Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-08-17
FREIGHT FOR WATERBURY
Agent kentieId Writes ts Waterbury
 Business hIen's Association.

the transportation committee of the Waterbury Business Mems associa- ton is in receipt of the following com munication from L. H. Kentfeld, as- sistant general freight agent of the New York, New Haven X Hartford Railroad Co, relative to freight mat ters with special reference to Water bury:
 We have been aware for some time past" Mir Kentfield states, that the freight from New York to Waterbury has not been handled with the same degree of efficiency via the Bridgeport boat line as prevailed dur ing the time that the freight moved via the all-rail route.
 Everybody concerned in the hand- ling of this freight has been given very positive instructions as to the way and manner the freight should be loaded. both at the pier in New York and at Bridgeport, and it was only last Saturday that the real essence of the trouble was discovered. Now arrangements have been made to have our agent at Pier 30, East River, New York, load the waterbury freight on the boat in precisely the same man. ner as if he were loading freight into the cars at that pier. Then to insure the freight reaching Waterbury Ill like manner as to loading, the agent at Bridgeport has been given very positive instructions to load freight from the boat to cars so that 1t should reach destination-in shape to have the cars switched and delivered just the same as if the freight were moving all-rail. The agent at Bridgeport, not knowing the importance of loading freight in straight carloads, has sim ply loaded all of the Waterbury freight promiscuously in the Water bury cars. This of course, necessi- tated the delivery of the freight through the freight house at Water bury, bringing about a very unsatis- factory state of affairs at Waterbury. Then, another cause of the trouble was due to the fact that instead of forwarding all of the Waterbury freight on the first train, some of 1t was held back until a later train and the freight moving on the later train did not reach Waterbury until noon, or some time in the afternoon. This is another feature that we have fixed, and arrangements have been made to forward all the Waterbury freight in the first train, together with the se- gregation of the freight in the cars so that it can be switched for carload delivery upon arrival at Waterbury.
 Our reasons for transferring the freight from all-rail lines to the Bridgeport boat line are these: At the present time the New York divi- sion from Stamford to Woodlawn is being electrified, and this. in addition to the vast amount of Improvements, such as the installation of draw bridges of greater carrying capacity. and other work of a large scale. and also in order to expedite these im- provements and not entail any un- necessary delay to the work. render ed it necessary for us to relieve that division of all freight trains possible. and so long as we maintained efficient service via the Bridgeport boat line as previously prevailed via the all- rail line we felt that our patrons would cooperate with us in order to bring about the changes which we de sired. We fully appreciate that If we cannot give you just as good service via the Bridgeport boat line as we did via the all-rail line 1t win be impos- sible for us to attempt to handle the business via the Bridgeport boat line.
 The situation is thoroughly under stood by our operating department, and they are making every effort pos sible to get the service on this traffic moving via Bridgeport shaped up so that there will be no possible chance for complaint, and I feel, in view of the precautions taken to surround this traffic, that you will have no fur ther cause to complain. However, I will appreciate it highly if you will kindly inform me if the traffic does not reach Waterbury in a satisfac- tory manner.