Canadian National: Advice to Shipping Office of Undelivered Goods
Name/Title
Canadian National: Advice to Shipping Office of Undelivered GoodsEntry/Object ID
2021.1057.01Description
Form, advice to shipping office of undelivered goods. This form was sent to the office of undelivered goods and asked assistance in reaching the shipper to discuss disposal of the undelivered goods. The form is blank however it has the spaces to record: office, province, date, agent name, name of addressee, waybill number, date, article and description of goofs, shipper, shipper's street address, value, COD amount, weight, charges, consignee, consignee's street address, reason for non-delivery, date the advice form was mailed to shipper, signature of agent. Distinguishing Features: noneContext
Original document used to seek assistance from the shipping office to reach out to the shipper and ask for a disposal order. Canadian National was created following the end of the First World War, by combining five lines which were financially troubled. It soon became the largest railway in the country. Canadian National Railways was founded in 1919 as a combination of several railways that had become bankrupt and were being ran by the Canadian Government Railways, its primary service was freight but also operated passenger service until 1978 until it was absorbed by VIA rail. The Canadian National Railways was created by the Government of Canada as a means to fund the failing railway corporations including: Intercolonial Railway of Canada, National Transcontinental Railway, Prince Edward Island Railway, and Hudson's Bay Railway.Collection
Library ArchiveCategory
Canadian National