Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-07-07

Rehandling-The Value of System in
 Making Up Train.
 Many people imagine that freight from one after another of hundred wagons is simply dumped on a platform and from there showed into car, and that incoming and outgoing freight is handled on the same platform In country town, or even in city ambitious to metropolitan honors, one platform does suffice, and on that all freight is received and from that all freight is shipped. But in large city the railroad of any prominence making half living must have two depots, one an ''in" and the other an "out" house. Through the latter all of the receipts go except in heavy and bulk goods. in large lots. when track receiving and unloading is the most convenient and cheapest. In receiving freight all such cars are cut out or of of the train and switched to what ever points may be desired. The bills of lading always come ahead of the train, long enough generally to get through the office and out to the yard men before the train arrives. or at least on it's arrival. This is done so that no time may be lost.
 Receiving the bills, the yard force know exactly what each car contains and where it must be placed Some of these cars are to go to certain parts of the yards, others to private ware houses, and some are to be left where they are. These are all cut out, taken away, and the balance of the train switched into the freight house, where the broken Qess than car load) and ol, I hoI L.. 4~ await the call of the owners, the latter being notified by postal of the arrival In receiving freight in this way there is Q great deal of handling and rehandling that cannot be helped; but so far as possi- ble 1t is avoided by storing as loosely as possible. so that one consignment may be moved without touching another. If the housemen only knew whether John Smith would be more prompt than Samuel Brown in answering his notice and taking away bis goods, much rehandling could be obviated and the goods could be stored closely without loss of space by putting in Browns property first.
 But this is knowledge that cannot be had. There may be dozen Samuel Browns and two dozen John Smiths, and every one of the Browns may come for his goods at the same time, while the Smiths may never come. and may leave their goods to be finally sold as unclaimed. This. however is only the case with small merchants and plain every day citizens, who do not receive pound of freight as often as they celebrate Christmas. The merchant who receives with any regular ity authorizes his drayman, or. In St. Louis. the Transfer company to receive his freight whenever it comes, and the drayman or transfer agent is always on hand to receive it, and It does not have to be stored away. Stin there are enough men of the Smith variety, and entering a large receiving ware house after few trains have been unloaded the floor has the appearance of succession of mounds, made cut cf boxes. furniture, baby carri- ages. implements. etc.
 The most interesting of the platforms, however. is that where goods are received for shipment This is where there Is sys. tenn There is no dumping together of 1 anything that simply comes to hand first. On one side are strings of empty freight cars. pulled up so evenly that the doors from the. one next to the platform open into the one on the next track, and the cars on the outer track can be loaded by pushing the truck through the ones next to tho platform and over connecting bridges The shipping platform can in this way be widened to as many tracks as there are on which to stand the cars. On the opposite side. the receiving side. where the wagons pull up and unload. are nailed signs to pillars representing divisions. The first is marked "Jonesville," while the board on the second pillar may be marked Brownsville. and half dozen other villes, while the one next to it may have double that number, or only one. This Is an indication that on this line Jonesville is heavy shipping point, and that Brownsville. and the other villes with It, are of Small importance and have to be numerous to count.
 At tho merchants ware house the goods are loaded into the wagon by towns, and She driver knows just what towns he has If he has lot for Jonesville he backs into that pillar and unloads. He may have { few pieces for Brownsville or some of its sister villes, in which case he can unload at JonesvRle and roll them over to thC Brownsville division. If he has Q lot fol Smithville. further on, however, he mus swing around with his wagon again ant back in there. Here tile freight accumu lates, in these divisions, until time fol loading, by which time quite respectabl amount Is gathered. Jonesville is situated 100 miles away. Brownsville eighty, Jack sonvile fifty and Yellowville forty mile out There's not enough of Jonesville to fl a car, and just enough of the others to sup ply the deficiency. Jonesville is thel loaded in first, Brownsville next, and S on until Yellowville is reached Tn leaders go through the house loading il this way, filling each car, taking interme diate stations to the extent required t make up the required weight. that fror the station nearest the shipping poin first.
 Then the train Is made up in the sam way, generally so that cars can be droppe
 off from the end If desired without losin
 time to cut it out, switch around and COT
 meet again with the rear portion an caboose. Arrived at Yellowville th freight for that town is piled on the plat form. the door is resealed, and the trai
 pulls ont for the next station Ther
 again the car is relieved of portion (
 its load. but small portion only, and s
 on until Jonesville is reached. The lone.
 vile freight was almost enough to occup
 a car, and the latter is still nearly full
 loaded. This being the case it is droppe
 of at the depot siding. and the train pull
 out to the next station. This is tl
 manner of handling local freight.-Glob
 Democrat.