US488334A - Baggage-check - Google Patents

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A. A. GLISSON. 'BAGGAGE CHECK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 488,334, dated December 20, 1892.

Application filed December 12, 1891. Serial No. 414,840. (No model.)

.T0 a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, AMOS A. GLIssON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Memphis, in the county of Shelby and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Baggage- Check, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates 'to paper manufactures of that class known as tickets; and the object of the same is to produce an improved baggage check or ticket.

To this end the invention consists in the check or ticket hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and as illustrated on the accompanying two sheets of drawings, where- Figure l is a plan view of the obverse of this improved check complete, showing several of the blanks filled out properly and some of the blanks killed Fig. 2 is a similar view of the reverse of this improved check, omitting the detailed instructions, and showing some of the blanks as filled out properly. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the check and the backing therefor, showing the check folded.

It is well known to railway men that under the system of checking baggage now in vogue, excess of weight or of the number of pieces checked on a given passenger ticket is charged for by the company or companies carrying such baggage, and the charges are collected by the shipping baggage agent. There is no check on this agent, and much money is lost to the companies by his dishonesty or carelessness. Further, under the system of checking baggage now in vogue, there is no wayto prove the validity of claims presented by passengers for losses, delays, or damages to baggage while said baggage is in the hands of the transportation companies or agents, from the fact that the system now in vogue provides no manner of proving the kind or class, or form and number of the passage tickets on which baggage was checked and carried between any two points or stations; which lacking elements admit of a passenger presenting and collecting unjust claims from a railway or transportation company. lt is also well known that when a passengers baggage is checked, under the system now in vogue, his ticket for passage is punched B C, but this punch does not indicate whether the beggage was checked through to final destination of passage ticket or to some intermediate point whence it is entitled to be rechecked to such final destination. In orderto overcome these as well as other objections, I have devised an improved check, as illustrated on the drawings and as described below, and whose advantages, when understood, will be obvious to those familiar with this class of business.

The checks are supplied in blank form either as a part of and attached to railway passage tickets,or separate from railway pas sage tickets, but. always in connection with railway passage tickets, to all ticket agents, each ticket or lot of tickets supplied to ticket agents to be accompanied with baggage checks or corresponding forms, form numbers, and other or consecutive numbers to correspond with forms, form numbers, and other numbers borne by or on the railway passage tickets; as, for instance, if an agent is supplied with passage tickets Form X-lOO and numbered consecutively from 240 to 339 inclusive, then such ticket agent is to be supplied also with checks Forni X-lOO and numbered 240 to 339 inclusive, thus corresponding in these respects with the railway passage tickets.

The check is adapted to be attached to a suitable backing as shown in Fig. 3, on which it may be folded accordion-like.

Each check is in four sections, A, l), S, and T, separated by perforated or indented lines 24 so that they may be readily separated, and the form printed on the obverse and reverse of these sections is substantially that as illustrated in the accompanying drawings with such exceptions and changes as will adapt the check to the railway or railways using it, and the varying contingencies and exigencies which may arise. Section A is the agents stub-that is the shipping baggage agentand is so designated,an additional large figure l also being preferablyprinted, as in red, on the face of this stub. Section P is the passenger check or receipt, is so designated, and preferably bears a large figure 2. Section S is the strap check, is so designated, and preferably bears a large iigure 3, and also preferablyhas a rectangular hole 25 through which the strap of the ordinary metallic IOO trunk-check may be passed. Section T is a similar strap check for use in checking one of two pieces of baggage under or against one railway passage ticket, is so designated, and preferably has a hole 25 for the purpose described: and these two strap checks, S and T, preferably also bear respectively the large igures 3 and 4.

All of the above sections preferably have blank side-margins O which adapt the sectionsS and T for use as shell checks -that is, for insertion into metallic shells having overturned edges which embrace these margins; and on such margins of the sections A and P-or elsewhere on the margins of these, as well as the other sections if preferredmay be printed or otherwise inscribed the words Tourist, Round Trip, Stop Over, dto., as may be desired or needful in the carrying on of railway business, and to cause the checks to signify the kind. of ticket in connection with which the same is used, or against which the same is issued, thus further corresponding with the passage ticket. All of these sections are also preferably provided with the form number or letter, as at 7, and the number figure, as at 8, both of which are printed or stamped thereon in the same manner that they are applied to passenger or passage tickets, and to correspond with such passage ticket as same may or would be issued in connection with, and for the further purpose of indicating that the several sections belong to the same check.

