This done, the order can be sent to the person for whom it is intended, in an ordinary envelope.
The receiver of an express money order can have it cashed at the express office in his town, or sign it and place it in his own bank as if it were cash.
CHAPTER XVI
ABOUT RAILROADS
Not everything about railroads, that would be a tremendous undertaking, but just enough to show what everyone should know about them as carriers of goods.
The express companies have practically a monopoly of the transportation of the smaller packages of goods requiring quick transit and immediate delivery, but the longer, heavier, and slower freight are in the hands of the railroads, and where it can be done, and time is not a first factor, the steamboat takes the place of the train.
BILLS OF LADING
As most of the goods in changing hands are carried by steamboat or railroad, the method of shipment should be understood by everyone who may be called on to use one or the other means of transportation.
The person shipping goods in this way is the "consignor."
The person to whom the goods are shipped is the "consignee".