Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-02
new JOBB|NG HOUSES
Committee Appointed to Secure
Such Establishments.
BY J0BBERS AND SHIPPERS
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to Enter
Georgetown.
REPORT ON FREIGHT SERVICE
Formation of a "Washington Mer-
chants Club"-Meeting of Board
of Retail Dealers
REPORT ON FREIGHT SERVICE

one OF the important accomplishments or
the board of directors Of the Jobbers and
Shippers Association at its meeting late
yesterday afternoon was the appointment
of committee to take up the general mat
ter of securing for the District wholesale
jobbing houses in several lines that are
not now represented here. The principal
of these, it is said is a wholesale boot and
shoe establishment, and the committee was
| especially instructed to visit. Lynchburg,
Va, and consult with certain shoe manu-
facturers there with the view of inducing
the proprietors to locate shoe jobbing
house in Washington. The committee COM
prises Messrs. B. w. Guy, Monroe Luchs
and Woodwork Clum.
Another matter of much interest that was
developed at the meeting of the directors
was the report by Mr.. Chas. ]. Bell, presi-
dent of the Jobbers and Shippers Associa-
ton. and Mr.. r. p. Andrews that they had
received assurances from Mr.. Oscar G.
Murray, president of the B. and o. Rail-
road Company, that within period of six
months freight trains will be running into
West Washington over the tracks now laid
on Water street.
Will Connect Near Linden
1t was stated that the road will connect
with the Metropolitan Southern road near
Linden station. 1t will cut across the coun-
try through Bethesda and down the Poto-
| mac outside the District boundaries until
1t reaches the Conduit road, at which point
| it crosses the Canal road and the Chesa-
peake and Ohio canal.
The new road will enter Georgetown by
| the route between the canal and the north
bank of the river, connecting with the
short road that for some years has been
constructed on Water street in George
town. Under the present system of han
ding freight received over the Baltimore
and Ohio it is billed to lexington, the
freight terminal of the line; Here the
sylvania railroad to Rosslyn, Va, from
which point Georgetown merchants and
manufacturers haul it to their places of
business. The members of the association
believe that this assurance of better freight
| facilities will bring jobbers and merchants
| to Washington who have heretofore held
back that account
The statement was also made that the
! branch track has been completed for sew
eral years. but only used to Chevy Chase
! lake. That all the coal for the Chevy
Chase power house and the heavy building
material for that section of the country
now comes over the Baltimore and Ohio
| railroad to Chevy Chase lake. Under the
| new arrangement, it was said. the business
men VIII be able to run their freight al
most into their own warehouses.
Statement by Director.
| One Of the directors stated that an aver
| age Oh eighteen cars or freight are dis
/ charged daily at Rosslyn for merchants
and manufacturers on this side of the river
| 1t is carried here by the PENNSYLVANIA
| company over it's tracks to be hauled back
gain over the Aqueduct bridge. The Bal
| timOre and Ohio officials declared that this
| was most unsatisfactory freight service,
| to be obviated only by building the branch
! line. 1t was stated that the line must be
| constructed with all possible dispatch to
serve the interests of the company as we'll
as those receiving freight in Georgetown.
a report was made upon the freight serv-
| ice recently installed at the Potomac yards
at Fcur-Mine Run. The committee was
able to assure the board that most of the
| things for which the Joboers and Shippers
Association had been contending had been
met IN the new arrangements.
In brief, the system was said to be: A
general billing office fer freight in transit
either way between the north and the south
has been established at the yards. A gen.
eral superintendent, accountants and some
seventy billing clerks are employed there
The office is in the nature of a clearing
house for the bills of the roads termina ting
on the south bank of the Potomac, and of
those from the north with lines running
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