Another feature which is common to all the sections is a small space 1 printed with the words If Half Punch Here, these spaces being arranged in longitudinal alignment and respectively at the upper side of the first and the lower side of the second sections (or vice Versa) and so on, so that when the sections are folded together accordion-like, the four spaces 1 will exactly register and but one operation of a punch is'necessary to puncture all four of the spaces.

Another feature common to all the sections is the space 17 wherein is printed in the sec-A tions A and S the sections P and T to correspond. These spaces are also arranged so as to exactly register when the sections are folded together accordion-like; and in addition it will be noticed that all the ls will register and all the 2s likewise or in the same manner. The utility of this space will be obvious, serving as it does by a single punch through `the four sections to indicate the style or class of ticket in connection with which the baggage check is issued.

At 6 is printed on each section the name of the railway or transportation company issuing the checks and tickets for passage and baggage, which checks and tickets correspond in form and number, being issued at the same time and in connection with one another, and by the same agent.

At 18 are printed the names or initials of the railway or railways or transportation companies over which the passenger and his baggage must travel to the point of final destination, and this occurs on each section of the check.

At 9 may be printed the destination, or may be left a blank space in which the destination may be written or otherwise indicated at the time of the issue of the checks and tickets, by the agents issuing the checks and tickets, as hereinafter described; and the spaces 9 are in longitudinal alignment so as to be in at least partial register when the check is folded, for a purpose to appear hereinafter.

Across the vertical center of the several sections is a space wherein may be printed the names of the principal stations (as at 10 to 16) on any one line or system of roads to which tickets for passage are issued from any point, and within which spaces said principal station names maybe printed in manner and in name or word to correspond with station names borne, printed, or otherwise indicated on the passage tickets, of same form and number, in connection with which the checks are supplied to the ticket agents, and in connection with which the ticket agents issue the checks to the passengers. For example, if an agent issue to a passenger a ticket of form J and No. 19 for passage from Washington to Boston, reading via B. da P., P. W. da B., N. Y. da B. Rys, and which ticket has printed in the spaces 10 to 16 the names of the places Bowie, Baltimore, Havre de Grace, Perryville, Philadelphia, New York, Providence, and in theviinal destination space 9 the word Boston, he will punch the latter word, to show that the ticket wasissued forpassagetoBoston, and which punching will show that the ticket was not issued for passage to any of the other points named or printed thereon. Then under orin using the checks and system of checking baggage as named herein, the same agent will issue at the same time and to the same passenger baggage checks or check Form J, Number 19 to be used in checking his baggage accordingly, and which baggage checks should be printed showing the names of the same stations as are printed on the passage ticket (as above), in order that the agent in issuing the checks and tickets may indicate at the time of issue the naine of the station to which the ticket was purchased, and to which the passengers baggage is entitled to be carried as a final destination, as well as affording the agent to show whether the ticket issued for passage was of first class or second class, or whether it was issued for the passage of an adult or a child under aspecic age; that is to say, whether for a whole passage or a half passage.

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The space 9 may (preferably) be left blank as a destination space, in which may be written` or otherwise indicated the name of point or station to which the ticket may be issued for passage, and to which the passengers baggage is entitled to be checked and transported, because in leaving said space 9 blank as indicated, an agent may if necessary write the destination plainly and without cramping as would be necessary were he to attempt to write the destination at any other point or place on the ticket or checks, and the blank space 9 preferably would be also so left blank for the purpose of indicating` the name of the station to which the ticket was sold ina case in which the ticket would notbe sold to either of the points or stations as printed thereon,"a nd as hereinbefore named. All of the several divisions of this or these spaces l0 to 16 inclusive,v

(destination spaces) are in alignment and register, and may be simultaneously punched as hereinbefore described, when the checks are folded together accordion-like.

At or near the lower end of each section (at 19) is printed the words Rechecked to followed by blanks numbered 2O to 23 inclusive in the diagrams, for the obvious purpose of permitting a baggage agent at an intermediate point or station to write in the name of a station farther on, to which baggage may be rechecked, when the passage ticket and checks are such as permit stop-over privileges.

