. The Street railway journal . teamer is covered byadditional charge of 5 cents. A package ofmerchandise or other valuable matter is cov-ered by a rate 25 per cent higher than thatpertaining to provisions and perishable mat-ter. For a barrel of beer or oil the rate is25 cents; for a 200-lb. cake of ice the chargeis 11 cents. Ice is handled in ton lots at 80cents per ton. Every freight item is enteredon a manifest, which accompanies the ship-ment, the shipper having received a receiptupon the delivery of the goods to the com-pany. All freight is prepaid, except in the case of a fewlarge shipper
. The Street railway journal . teamer is covered byadditional charge of 5 cents. A package ofmerchandise or other valuable matter is cov-ered by a rate 25 per cent higher than thatpertaining to provisions and perishable mat-ter. For a barrel of beer or oil the rate is25 cents; for a 200-lb. cake of ice the chargeis 11 cents. Ice is handled in ton lots at 80cents per ton. Every freight item is enteredon a manifest, which accompanies the ship-ment, the shipper having received a receiptupon the delivery of the goods to the com-pany. All freight is prepaid, except in the case of a fewlarge shippers, who settle their accounts weekly. The company provides merchants and other shipperswith freight receipt books. These books have a duplicatestub; the shipping clerk fills out both stub and receipt, thedriver delivers book to the companys agent, who tears offreceipt and files in his office. On the stub left in book herates the amount of freight paid, and signs his name,thcrcbv designating that the goods were received and were. DEEP WATER TERMINAL AT PINEY BEACH in apparent, good order. The net profits from this businesswill average $10 per day. On the 5-cent fare collection no effort is made to handletickets, but on all business to the beach and through busi-ness, via steamers, passengers are required to purchasetickets before boarding trains. The tickets of a dozen railroad and steamship lines areaccepted for passage on the trains and steamers of the Nor-folk & Atlantic Terminal Company between Norfolk andOld Point and Newport News. At the close of each month September 7, STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL 245 these so-called foreign coupons are forwarded to auditorsof the lines responsible for their issue, who return checkcovering the canceled coupons received. Old Point Com-fort is one of the best known year-around resorts on theAtlantic Coast, and is visited annually by thousands oftourists; the majority of these visitors holdcoupons entitling them to a side trip toNorfolk. A t
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