29 Sep 1899. LONDON & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY WAY-BILL. Bundle 66, Doc 4. 18 cm x 10 cm. Lower edge crumpled with small tears. Hand written entries into this printed form are transcribed in italics. There was a railway clerk called Charles William WRIGHT in the 1901 census for Penrith. 1899 September 29th. Miscellaneous L. & N. Western Ry Coy __1/3d__ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (615 – Porters Bill.) Penrith. Station, Aug 1899 M Sir R. G. MUSGRAVE, Bart. Dr. TO THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Date In- voice No. To or From No. of Packages, Animals, or Wagons. Descrip-tion. Consignment or Marks. Weight. T. C. Q. lbs. Rate Paid on. Total. £ s. d. June 7 To Garstang 1 Bkt. THRELFALL 5 Aug 16 To Attleboro 1 Pcl KEPPEL 10 1 3 Paid ———- Aug 30/99. [signed] C WRIGHT pro L & N W Ry ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Directors require the Carriage to be paid on Delivery, unless the Consignee has a Ledger Account with the Company. For Conditions of Carriage see back hereof. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GENERAL CONDITIONS. 1. The Company will not be liable for loss of or injury done to any goods, matters or things, described in the Carriers Act, 1830, unless the particulat articles and the value thereof be declared, and an increased charge over and above the charge for carriage be paid as compensation for the risk incurred. 2. In respect of any animals, luggage or goods booked through by them of their Agents for conveyance, partly by railway and partly by sea, or partly by canal and partly by by sea, the Company shall be exempted from liability for any loss, damage or delay which may arise during the carriage of any such animals, luggage or goods by sea, from the act of God, the Queen’s enemies, fire, accidents from machinery, boilers, and steam and all and every other dangers and accidents of the seas, rivers, and navigation, of whatever nature and kind soever, in the same manner as if the Company had signed and delivered to the Consignor a bill of lading containing such conditions. 3. No claim in respect of goods, for loss or damage during transit, for which the Company may be liable, will be allowed unless the same be made in writing within three days after delivery of the goods in respect of which the claim is made, such delivery to be considered complete at the termination of the transit as specified in the next condition. 4. The transit shall in no case extend beyond (a) the time when goods carted by the Company are unloaded or tendered at the address to which they are consigned; or (b) the expiration of 24 hours after notice of arrival of the goods, posted by the Company, is due for delivery to the Consignee in the ordinary course of post, or notice of arrival is given to him personally or delivered at his address. 5. After the termination of the transit as defined in Condition 4, the Company will thenceforth and subject to these conditions hold the goods as warehousemen, subject to the usual charges. 6. After the termination of the transit, goods carried or conveyed by the Company will be subject in the addition to the charge for carriage to further charges for demurrage of 3s. per truck per day, and 1s. per sheet per day, or in the case of such goods as are unloaded from the truck, to reasonable charges for rent or services performed, until they are removed from the Company’s premises; and similar charges will be made with respect to goods the delivery of which cannot be effected by the Company, in consequence of incorrect or insufficient address. Provided that no such charges shall be made if the Company have not given proper opportunity for the removal of the goods or the discharge of the truck. When specially constructed trucks are used 6s. per truck per day demurrage will be charged on trucks conctructed to carry 15 tons and under 20 tons, 12s. per truck per day on trucks capable of carrying 20 tons and under 30 tons, and 20s. per truck per day on trucks capable of carrying 30 tons and above. 7. All goods delivered to the Company will be received and held by them subject to a lien for money due to them for the carriage of and other charges upon such goods, and also to a general lien to any other moneys due to them from the owners of such goods, upon any account, and in case any such lien is not satisfied within a reasonable time from the date upon which the Company first gave notice to the owners of the goods of the exercise of the same, the goods may be sold by the Company by auction or otherwise and the proceeds of sale applied to the satisfaction of every such lien and expenses. 8. All perishable articles refused by the Consignee, or at the place to which they are consigned; or assigned to a place not known by the Company’s agents or servants, or insufficiently addressed, or not paid for and taken away within a reasonable time after arrival, if addressed to be kept till called for, may be forthwith sold by auction or otherwise, without any notice to sender or Consignee, and payment or tender of the net proceeds of any such sale after deduction of freight charges and expenses shall be accepted as equivalent to delivery. 9. The Company will not be liable for any loss of market. 10. The Company will not be liable for any indirect or consequential damages in respect of goods lost, injured or delayed. 11. The Company will not be liable for any loss or damage to, or delay of goods, resulting from their being not properly protected by packing. 12. The Company will not be liable for any loss or damage to, or delay of goods, resulting from their not being properly or not sufficiently addressed. 13. The Company will not be liable if goods are lost, injured, or delayed, owing to a defect in a wagon not belonging to or provided by the Company, unless such defect arose from the neglect or default of the Company or their servants, or unless the Company or their servants were guilty of negligence in not discovering such defect. 14. In respect of goods consigned to places beyond the limits of the Company’s free delivery, the responsibility of the Company will cease when such goods have been delivered over to another carrier in the usual course for delivery. 15. In respect of traffic of every description which loses weight in transit through drainage, evaporation, or any cause beyond the Company’s control, carriage shall be paid upon the weight ascertained at the sending station. THE COMPANY GIVE NOTICE That it is only for the convenience of the public that they accept goods consigned direct to or from foreign countries; and that in accepting goods so consigned and handing them to or receiving them from other Companies or Carriers they do so only as agents for the owner of the goods and do not incur any risk or responsibility of any kind beyond their own system. Traffic consigned to foreign countries must be accompanied with a declaration form to be obtained at the stations, and unless such form filled up and signed by the sender is handed to the Company with the goods, the Company decline all responsibility for the delay and other consequences that may arise therefrom. That they do not, except on special conditions, undertake the carriage of gunpowder, lucifer matches, aquafortis, oil of vitriol, or other dangerous articles; neither will they under any circumstances be liable for the loss of any such article, but all senders thereof will be held accountable for any damage arising thereto or therefrom, and whether to other goods or property of the Company or any other person. Senders are subject to a penalty unless the nature of the contents be declared and distinctly marked on the outside of the package containing the same.