Bob
This would be the waybill for the free return of an empty cream can.\
Cream was shipped from the farm via the local depot and moved as baggage on
passenger or mixed trains?to the creamery in whatever was the nearest city
having such operation.
The freight was paid by the creamery at destination and the can was returned
free to the farmer via reverse route.
Find a photo of a small town depot from the early 1900's to the late 1950's and
usually you see a number of cans sitting in front of the depot on the ground or
on baggage trucks waiting to be loaded out on the next train.
The waybills were usually attached by a twisted wire through the handle of the
can and through a reinforced hole in the waybill.? The cans usually had the
creamery name painted on them.
Pete
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Chaparro <thecitrusbelt@yahoo.com>
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 8:50 pm
Subject: [CBQ] Empty Can Waybill
I came across a CB&Q Form 825 titled "Empty Can Waybill". What I have
is the 3-inch top portion of a 4-inch wide form.
The form has pre-printed lines for 5, 8 and 10 gallon cans. It has a
blank fourth line and a fifth line for the total amount of cans. My
example was marked for just one 5 gallon can from Swift & Company to an
illegible consignee. Te form was dated 5-18-1954.
Can anyone tell me more about the use of this form?
Thanks.
Bob Chaparro
Hemet, CA
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