The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-08
Mr.. Elliot of Illinois-Iowa Cal
g Company Talks OF Shortage.
Gives Many Suggestions for
Handling Perpiexing Problem.
RECOMMENDS A PLAN
By Which He Believes Existing
Conditions Can BE Remedied.
Other Railroad News of In
terest.

There has been considera BILE discus
sion among shippers and railroad men
on the address delivered by Mr.. ASH
ley J. Elliott, manager of the Illinois
and Iowa Car Service association,
Peoria, ILL.,, at the recent annual con-
vention Of the Northwestern Lumber
mems association, held at Minneapolis.
Mr.. Elliott was the principal speaker
and what he said was regarded by
members of the convention as forceful
and logical and seems to have met
with general approval.
Mr.. Elliott in the course of his adj
dress made a number of suggestions
as to the best way to cope with the
pcrplexing problem of car shortage
throughout the country, which he ex-
planned is causing considerable incon-
venience to the railroads and shippers
alike.
The Northwestern Lumbermen's as
ISOLATION is made UP of shippers who
are constantly and quite extensively
Tsirg the railroads as means OF trans
pCrtation. Mr.. Elliott confined his r. :
marks to Offering suggestions to ali
shippers, which, if carried out, wculG
greatly facilitate the handling of Jne
vast and enormously increased traffic of
the railroads. While it was admitted
that, in some instances, railroads have
not adequate rolling stock to handle
their business, it is believed that by
promptly unloading a car and returning
it to the railroad for use in transport
ing other shipments, material stop
will be made toward improving the car
shortage situation
Mr.. Elliott said that another serious
obstacle frequently encountered by the
railroads is the lack of sufficient stor-
age facilities by large manufacturers
throughout the country. Frequently
large industrial corpora tions increase
their plants to from three to five times
their original size. but IN few instances
are the storage and warehouse faclll-
ties increased prCportionately- In some
instances, said Mr.. Elliott. shippers
will use freight cars for storage prior
and then too, cars are often detained
by merchants while arranging to CTS
nose of the shipments to jobbers and
pending the reconsignnnent to their Gus
toners All these little delays on me
part of shippers are frequently the
cause of congestion at the shipping
point while eli Foute, and very serl-
ouslv blocks sidings. necessitating the
railroads doing considera BILE unneces-
sary switching of cars. II closer az
tention were paid TO this partlchi'ir
hSse of transport ticn.- the railroads
MctIld be enabled to use. a great deal
of its motive powell, required 10 90
this shifting for hauling its trains
Mr. Elliott, who is regarded as an
expert in his particular branch OF ran
road operation. said that in his opln-
ion a saft remedy for the existing diff
culties would be to do business on
the hotel European. plan-orueT via.
YOU want and pay for what you get.
He also said that it was but 1alr that
when a shipper prevents the contlnu-
o,Is carriage of a car from a shipping
point to its destination. he should De
compelled to pay a charge FOR SO 40
ing In this way manufacturers anu
merchants doing a large business, a..-