One more space is common to all the sections, as indicated at 5, wherein are printed the words Where Checked to; and in this space the original shipping baggage agent writes or may write or otherwise indicate the name of the station to which the baggage is first checked, when the station is other than final destination (as shown on ticket and checks) and when the ticket permits stop-over privileges. This space 5 differs from the Aspaces 19 to 23 inclusive in that space 5 is for the use of the original shipping baggage agent in a case Where he checks baggage to a point or station short of Iinal destination of ticket or of point to which baggage is entitled to be nally checked; whereas, spaces 19 to 23 inclusive are for the use of other or intermediate baggage agents in rechecking such same baggage from intermediate points to other intermediate points or stations, or for use in rechecking baggage from an intermediate point to iinal destination, as may be necessary or desired. These spaces and blanks are further useful as hereinafter more clearly described, and as printed under General Instructions on the back of section T.

Cn the sections A, P, and S are spaces bearing the printed words Excess Weight lbs, as indicated at 2, and other spaces bearing the printed words Amt Charges Paid as indicated at 3; and still other spaces bearing the printed words No. Pieces Checked ..,asindicated ate. Thespace 2 on section T corresponding with the spaces 2 and 3 on the other sections bears the printed Words For AmountV Excess Weight and Amount Excess Charges Paid, see Strap Check 3 and Passenger Check 2.

The space It on section T corresponding with space 4 on the other sections bears the printed words and figure No. Pieces Checked 2. i The spaces 5 on all the sections bear the printed words Where Checked to and are obviously for use when the baggage is checked to an intermediate station, as on stop-over tickets, and as shown. Vith these exceptions in addition to the difference in the titles of the several sections, the latter are duplicates. v

As indicated in Fig. 1, I preferably provide the destination space 9 with a black solid spot printed thereon by a high quad at the time the check is printed,.and this directs immediate attention to the iinal destination which is in nearly all cases the point to which the baggage is checked. Said space 9 is of such size, length, and location that when it is` used by, an agent for the purpose of writ- `ing in adestination, the space after or While in use in the issuing will be in alignment with the spaces 9 of each of the various sectons,so that after a destination shall have been written or otherwise indicated therein, the various spaces 9 of the entire check can be punched simultaneously, and at the same time leave the printed, stamped, or written destination within each of said spaces in line with any other'printed station names borne on the various sectionsin the spaces 10 to 16 inclusive.

The reverse of the several sections, aside from the general printed instructions which are not given but which follow the uses and operation hereinafter described, considerably condensed, are inscribed as follows: Each section bears a space 30 inscribed with the printed Words Forwarding Baggage Agent Stamp Here. The sections A and S bear at 31 the printed words Check of Corresponding Form and Number also Covers Baggage bearing Checks Numbers and section P has a space 31,bearing the approximate printed inscription When Properly Stamped This Slip also Covers Baggage Bearing Checks Numbers this space preferably corresponding in position to the spaces 3l on the sections A and S just described.

Section P has a space 32 bearing the printed words Actual Gross Weight of Baggage Covered by This Slip was lbs. Agent R. Pa, and section S has a space 33 bearing the approximate inscription DeliveringAgents Certiticate. Actual Gross Weight 4 of Baggage Covered by This Slip Vas lbs., Agent Station R. R. The sections P and S have spaces 34 opposite their respective spaces 32 and 33, inscribed with the printed words Stamp Here. The several sections also preferably bear the printed matter shown, together-with much other tine-print instructions, not shown, but

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as this printed matter has no effect on the uses of my improved check it is not described in detail.

