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Property-shipped not subject to Uniform Bill of Lading Conditions, will be charged twenty (20) per cent. higher than as herein provided (subject to a minimum increase of one (1) cent per 100 lbs.) and cost of Marine Insurance. (see Rule 1.)
(4.) Contract No.___

MERCHANTS DESPATCH TRANSPORTATION COMPANY.
FAST FREIGHT LINE.

From New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Albany, Troy, Montreal and Principal New England Points.

TO THE WEST, NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST.

[[3 columned table]]
| --- | --- | --- | 
| F.D. STOW Gen'l Central Agent, | C. J. VEDDER, Agent. | C. deK TOWNSEND, Gen'l N. E. Agent |
|  BUFFALO, N.Y. | ALBANY, N.Y. | BOSTON, MASS. |

GEORGE LOWN, Gen'l Eastern Agent.    S.F. BEST, Agent 335 Broadway, New York.

WILLIAM GEAGEN, General Traffic Manager, New York

MARKS: Mr Charles L Freer Detroit Mich 

Boston, Mass, July 15 1897 Received from B Matsuki

[[stamp]] SEE CONDITIONS ON BACK [[/stamp]]

The property described below, in apparent good order except as noted (contents and conditions of contents of packages unknown), marked, consigned and destined as indicated below, to be carried over the Line to said destination, or to be delivered to another carrier on the route to said destination. It is mutually agreed, in consideration of freight hereafter named, as to each carrier of all or any said property over all or any of said property, that every service to be performed hereunder shall be subject to all the conditions, whether printed or written, herein contained, and which are hereby, agreed to by the shipper, and by him accepted for himself and his assignees as just and reasonable. |

Charges, $
Upon all the conditions, whether printed or written, herein contained, it is mutually agreed that the rate of freight from BOSTON to DET Depot IS TO BE 59
If 1st Class Goods...cts. per 100 lbs.
If...1st Class Goods...cts. per 100 lbs.
If 2nd Class Goods...cts. per 100 lbs.
If 4th Class Goods...cts. per 100 lbs.
If 5th Class Goods...cts. per 100 lbs.
If 6th Class Goods...cts. per 100 lbs.
Special...cts. per 100 lbs  

DESCRIPTION OF ARTICLES |

[[Stamp]] DUPLICATE Take notice that this is only a COPY of a BILL of Lading issued for the property herein described or referred to, and it is not itself to be regarded or construed as a Bill of Lading or a contract of any kind, under any circumstances, but merely an acknowledgment that a Bill of Lading for said property has been issued. [[/stamp]] 

Six [[Cases?]] Japanese Antique | WEIGHT Subject to Correction |

DEPOT: Boston & Albany Railroad, BOSTON, Mass. Freight House, No. 2 Albany Street 
SUBJECT TO ESTABLISHED MINIMUMS. 
[[image]]SPECIAL[[image]] 
For shipments to point east of Buffalo, Black Rock, Suspension Bridge, on the N.Y.C. & H.R.R.R. the minimum rate for any single package will be 25 cents. For points on the Rochester & Pittsburgh R.R., it will be 25 cents additional or 50 cents through. For points in Canada, via Buffalo, Black Rock and Suspension Bridge, the minimum rate on a single package will be the regular proportion of the first-class rate at 100 lbs. weight to the last-named places, and 50 cents additional from thence to competing points on the Grand Trunk, Michigan Central and Canadian Pacific Railways. 

[[image]] Any package containing articles of more than one class will be charged at the tariff rate for the highest classes article contained therein.
[[image]] No single package or small lot of freight classified first-class or lower will be taken at less than 100 lbs. at the class to which it belongs, or if classified higher than first-class, at less than 100 lbs. at first-class rate; and in no case will the charge for a single consignment be less than 25 cents. 

[[Cdek?]] Townsend Agent

[[left margin]] Present Claims to Agents of THIS COMPANY, or mail to A.D. PENFOLD, Gen't Auditor, New York, if no Agent at residence of claimant, within 30 days after shipment of property. [[/left margin]]