The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-15
RULE AS TO FREIGHT
LOCAL RAILROAD AGENTS PASS A
 RESOLUTION.
Important Changes of Train Schedules Will Become EfEecsiye With Lines Entering Montgomery
 On January 7.

At a meeting of,sthe local freight agents association held yesterday morning, 1t was resolved that ship ments of freight. less than caeload lots, will not be received unless the destl- nation is written in. full together with the name or initials of the consignee.
 The resolution was propmted by the fact that there has been great deal of annoyance. delay and expense, both to the shippers and the railroad owing to incomplete addresses on way bills For instance a piece of freight sent to Letohatchie would be marked simply to "Leta"N This would be sufficient address if the shipment got in a car routed over the Mobile and Montgom- cry livision of the Louisville and Nash vile. but if by mistake the piece of freight got in car going to Savannah none of the agents along the line of the Seaboard or other roads leading 10 Savannah would know what "Lete' meant.
 A CODY of the resolution was sent fo Manager H. g. Kealhofer of the Montgomery Freight Bureau who will notify the local shippers.
 The Local Freight Agents Associa- tion is composed of Agents F. s. Jen- kins of the Louisville and Nashville: R. H. Jones of the Mobile and 0nios John Savage Of the Atlantic Coast Line; Francisco of the Seahoard Air Line and Rosenberg of the Western Railway. Under the rules of the Association, only local agents are eligible to mem- berehip, though if former local agent Is promoted, he retains his membership ". c. Hunter of the Western Railway was formerly local agent of that road acre, but has been promoted to the of- Zee of Commercial Agent, and is there fore still member and secretary of the Association. The work of Manager Kealhofer of the Montgomery Freight Bureau is so much Tn line with the work of the local freight agents that while not eligible to active member ship, he has been made an honorary member of the Association.
 NThe resolutions passed yesterday was embodied in the following:
 Notice to Shippers
 Al a recent meeting of tho, Boca al Freight Agents Association. it was de- cided that the interests of the shipping public, and of the carriers. would be better served by a more rigid enforce ment of General Rule 1, Section 'H.' of the Southern Freight Classification. For your convenience, this rule Is uusted as follows:
 Each package. bundle or piece of less than carload freight. must be plain lyImarked with the information neces- s;ry to carry it to bill of lading desti- nation and insure proper delivery, even II. separated from the way-bilI.
 The marks on the packages, bun taes or pieces. should be compared with he shipping order and bill of lading, tnd correction. if necessary, made by Inc shipper or his representative. Old marks must be removed or effaced.
 whenever there are :wo stations of the same name in the same state. 1t shalt be the duty of the shipper to des- Iignate on each package the name of the railroad station at which the con- ksignee will accept delivery: or if de- stined to a place reached by water line only. the shipper must mark on each package the name or the railroad