The uses and advantages of this check are as follows: When the ticket agent sells a ticket to a passenger, he also issues to such passenger, if the passenger has baggage to be checked, one of my improved checks corresponding in form and number with' the form and number of the passage ticket issued, and in issuing such check the ticket agent with his punch indicates in the several proper places and spaces the destination of the passage ticket issued, the class of the passage ticket issued, and if the ticket sold be for one half passage the ticket agent will also indicate such fact with his punch, thus making the check coveringbaggage correspond with the material facts set forth in the railway or passage ticket, as to kind and character of ticket as wellasto form andnu mberof passage ticket. As the checks are to be issued as supplies to ticket agents in the same manner and at the same time, and in connection with tickets, and to an extent as a part of the tickets corresponding in form and number with such checks, the checks can be carried in stock in the same manner as tickets, and along with tickets, in regular order numerically, and by reason of such system can be carried without taking up too much or excessive space in stock accounts. Further, by reason of the facts named the transportation companies are placed in position to reduce printing accounts as to costs of same, by reason of the bulk and at the same time the condensation of their printing accounts and contracts with printers, and they are further relieved of the necessity of carrying specially separate accounts for baggage checks issued to agents, as the checks and tickets being of the same forni and number and clearly related toone another in that respect, the supply of tickets to an agent will of its own record show that checks of corresponding form and numbers were issued to such agent as a stock at the same time as were the stocks of tickets. Under this system (as per my improved check) the checks are made to correspond with any ticket sold, Whether the passage ticket be of or for local passage, or through passage over several roads or lines, or whether the tickets be sold for one way or round trip passage, and thereby affording all concerned the information as to the kind, the class,whether whole or half, and Whether one way or round trip ticket was -issued for the passage of the owner of the baggage, and also indicating at once (from its printed matter borne) where the tickets and checks were issued, and by what line or transportation company the same were issued. Further, from the stamping done by the original shipping agent at the time the baggage is checked, any one in interest can arrive at the date of checking of the baggage from the original starting point without calling on others by Writing, telegraphing, or without otherwise communicating with the original baggage agent (shipping agent) for the purpose of obtaining any information relative to the matter of the checking of the baggage, &c. As the sections of the check correspond in a general sense, and as to form and number, and as provision is made to admit of one passengers check covering a plurality of pieces of baggage, there is no necessity of issuing to a passenger a separate check for each of the pieces of baggage which he may have checked, which also saves cost of printing the great number of checks which would otherwise be necessary. After the purchase of tickets and the issue by the ticket agent of the checks to the passenger for the purpose of allowing the checking of the baggage, the passenger will be required to call on the baggage agent for the purpose of having the baggage agent check the baggage, and then the baggage agent will ascertain from or of the passenger the number of pieces of baggage there are to be checked under such tickets as the passenl ger may possess.

In this explanation we will presume there is but one passage ticket issued. Now, if there be but one piece of baggage to be checked, the baggage agent will tear off the section T of the check and keep or destroy it; he will then kill the piece-spaces 4 of sections A, P, and S since they are now of no use. If there are two pieces of baggage to be checked, the baggage agent will use all sections of the check, filling -in the spaces 4 of sections A, P, and S accordingly with a ligure 2 or the word Two, and at the same time the section T becomes useful'. If there are more than two pieces to be checked, the section T is detached and destroyed or held by the baggage agent, and the Iigure or proper Word to designate the number of pieces of baggage being checked will be inserted or inscribed in the spaces 4 of the remaining sections, and at the same time the shipping baggage agent will endorse in the spaces 3l on the backs of the sections A, P, and S the numbers and styles (such as local, joint, or special) of the metallic strapchecks which are attached to the various pieces (other than the piece to which the section S will be att-ached,) so that the several pieces of the lot may not be separated, and so that each of the separate pieces may be quickly and certainly identilied by reason of the numbers and styles endorsed on the back of section S and on the backs of sections A and P. The section T is only for use when there are two pieces of baggage to be checked under one passage ticket, as its printed numeral 2 in the piece space 4L thereon indicates. The next duty ofthe shipping baggage agent is to place his stamp in the stamp spaces 30 of all the sections to be used in the checking of the baggage, thereby dating the checks and sections, and making the same valid, as

