Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-09
FORMAL OPENING
OF HEADQUARTERS
Jobbers and Shippers Located
in Munsey Building.
BEGINNING OF ACTIVITY
Commercial Men of Washington After
Share of Trade.
FREIGHT COMMITTEES REPORT
Suggestion by Interested Member of
Association That equality" of
Goods Should Be Watchword.
Commercial Men of Washington After
Share of Trade,
FREIGHT COMMITTEES REPORT

Announcement was made last night by
| Mr.. Woodwork Clum, assistant secretary
OF the Jobbers and Shippers Association
that headquarters of the Greater WASH
| ington movement will be formally opened
In the Munsey building tomorrow morn
| ing This opening. it is said will mark
| the beginning of the fall and winter season
| or the business men who are working hard
TO create greater commercial activity here
and to defect to this city some of the trade
| that is now going to other municipalities.
Mr. Clum sent out to the members of the
association last night copies of a report
of the freight committee. The report fol-
lows:
| Your committee on freights has to re-
| port very encouraging results upon the
| freight problems to which it has so far
| given it's attention -.
Feeling that it is better to attempt to
remedy one evil at time, it has devoted
its entire attention to the matter of freight
delays, caused by the rebilling of freight
shipments, and the transfer of such ship
ments, originating at the PENNSYLVANIA
| freight station, Washington, and reshipped
| at alexandra over connecting lines to
| southern points
! MessrS Semmes, Droop and Herrell the
subcommittee appointed to investigate these
delays, are entitled. we believe to the
thanks OF this association for the creditable
work they have done. They report that Mr..
| w. w. Bowie general freight agent for the
| Pennsylvania railroad, has been most cour-
| teous, and that he has given them every as
| siStance in the formation of plans looking
TO the elimination of the delays complained
OF. He has promised to. recommend that
| all freight originating in his office for south
ern points be billed through to the points
of destination. and to use his influence to
| have this change effected.
Regarded as Important.
''This, your committee believes, will be
very important reform. Heretofore such
shipments have been forwarded on memo
randum from the freight yards here and
unloaded and rebilled at Alexandria, caus-
ing, we have no doubt, many, If not all, of
the delays.
"Mr. Green, freight traffic manager for tho
Southern railway, which does most of the
rebilling at Alexandria, has also promised
to give this proposed change his earnest
| support.
'"Tne matter now rests with the auditing
department of the Southern railway, and
the subcommittee is doing all in it's power
| to see that obstacles are placed in it's
way and that it will reach speedy consum-
nation. The subcommittee feels sure that
this will be within few weeks.
| Mr.. w. w. Bowie has also promised that
hereafter the Washington freight for south
ern points will leave here at 80 each day
and go straight through to destination
points, instead of waiting for the south
bound freight trains from the north, as it
! has heretofore. This will also effect the
| saving of many hours in freight deliveries.
THE subcommittee has further gathered
| Information to the effect that the Potomac
| yards, the new terminal for southern roads
connecting with the Pennsylvania lines
| out of Washington, will soon be ready for
| use and will afford improved yard facili-
| ties for Washington freight, thereby still
| further aiding quick shipments to southern
| points.
The subcommittee, having accomplished
| such good work on this one point, has been
| asked to investigate the delays from condi-
| tons similar to those at Alexandria on the
Baltimore and Ohio road at Brunswick, Md
1t is believed and hoped it will achieve
| equally satisfactory results.
Makes Suggestion.
| I'm connection with the vexatious ques-
| ton of delays, especially upon southern
| shipments, this committee suggests and
respectfully urges that the board of direc-
| tors of this association, through letters or
| some other means, request the cooperation
| of each member of the association in the
work of reforming freight service. To this
| end it would have your board Of directors
| ask each member in every case where COM
| plants reach him of unreasonable delays
| in his shipments to his customers to
! write the receiving agent concerning such
| delays and follow the matter theoretically
until some satisfactory answer is received.
| In addition to this it would have the board
| of directors request each member that he
| mail with bills for shipments made to his
| customers a return postal card similar to
| that accompanying this report which will
show the date the shipment Is made and
| the date 1t is received by the consignee.
| Such cards returned by the consignee should
| be sent to the secretary of this association,
who will in turn forward them to the
| your committee believes too much
emphasis cannot be placed upon these
means of cooperation by individual mem
| bers and feels that each shipper undoubt-
| edly will be benefited to an extent which
will more than equalize the slight extra
! trouble which they will entail upon him."
New members have been added to the
| rolls of the Jobbers and Shippers AsSo-
| citation as follows: The Doremus Machine
| Company, per L. s. Fish; the Luna Park
| Company, by George E. Gill, and Philips
born & Co.
! Quality the Watchword.
| Mr.. P. s. Warren of Warren & Dyer,
| 627 F street, has written to Secretary
Luchs in acknowledgment of his appoint
ment on the membership, committee, and
\ expresses his appreciation Of the honor
conferred. He ADDS:
| '.There is Just one idea I wish to express,
one which think has not been given en-
| phasis. In our efforts to induce trade to
! Washington we should make quality our
| watchword and not establish ourselves as
/ being a cheap town of cheap prices and
| cheaper goods.
IF we make quality our cry and aim,
and have it on our banners, we can blow
our horns nightly, blow them long and
| everywhere and fear no competitor, for
rvxyi1I UyocI
| in trade first in power and first in the
! hearts of the man with the dollar"
CONFEDERATE VETERANS.