The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-28

tra1 station ave each driver ms r''''
and have hiln call CA enrh customer
on his route He can explain The pur-
nose of the system and leave AT chrh
bousc n copy of II letter outlining ihe
entire plan, also route cara HIVE
him mark on the route card the mum
BIER of the route the customer is on. so
that IN ordering goods the customer
can give the number OF the route ana
address.
"our central station is located III
c.u,rnI purl of town We have large
buildinp. about ~ by ~ feet. ana the
WAGONS drive in on" door ana OUT an
other. They come III order hrsl NO. l.
and No ,. and so on. ON one Slde Oh
the wall there Is II large dlStrlbutlhs
counter There is II space Tor ea'h
route on this counter. ana earh man
orrnnpps the deliveries for his route
under the direction of Superlhlehd-
cut.
I'VE make five deliveries day. thre"
i'm the morning aud two III IN" aIlcr
noon. We deliver about two IulltS III
each direction. ANA TIA" routes ar" ;"
arranged that the driver delivers up
one street and down another 50 thht
ne works both ways going "ut ana
coming in.
"'Ihcir first trip IN the morning - 10
the different stores. where they select
the goods for the first delivery. lh"S"
orders are taken to the central station
and distributed. and all wagons leave
there at the sam" time. ON thrlf way
back to the station they again caIl AT
the stores aud gather the orders Tor
the next trip.
This system is also helpful in keep
ing track OF 'd"Hdbrat' customers. lf
YOU have customer who owes YOU
bill and then stops trading with you
and Won cannot find out where he is
trading. by going to the central sta
ton YOU can ascertain what store the
goods are coming from. Ana again.
you may have customers who refuse
to pay for goods claiming they never
received them IT III" goods were de
livcrcd the superintendent can in a
very few minutes produce the coupon
which was attached to the order show
ing the dat" delivered. who delivered
ii and the number OF packages.
NV. also have IA lot Of outside de
liveries for people not in the company.
The revenue from this is what We call
velvet.
"Our system nets u, ii saving of from
20 to go per cent rs compared with the
old method OF delivering. ANA we would
not now do without it tor anything
While this experiment was tried in n
city OF 1860 there is NO reason why
1t should uol work. equally We'll in "A
city or village OF almost any size, pro
vided. of course. il is large enough to
require deliveries at all II might be
well To add that tn" merchant giving
the above interview was himself the
mover in the matter Of starting the co
operative delivery system in his town.
Calm" the other merchants together,
he laid the matter before them. and
committee WAS appointed To investi-
gate. Ihc report was favorable. and
The enterprise WAS started with TWEEN
~ four members Firms having de-
livery wagons and horses of their own
puf these in on an agreed basis. Other
WAGONS were bought. each firm con
trihutinc It's share The effort was n
success from the start.
Cooperation Is absolutely essential
in building up town or in winning
trade II is the most effective method
of lighting catalogue houses. 1t is the
cooperation OF merchants in com
mernial club or some kindred organlZa
ton that is the secret Of the growth
and advancement Of SO many Amcri
can cities This system of cooperative
deliveries is but another feature or
the same work.
A EDGERTON.
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