. Why freight is lost or damaged . Number thirty-four is a shipment ofcheese in the poor, weak, cheap packageused for this purpose. Carriers pay many claims for accept-ing it in this shape. The package ishighly susceptible to breakage. Oftenthe top is not even fastened on, so it isa frequent occurrence for a cheese to reachconsignee with one to two pounds cut outto feed the hungry en route. Number Thirty-Four Carriers should require a ship-ment of one or more boxes to bestrapped or crated. An ideal wayto ship more than one box would beto have them wired together, as arehalf-buckets, shown in n
. Why freight is lost or damaged . Number thirty-four is a shipment ofcheese in the poor, weak, cheap packageused for this purpose. Carriers pay many claims for accept-ing it in this shape. The package ishighly susceptible to breakage. Oftenthe top is not even fastened on, so it isa frequent occurrence for a cheese to reachconsignee with one to two pounds cut outto feed the hungry en route. Number Thirty-Four Carriers should require a ship-ment of one or more boxes to bestrapped or crated. An ideal wayto ship more than one box would beto have them wired together, as arehalf-buckets, shown in number thirty-one. In this case the four strandsof strong wire are fastened to eachbucket by a wire staple and theends twisted tightly together overthe center of the top bucket, thusmaking one strong, safe package in-stead of five. Another advantagein strapping them together is thereis only one chance of loss and dam-age against five if shipped Number Thirty-Five Why Freight is Lost or Damaged 25 Numbers thirty-five andthirty-six represent what aretermed fibre packages, which arenow being increasingly used byshippers of cereal food, crackersand similar articles put up inindividual packages. My records show they arebetter packages than the cheapwooden cracker box. The chiefobjection to them is they cannot be repaired. The photo-graphs show the weak points arethe joints and seams. If thesecan be strengthened, and car-riers would demand each pack-age should be roped or wiredfor additional protection, theywould make a very acceptablecase to contain goods enclosedin individual wrappers.
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