Express
in the United States, a system organized for the speedy transmission of parcels or merchandise of any kind, and their safe delivery in good condition. It originated in the trip made from Boston to New York by William Frederick Harnden (1813-1845), the first "express-package carrier," March 4, 1839.
The project recommending itself to busi- EXPRESSED OILS ness men, competing companies sprang up rapidly, and express lines were established in all directions. Adams & Co.'s California express was started in 1849; Wells, Fargo & Co.'s in 1852; the American-European Co. was created in 1855.
As railways extended, the early "pony express" disappeared, and individual companies now have contracts with the several railway companies, their business over these routes being held to be entitled to protection of the courts against any efforts to dispossess them.
Express companies developed greatly in the 19th and 20th centuries. From EXTERRITORIALITY them from mineral and essential oils, which last are, for the most part, obtained by distillation.