Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-04-17
TRANSPORTATION NIGHT.
COMMERCIAL CLUB MEETING GIVEN
OVER TO RAILROAD MEN.
Representatives of Several Lines Make
short Speeches ON Timely Subjects
shippers Mildly Touched upby
Some of the Agents.

Transportation night at the Commercial
club brought together representative bust
ness men Of the city at the club rooms
last night Not only members Of the club
We're present, but railway men. live stock,
grain men, jobbeTs and merchants Vice
President r. W. Kirchmaier presided at
the meeting, The members and guests be-
gan the proceedings I'm a friendly discus
sion Of smoke producing devices, while
collection OF internal improvements was
distributed by the transportation depart
ment. Every consignment reached con
signee promptly and without loss or break
age.
The programme discussed embraced al
most every branch of the business OF car
rying merchandise from manufacturer TO
mlddlemaE and thence to the consumer.
In the goods handled there was no mid
dlemau, the goods gong from mdAutdc-
turer 10 consumer direct
Colonel j. T. Richards first chairman OF
tonic 6y G.srugsing thr orEani2ut!on Of the
bureau or December l5, 1859, ana the work
il has subsequently done. he said that
when the bureau was orsan.zed there MAS
but little enthusiasm, SO the bureau de-
ciaed to inject uttle hie mo ~ by BET
ting railroad man ~ il; The bureau IN
yeigled. Ar. Nanlandin to satfi!lse
commission and concluded by introducing
Mr.. Vanlandiugham, who called on II. q.
orr, the first speaker
Mir. Orr was On the programme TO speak
Of The passenger. Service IN It's Relation
To the Commercial World and In Kansas
CITY" lie said that here are nearly 100
men IN this city VINO are directly Interested
in this traffic. lie then spoke of the ia
cihty Win when any tFaEeier Gan start
from almost any point IN the country ana
get to any other by way of Kansas city.
one nights ride will bring man TO Kan
sas city from Bunalo, Iittsburg, Calves
ton. Utah points west OF Denver and many
other. Kansas city holds the key to the
passenger business of much of the doun-
frst M. " i
trains arrive and depart from the city
spSaEine on the sleeping car service he
said thar 100 palace cars are IN daily serv-
Ice These travel over g. ii3 miles a day,
or over 400 miles more tha1 around M
entire globe. computing the distance only
one way. The tickets handled 10 would be
hard TO estimate, but they run into the
millions The baggage = an index OF the
amount Of business. ogden, Y. r., handled
79s s7sg: Kansas City, S53,5ls, or 81, ,2lO more
case OF this city from more than one
depot. while In 81, Louis there is but one
road mail ana over 3 l36. 100 Of United
states mail Kansas city d fast becom-
ing the railroad Mecca Of America,
smoke Of terminal facilities ana The Inter
change Of business between shippers. It
was the old rule among roads 10 f92rce
H. roads This has brought about a feel
harmony on terminal facilities he said
no city In the West can compete with
Kansas City In handling carload lots to
and from private houses. Nearly all Job
b9rs here are located on private ssiings.
This gives the city a decided advantage
over cities which must rely on wagon
transfers He contrasted the situation IN
Kansas city with that Of ten years ago
showing the great advance made in that
time. Then the average speed Of freight
trains was fifteen miles now II Is twenty
four miles an hour. Alr. Roraback then
took up The question OF the proper hand
ne spoke Of the lack OF care on the part
az those shipping parlshable goods. or
those easily damaged. IN marking their
goods properly, If this were done and
care was observed in checking goods in
and out many controversy wonNl be
avoided.
w. II. Reed. OF the Wabash. spoke Of