. The street railway review . BAG) ■ METROPOLITAN EXPRESS CO inirhanill tin ■11 the longhaul tl m I ork ft ■o this ling of theii citj and northern suburban deliveries, F01 tins workthe express company maintains a large force of collection mes-sengers who call at the retail stores from 7 to to tunes a day andmake collections lh, -, hoys lake the packages to certain specifiedpoints on the car routes where the packages are put 111 basketsand transferred to the first express car that passes. Ihe ines,,11 the ens son the bundles en route and deliver them inbaskets at the distributing depot nearest
. The street railway review . BAG) ■ METROPOLITAN EXPRESS CO inirhanill tin ■11 the longhaul tl m I ork ft ■o this ling of theii citj and northern suburban deliveries, F01 tins workthe express company maintains a large force of collection mes-sengers who call at the retail stores from 7 to to tunes a day andmake collections lh, -, hoys lake the packages to certain specifiedpoints on the car routes where the packages are put 111 basketsand transferred to the first express car that passes. Ihe ines,,11 the ens son the bundles en route and deliver them inbaskets at the distributing depot nearest the destination 10 whichthe packages are addressed. From the depots the bundles are im-mediately despatched by wagon, automobile, or foot messengetdepending upon which waj will secure the quickest delivery. The-tores by tin- means secure nearly a dozen deliveries a day and if. MAIN EXIKESS DEPOT AT liAYARD ST. AND BOWERY. necessary can guarantee the delivery of packages within an houror two, and this without the risk and expense of maintaining alarge force of hams, wagons and employes \l the present lime the express company has 26 cars in dailyoperation, I hese run on regular schedule starting from the bat-tery at intervals of about an hour during the day on two of themain north and south lines, namely 3rd \\eiiue on the East Sideand 7th Avenue on the West Side In dispatching it is alwaysarranged to have an express cat follow a regular passenger carand tin express niolorman is instructed to make the -ame time as[here is no delay therefore to passenger traffic Ihecollection points along the route in the department store districtare locPled at points when all cars are required to come to a full stop While th ,11 cat 1 lopping at the far corner for passengers the expri cat tops at the near corner and rcceiviwhatcvei bundli and packages may bi waiting When nece
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