On our large farms, in the West, telephones have been in use for some time as an essential part of the machinery.
Now, there is a move on foot to make them available for every farmer in the more settled regions.
While business can be conducted over the telephone, as if the speakers stood face to face, yet such transactions not being recorded, will not stand in law, if one of the parties should dispute the other's word.
CHAPTER XV
BUSINESS BY EXPRESS
There are two kinds of expresses, viz.: local and general. The names describe the provinces of each, though a general express may do a local business.
All express companies are common carriers.
The carrying business done by our express companies is enormous. They have their own special cars attached to passenger and fast freight trains, and their goods are given special departments in water transportation.
If living between two towns, it is always better to have your letters and express business done through one office.