Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-02
TRAFFIC BUREAU IS
OPEN FOR BUSINESS
ORGANIZATION OF Jo55ERs TO
BOOST LOS ANGELES
VIII Adjust Freight Claims with Kali
roads and Act as Traffic Manager
for Local Wholesale
interests

rAo lbs Angeles traffic bureau, recently
,.anized bv the local jobbers, opened OF
6ces in the Equitable building yeseeruas
z p Gregson, former assistant -,
freight agent Of the sraft,c sans@ manager. %
THE main object in establishing tnis n
bureau is for adjusting freight claims NJ W.
the various railroads and settllns sfies
ancss with them. Organization was sI'
sacted about two months ago and since theu
the iobbers have been perfecting thel,
nIars Gregson was singled out as the oes'
railroad man obtainable to NIL the posi'i'N
"S ..This organization," said Gregson yester-
dav 'is for the good of Los Angeles ~
general That will be our Wa ho,,so
Specifically 1t is sort OF clea1lns nUtss s-
between the shippers anu 'io
tion companies. -, a.o,,a- to
"In general the bureau Will enoeavor "
enlarge the jobbing territory OF Los AngeIes
and Increase the business a's cone ,,nas Neariy
ali cities of the country have sucn organ
izations-El Paso, Salt Lake city, Ssh
Francisco and stockton among our helsu
hors-and Los Angeles must keep up WIN
I'VE will keep careful watcn on al rans- s1
nortation rates and endeavor to have moui.
fied any that are discriminatory agains. Lo'
Angeles 1t will also come within the prov,
thce IN the bureau to review technica
claims of shippers which the railroads arr arr
inclined TO refuse to adjust. ana we WI
have an opportunity to be hearo IN nf IN
matter before they are finally settieo--anc
there are many ways in which settiemeht'
Of such claims may be brought about. ,u
"In the detail work of the bureau we WI
keep on file full set OF an .,ns .ssn srd oths,
data In order to be able to supply memper'
with any desired information regaroine
transportation rates on short notice.
VIII Keep Members Posted
.arha Interstate commerce law makes II
incumbent on shippers to know the raees 1.,
and this bureau Will keep all mempers
tobher has lost money by erroneous quota
lions This bureau will check over tne
quotations given members with the tar!hs
on file here, and we will endeavor 20 ca.cn c
any errors in quotations or cIassihcatiohs
made by transportation clerks
"In other words this bureau VIII under-
take to act as traffic manager TOT every
member Of It, which VIII take IN an aIas .n1 I'M
"The growing west gives Los Angeles
unlimited possibilities in a commercial way
II Is so situated that 1t should become one
of the great commercial centers OF the
country. In this Immediate territory we
shouId have all the business south oi
Fresno and San Luis Obispo' and most OF
Nevada, all OF Arizona and part OF ne"
Mexico. to say nothln8 Oh ""as iii~' ~ ~
veloped by sea.
eve do not wish to do injury to other
centers but we want what rightly belongs
to us. Neither will we wrong the tran5, ans,
portation companies and go after them Win
a club but will use lubricant instead
The new officers OF the bureau are IN
rooms 5Os-10-12 Equitable building. Albert
Appel and Rex Sawyer, both experienced
rate men, have been appointed assistants
to Gregson.
bership about 1870 of the leading business
men of Los Angeles-representativ OF
practically all of the Jobbing manufactur-
ing and shipping interests Its president Is
M IT Newmark and the other officers are
as follows: ]. O. Koephi first vice president
G. c. reynolds, second vice president; F. w
Braun, third vice president; c. D. Willard
secretary, and L. c. Scheller. treasurer. In
addition to these the executive committee
includes II. r. Boynton, A. Douglass D.
Wiebers, w. II. Joyce, w. q. Hampton and
A. II. Greppin.