. Railway age . inciple that has producedthe oak, whose inception, growth and existing status has receivedthe recognition of the Supreme Court of the fnited States. Thiscontract differentiated Harnden from all who had gone before, andeven to this day differentiates the express companies of the InitedStates and Canada from all other freight forwarders in the world. Let us glance at the statements of tfte Supreme Court in theExpress cases of The Court said that the express businesshad l)ecome a public necessity, ranking in importance with the mailand the telegraph; that it was used in eve
. Railway age . inciple that has producedthe oak, whose inception, growth and existing status has receivedthe recognition of the Supreme Court of the fnited States. Thiscontract differentiated Harnden from all who had gone before, andeven to this day differentiates the express companies of the InitedStates and Canada from all other freight forwarders in the world. Let us glance at the statements of tfte Supreme Court in theExpress cases of The Court said that the express businesshad l)ecome a public necessity, ranking in importance with the mailand the telegraph; that it was used in every conceivable way andfor every conceivable purpose by the people and by the government:ail have become accustomed to it, and it cannot be taken away with-out breaking up many of the long settled habits of business, andinterfering materially with the conveniences of (ommercial lifeThat there never had been a time since the express business wa^stalled thai it had not been encourage<I by the railroad bteamship tJeutscnland: Type of North Atlantic Express Service. the service well, but in dozens of cascis the could and didpass from the foreign country to Europe and theme to the UnitedStates and vice versa in the lines of the same company. One ofthe linos was merely serving as the feeder to the other as it wasmeant to do when it was created. (7o be continued.) The Express Business.* Ill the early days the stage driver was the expressman. Hewas indeed an important individual, next to ihe and thejudge; not. however, below even them in his own estimation. Hecarried all sorts and kinds of big boxes, little boxes, Imnd-boxesand bumlles. He put them in the boot under his feet, and the let-ters, bills, ordei-s, etc., into his bell-crowned hat. Many stagedrivers became l>ald in consequence of this practice. Tlie stagedriver not only carried the packages, but executed commissions ofvarious kinds at the terminal of his. route, and, generally at least,the cha
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