Could Paster (Pastor) be the minister officiating the funeral? Spelling was
sometimes 'different' in the 1800s.
Nelson
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From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of archie
hayden
Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2011 9:30 AM
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail
List, I am digging out a form issued from 1899 No 854 that had to be
filled out in the transportation of a corpse. It was perforated at
the middle and one part was to be placed on the end of the case or box
carrying the coffin. I will get this on the album Asap. One of the
captions showed this term "PASTER" above Undertaker's Certificate.
Not sure what that term meant? Any ideas? Archie
On Jun 5, 2011, at 9:01 AM, John D. Mitchell, Jr. wrote:
> Pete
> I'll give you the benefit of my law school education. Being around
> railroads and hearing about "drafts" made me pay attention when we
> got to that subject. Basically, a check is an order for the bank to
> pay out of your account to the payee,i.e. a two party transaction.
> A draft on the other hand, is an order for the bank to pay the payee
> from some other account, i.e. the draftee, a three party
> transaction. That account can be the banks own account in which case
> at some point the bank will make a "set off" against your account
> which amounts to it being the same as a check but it could be some
> party that owes money to you like perhaps a large shipper.
> John
>
> From: "Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com" <Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com>
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, June 4, 2011 6:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail
>
>
>
> John et al
>
> I trust that this little discussion will impress the "younger
> generation" as to the intricacies and all the intimate details of
> railroad and station accounting procedures. It's unbelievable the
> detail the railroads went to to account for "every little thing". If
> it was done there were instructions somewhere that covered the
> matter..And "woe be unto" the new hire who didn't know of or follow
> the instructions.
>
> I once incurred the wrath of an old time accountant at the Rock
> Island by writing a draft to the CB&Q to pay for tickets for two car
> inspectors we were sending out to testify in a court case......DON'T
> YOU KNOW YOU DON'T EVER WRITE A DRAFT TO ANOTHER RAILROAD he yelled
> at me when the cleared draft came over his desk....He berated me for
> some minutes for my ignorance of railroad procedures.
>
> For the record my ignorance is still in full bloom in this
> matter...Although it has been explained to me many times I still do
> not know or understand the difference between a CHECK and a DRAFT To
> this day I can remember the agent on the RPL&N saying he was going
> uptown to the bank to get a DRAFT.
> I know no more about these matters now than I did 60 plus years ago.
>
> Pete
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John D. Mitchell, Jr. <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
> To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sat, Jun 4, 2011 3:46 pm
> Subject: Re: [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail
>
> With a little digging I found it. Yes, the corpse escort ticket was
> a reduced fare. Interestingly, an excess baggage check was issued
> for the casket but no revenue was reported on the baggage report but
> the baggage report was to show a complete description of the corpse
> ticket. The complete corpse ticket was attached to the baggage check
> (form 62), to be forwarded. This was, of coarse, at the destination.
>
> From: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
> To: "CBQ@yahoogroups.com" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, June 4, 2011 3:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail
>
> Pete,
> If I remember correctly it (the escort's) was a reduced fare and IT
> was round trip! I don't have my agent manual or conductor's
> instructions handy.
> John
>
> From: "Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com" <Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com>
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, June 4, 2011 3:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail
>
> Dan
>
> There is a picture "out there" which would be perfect for your
> demonstration...Only problem is I can't remember exactly where I saw
> it..I'm copying everybody you included in the hope that someone will
> recall it.
>
> The scene was "down south"..probably in the 30's or 40's...showing
> the hearse backed up to the depot platform with the undertaker and
> his helper standing by while the casket was being unloaded from the
> baggage car.
>
> This may have been in "Classic Trains or its predecessor Vintage
> Rails or perhaps even TRAINS.
>
> I'll begin a search, but it will striclty be by memory of where it
> is.....
>
> Just to add to what John Mitchell said, there was a provision in the
> tariff which provided for an escort to accompany the casket...I
> don't recall the details.
>
> On a personal note I have, on more than one occasion observed the
> unloading of a casket at Langdon, MO on the CB&Q and the scene was
> just as depicted in the photo mentioned above.
>
> Pete Hedgpeth
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel <no17eng654@aol.com>
> To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sat, Jun 4, 2011 9:31 am
> Subject: [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail
>
> As part of the Manly Jct. Railroad Museum (Iowa)displays, we will
> have 17 flat screens depicting different North Iowa-Southern
> Minnesota railroads. In addition, we will feature things like
> Railway Mail Service, Railway Express, etc. Many human remains were
> transferred in North Iowa and Southern Minnesota by rail up to
> discontinuance of most trains in the late 60's.
>
> Would anyone out there be able to share a photo that would
> demonstrate the common scene of handling human remains by train?
>
> Dan Sabin
> No17Eng654@aol.com
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