The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-07
THE PER DIEM SYSTEM
FIRST ITEM IN MOST SERIOUS PROB
LEM IN ROLLING STOCK.
The Southern Pacific's Car Accounting
Department Has Matters Reduced
to Modern Science

So much bna bnan .atJ 81, t,. sL,,t
a., "peh s1lu Oh l'le dpout
tue per diem system of handling freight
cars and interest In the subject Is SO geu
eral I'm rnilroad circIeg ~. ro,.osout,.
H. - NJ "NieS 'n"' ''i' '''',"
i've vi me Fost visited the Southern "a
cihc car accountants onicc vostordov tn
obtain information ne ~ ,ract,c,i
'ii"tioh as 10 lts praeucal
WORKINGS
That department Is beehive of indus
s,S' pres'ued over by w 5. iJoskina. The
~. ,ln,a,s,,., ,.u"einoer former WIS" 20
chioe o,ori, 80 ~" qua. 't''e''n tne
vo,nntly n,t .s AT JUS "'sA s"@'us
pnnnrs mud "'' %
ia, Il, tra,,. " nV~e route c'ru'
=" ii""t Vi MN. ana ne was SOtty
singing:
m
II az the cars | have away
inoulu cohie h-foiing nome today.
NJ, ny siuiusS then would hardly bold
~ ,Huns cHls that there would De
II al my cars came home today
por,,,..,,.
toi,,InI ~ mnen car was rented or sent
good. nv " n nUreiH , lines the owners budt X
entered tho data ,e ,I re otcounlani ally
ink ana ragistercd - - Nv " tutt Ia iti
self tnut IL ,,a,,Ii ~ 80 WI, In
been impossibic I'm ~ 1871 1 H. at ms
correct frnuda npd .L,tp ~ ~, ~ 'Va"o w
ice The old svstcm of IA ,, ,uV a., 't j
report was eutirrIv irndo1tit ~. ,L
lem is so vitality tnnort9,nt MAJ IL mas
attracted worldwide attention sine. 1S.n
and the brightest minds in, tho rnilroni
world have been applied to the task OF
rcuChlng a solution Like the nouuIor law.
yer who lends his book and mus dnnIetas
MS library. the roads could not cscnue the
business necessity of renting and inter
changing cars; aud when they came home
Whlch was the exception, not the rule,
theS were usually IN the condition of Dor
rowed books in sad need of renair
,.- -
Ne" SYSTEM FAIR REMEDY.
The per diem basis is believed To he rho
remodv for this ov,I I,n. 0,,oI .,I,,.,'',,
- 49, 49,. ~ "'' "''. 9'''''0i
20 YET Lar away because 'he eouultlouS OF
ownership OF cars and their use are not
relatively the same.
All OF the Important roads have entered
into the per diem agreement ana are np,
parently satisfied with results Tor the tiret
equipment, are corresp6mdlngly dlspleased
The arrangements prevents tnem using cars
uuiouslhs TO otuer roaus Ior homlpa4
A Southern Pacidc ofac,sl vssterdov 70.
marked that the British railways claim
greater success than the American roads
said Vas becanse rho c3pGit,ons '' yvere
favorable, shippers were not so relniss and
indiffereut to the interests of the railways,
! ana the country was 1nhnitesimal when
compared Win the united STAGES. lie sald
! that the work OF such eminent railway men
/
| time trying to solve traffic cues ions, was
| now bearing fruit He pointed ont, what
| is generally conceded that the freight busl-
| ness of railroads ovcrshad0ws All others,
| Its complexity SURPRISES the comprehen-
| sion OF man, aud 1t has been found ditn-
| cult to simplify matters upon practical
| lines. The methods of handling freight
| and cars are StlU bewilderlugly complex
under the most favorable circumstances.
| The freight business is attracting the UNI
divided attention OF all practical railroad
men, for It is the greatest factor of the
| times.
| II has changed the conditions OF supply
and demand AMI revoutionlzed the habits
! and aspirations OF mankind. The most i'm
portaut feature of the problem IS the et-
fectlve use Of cars, Involving The lmita-
lions OF a company's equipment. delays ia
loading, unloading, returning home aud de
murrnge.
|
- REALLY ONLY A FIRST STEP.
The recent adontion Of the per diem svs.
49,. -. -, - - .S
teH mHhlhB nAeu cualEe OF ~ cents
| day for cars when they are In motion as
well as when they are idle. is the hrst step
IN the great reform The agreement mas
oeeh suppiemeh'eu with provision giving
owners .he rignt 10 recall cars al'er
twenty DAYS absence; Inc torelgn ROAD
rental Of So cents n dav for ench cnr de- de-.
tanned. Aud this viii be supplemented
with better dissemination of the car
90 NV v"iaiets NJ uI eApvv.eu =" ~,
tas,, nv, pct Jr ,o IIe tni,s % MAJ,
areoto,. dti,a"nc ~ poi, asa,.ai, ~,
Sntii,, ,as ~ w, ,,iS1, 49, 80 :"
nand,ths cars loaded ana u9loaded, ana sn,
~ N,n.V.', ~ M. ~ Wy SuH Hn lHVinc
ae'" o, Is su,u , in'nuVv
w seouie we nlnAtinuh VIZ " e"ls, AZ
Srt ait oynE St rnror,, i" fme''s
vhuIt, ous 70 hahe rei"rui III, colnplete lhe
lneltla anu ,nuiutrehce Oh Su'ppers must pe
oNtIcolne, Ouaet tne cluat sN sem OF tne
past hunuitu OF toreien " were con
stahtiS haIit on tne fdilr"'!ls Oh the CON
thent, uhIVeolApaWed pE Any papers or
marks other man the inltlas OF thelt
owners ana tne hunters N'th the mutt
pnclty OF Initials ana routes II mas peeA
mposSloie Tor an agent or Nardmaster 10
properly route the cars ana Nard employes