without such stamp no railway check or ticket f senger desires his baggage checked to a point short of the linal destination of the ticket on which he is traveling, and such ticket on which he is traveling being of such character as to admit or allow stop-over privileges, upon such passenger showing such ticket to the baggage agent and thereby contirming the fact that he is allowed to stop off on such ticket, the baggage agent will check his baggage to such intermediate point as may be desired, and will enter within the spaces of such sections of the check as may be in use, the name or number of the station to which he checks lthe baggage.V It' there be only two pieces otl baggage, the sections S and T will both be used as strap-checks and be attached to each of the respective pieces of baggage after the same have been properly filled in on their faces or fronts. A further duty of the shipping baggage agent is to weigh all baggage presented to be checked, and, it there be an excess of weight over what the nature of the ticket authorizes him to check free, he will indorse such excess weight in pounds in the weight spaces 2 of such sections as he may use in the checking, and collect from the passenger the charges for the transportation ot such excess, and will indorse the amount paid in the amount spaces 3 of the several sections. If in the checking of baggage there be no excess weight on which charges are to be collected, these spaces 2 and 3 of sections A, P, and S will be killed by cancellation with pen and ink, or pencil, or other satisfactory manner. The nal duty of the shipping baggage agent is to separate the sections, retaining section Aas his stub or memorandum, giving the section P properly filled o ut to the passenger, and attaching the section S to the one piece of baggage, or the sections S and T respectively to the two pieces of baggage, or attaching the section S to one of the several pieces, and metallic strapchecks to the remaining or balance of the several pieces. After the baggage has been checked and receipt for same been surrendered to the passenger, then the baggage with the section S is loaded into the baggage car and carried to the point indicated, or the two pieces with the sections S and T, or more pieces one bearing the section S and the others bearing the metallic checks correspondingin style and number with what is indicated in the strap-check space 3l of section S as attached to one of the pieces of baggage, are all shipped or carried to the lpoint or station indicated as a first destination, or as a tlnal destination (as the case may be) where they are delivered to the baggage agent in charge. If then the baggage be at final destination as indicated on the 4ticket and on the check, and is to be delivered to the owner or passenger or to his order, the baggage agent then in possession of the baggage will weigh the whole lot of baggage, ascertain if there be any excess weight not collected for, and upon surrender to him of the section P (passengersreceipt), and upon his collection of such excess charges as may be due, he will then deliver the baggage to the proper party. It there be no excess charges to be collected,he will deliver the baggage upon surrender of 'the section P (passengers receipt). It in the shipping ot baggage from starting point there be no excess weight to be collected for, the

original shipping baggage agent will cancel the spaces 2 and IBon the faces of the sections A, P, and S, and if at destination the delivering baggage agent ind no excess weight to be collected for, he will merely fill in the spaces 32 ol section P, and 33 of section S showing full weight of the baggage delivered, will sign and stamp each of the spaces 34: in sections P and S, and will send each of the sections P, S, and T .to his general baggage agent or to his general auditor, as records, and as and at such times as the rules of his company may require, it being customary to send the sections S and T (strap-checks) with metallic shells to his general baggage agent, and the section P to his general auditor for use in making up and balancing accounts.

As baggage weight is seldom increased or diminished in transit, this system ptits transportation companies in position to secure a check on the reliability and honesty of its baggage agents. In cases where baggage is checked through from starting point to .final destination without stopping off (under this system), a baggage agent cannot be derelict in his duty, or dishonest with his company in the checking of baggage, as there is a check placed on him by which his dishonesty, che., will be easily detected. ,1f in any case a delivering baggage agent discover that excess should have been collected at original point, which was not collected, it is his duty to collect such excess moneys as may be due, and to make special report ot' same, showing form and number of the checks under which the baggage was checked, and under which he collected such excess moneys. In doing this, the officials of the company have their attention directed to the wrong-doing of the shipping or original baggage agent, and are placed in position to reach him relative to the same in the proper manner. Under this system it will be impossible for an agent to dead-head or ship free any excess Weight of 'baggage for anyone in consideration of bribery, friendship, or other element, and will be so placed as to surely feel the responsibility which is due him in such matters, as a servant of his company. Under this system, in case of loss, delay, or damage to baggage, or other question arising, the officials of any of the companies lover which the baggage was or is checked will be quickly in position to trace such baggage and locate the party or parties at fault, either by reason of the form and number of the baggage check corresponding with the form and number of the passage ticket, or by reason of the factthatthe passengersreceiptis stamped at starting point, showing point from which checked, date checked, and the route of same appearing on both the passage ticket and the passenger-s receipt. In case a passengers baggage becomes damaged or lost in transit, which is not likely under the completeness of the system, the transportation company will be able to locate the ticket on which the passenger traveled over its lines, and if the ticket be one of special contract form, or a reduced rate -non-transferable ticket which has been scalped or otherwise manipulated as against the contract under which the ticket was sold, the transportation company will be in position to effect at least a compromise with the party entering claim for loss or damage of baggage, by reason of the fact that the transportation company can prove thefraudulent practice used against it by the passenger in using such special or non -transferable ticket. As all or nearly all special rate tickets are of signature form or kind and are signed by the original purchaser (in contract form) at the time of purchase, it will be seen, for example, that it' Tom Jones uses a ticket purchased for the passage ot' William Smith, and which is signed in contract form by William Smith, the transportation company under this system will be in position to detect the fraudulent use of the same.

