Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1900 — NEED A CHECKING SYSTEM. [ARTICLE]

NEED A CHECKING SYSTEM.

British Railway! Behind Contemporaries in Transporting Luggage. A well-filled train drew Into Victoria station and the passengers crowded around the huge pile of luggage, pulling and hauling with the porters at trunks, lings and bundles of rugs, says the London Dally Mail. A tall, middle-aged gentleman picked up a black leather steamer trunk, holding it by one end. At the other end of the box was a lady, who said, “Kindly drop this box, it is mine.” “I beg your pardon, madam,” retorted the tall man, “I am sure it is mine.” They put down the box and examined it, but It bdre no distinguishing marks. Just then a third claimant picked it up nud proceeded to drag it away, and he in turn was stopped by a young man who protested loudly that the trunk was ills; and he proceeded to prove It by turning the box over and showing three intlal letters painted on the leather strap on the side. Even then the third claimant failed to show satisfaction, and the dispute nearly ended in fisticuffs. These scenes, which are not Infrequent, created much consternation and astonishment among the foreigners, who constituted the majority of the passengers. They were loud In their complaints of the manner In which British railways neglect their passengers’ luggage, never forgetting, however, to charge for carrying ,lt. The advent of the “Twopenny Tube,” with all its modern improvements, will probably have the effect of stimulating the other railway companies to better things, and the traveling public may some day be most agreeably surprised to leant that the simple system of luggage checking, which Is used even In Haiti, ha* been adopted in England.