|
Messengers
Boys on Bicycles
New York Times, July 4, 1884
The Long Branch District and Messenger Company went into operation
yesterday.
It started with 150 subscribers. George W. Curtis is President; J.W.
Curtis
Secretary and Treasurer. The central office is in the Post Office
building
at the West End, under the management of P.J. Casey.
Besides having messengers, the company has established a night patrol
for
the purpose of taking care of the cottages. The patrolmen make a
circuit
of each cottage under their charge every half hour, sending an electric
signal
every half hour, which is registered in the central office.
The messengers will use bicycles while performing their duties. They
have
already six boys in uniform, all furnished with bicycles.
|
|