Under this system the detailed pen, pencil, or hand work of the baggage agents is reduced to a minimum, and at the same time the purity and correctness of baggage records and baggage handling is fully preserved and increased, and the liability of mischecking baggageis entirely overcome in cases where there are to be one or two pieces to be checked under one passage ticket. In case a piece or two pieces of baggage are to be checked from starting point to final destination of a ticket, the baggage agents are saved the necessity of writing in the destination of the baggage, or the route of the baggage, as all of that information is shown in print in most cases, and in all cases is shown orindicated by the ticket agent before the checks are presented to the baggage agents. The routes of the baggage are always shown in the spaces 18 of the several sections of the checks, in print.

Of course each agent is at once a shipping agent for baggage that he sends, and a delivcry agent for baggage that he receives, but I use the terms above with reference to the cases and conditions hereinbefore set forth.

When the agent making delivery of baggage to owner shall have made delivery of same and shall have sent to the general baggage agent the sections S and Tor the section S, with the metallic shells, &c., the general baggage agent will be in position to compare and check the Weights as shown in the space 2 of section Sand as shown in space 33 of section S and arrive at any discrepancies that may exist, and then be in position to call on the agent in error forhis explanation of the errors. Likewise, when the delivering agent shall have made delivery of baggage to the owner and shall-have sent the section P to his general auditor, the general auditor will bein position to correctly audit the excess collection accounts, making proper allowances to each and all of the roads or transportation companics in interest, and further by checking the weights as shown in space 2 of section P against the weights shown in space 32 of section P, and also against the forwarding baggage agents reports, he (the general auditor) will be in position to arrive at whatever errors may exist as to weights carried, and will then be in position to also call on the baggage agents for their explanations of the errors existing. n

In any case where baggage is to be checked to a point short of'iinal destination of the ticket and short ot the destination of the baggage checks as shown orindicated by the ticket agent, the original forwarding baggage agent will check the baggage in accord with the desires of the passenger (if the ticket is of such character as to admit orpermit suchintermediate checking), and will at such time indicate in spaces 5 of the several sections of the check or checks which he may use, properly, the name or number of the station to which he checks such baggage,and willthen forward the baggage accordingly. Upon arrival of such baggage at such intermediate station, and upon its being delivered to the baggage agent there in charge of the baggage matters at such station, said baggage agent in charge of such station will, upon demand of the owner of the baggage, deliver to such owner the baggage upon surrender of the section P (passengers receipt), at the same time detaching from the baggage the section S, or the section S and Whatever other special, local, or joint checks as may be attached to the baggage in connection with the section S, or the sections S and T as the case may be. Upon such surrender or delivery of baggage at such intermediate station the baggage agent making such delivery will hold the section P, together with such other section or sections as he may have detached from the baggage, or together with the section S and such other special, joint, or local checks as may have been attached to such baggage, until the passenger shall call on him forfthe rechecking of his baggage to another point or station, or for the rechecking of his baggage to iinal destination, as the case maybe. When the passenger shall call on him for such rechecking, the baggage agent will recheck such baggage as desired and in accord with proper allowances given under the passage ticket in possession of the passenger, and will indicate or indorse in spaces 19 of such sections as may be in use in the transaction, the name of the station to which he rechecks such baggage, making such endorsement in each of the sections in use from original starting point, including the section P, and at the same time will attach the other proper special, joint, or local checks (as originally used) to the baggage to be so rechecked,

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and Will at such same time then forward the baggage to its proper station or destination,

t where it may be delivered; and so on to final delivery at final destination as hereinbefore described. i

Of course the size, the material, and the specific characteristics of the check above described are susceptible of considerable modication and addition Without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What is claimed as new is- A baggage check consisting of a backing and a continuous strip in one piece divided into four sections and comprising a stub, a receipt, and a pair of duplicate checks, the latter being closely arranged and attached to each other and all of the sections separated by perforated or indented lines and adapted to loe folded accordionlike, each check being supplied with a top rectangular opening to receive a check-strap, a space 17 Aadapted for punching, a space 9 arranged longitudinally 0f said check and having a designating black spot thereon at the lowermost end thereof, a margin on each side of the check for insertion in a metallic shell, said cheeks having also the various specific spaces named and- AMOS A. GLISSON.

` Witnesses:

H. D. WILSON, W. E. WARDLAW.

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