principal “bad order” conditions in which the baggage is frequently received for checking. A check, on being delivered to the passenger, will be perforated to show whether the piece of baggage is ,a trunk, suit case or valise, fiber case or tool chest. Another perforation will show the condition in which the baggage was re* ceived at the office. In this way the duplicate check will contain a full description of the baggage when it was brought to the company for shipment. The number on the tag portion on the check is placed at the bottom, while on the duplicate portion it 1s printed at the top, so that the two wm be easily matched when the baggage is delivered. It is expected that the new check will minimize the matching of numbers wrongly and will greatly reduce the number of claims. —Trade and Transportation.