The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-01
Manufacturers Association Members Receive Report Appfising Them of Rail roads Steps to Better Conditions.
investigators For Shippers Report That Fault / of Congestion is Partly Due To Their Own Delay in Unloading Cars.

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 With Eastern railroads talk ing drastic action to prevent congestion of tracks in Phila- delphia, New York and other tidewater terminals, the freight situation in New England be- gins to look clearer today than it has in the last two months.
 The sudden influx of an enor- nous volume of business in New England has. had its ser lOus effect upon Bridgeport with the result that individual factory heads and. the. Manu- factureFs' association have ap- pealed to/ the New Haven road for relief. fThat this relief is being given now is assured by F. A Bennett, secretary of the association in a public lettept to manufacturers today.
 appeal Is now made to con- sienees hi this city to make every ef- fort to unload cars wtthonts dernur- rage thai other persons in this city may hayS their incoming and outgo- ing shipments expedited
 Ofhfhcia1s of the railroad, in dis cussing the friegI1t situation through out the East point to the present em- bargo on Western railroads of all ex- port material excepting munitions of war; say that the radical move made Monday by Eastern roads will greatly aid in the tense situation here.
 'sIt is not exactly a car shortage that effects lls.ss said one railroad ton oe cars in and near New York that cannot quickly be unloaded in- to warehouses or into outgoing ves- sels. The Delaware, I.ackawanna 6 Western road alone has 5000 cars e7 it's tracks between Scranton, Pa, and Weehaw91en, N. J. Tais does not mean that cars arc tied up half as] much as it does that the tracks be- tween Chicago and the East are con- gested. To store 5000 seventy foot freight cars on sidings is an under taking that in itself is gigantic.
 Freight destined for New England is, therefore, held up days and days on its way to our terminals. What we want to do is to keep every car nov ing. If we don't do that then we are tied up.
 L 'aThe New Haven road has been particularly fortunate so far and un- less the blockade at New York iszre- moved soon, we will also be effected for even if shippers desired to load their foreign freights at the Port of Boston, or even at Bridgeport, the cars could not get through over the tracks of the Western lines There fore Bridgeport is particularly in- terested In the movement of the thou sands of cars in the Jersey City and Philadelphia yards.
 The traffic committee of the Bridge port Manufacturers association todey issues these appeals to Bridgeport shippers:
 Help other to help you. The 1n- dustries of Bridgeport are threatened with a serious freight congestion and a shortage in the available car sup ply. By releasing yours cars imme- t1iateIy, regardless of the free time limit, you can materially assist in pre- Venting such a condition. This action will help others and help you"
 Early in October, our traffic com 111fttee held q conference with the off1- cials of the New Haven road for the purpose of urging upon them the ne- cessity of every effort being exerted to relieve the congested freight situa- ton in this city At that time, we were assured that everything possible 1 would be done to improve the service. We are now pleased to advise our members that the New Haven officials have been doing everything in their power to carry out this promise.
 ''In the East End yard team track facilities have been installed for the l unloading of upwards of 100 cars; these cars are easily accessible from Union avenue, and the driveways are ] paved with stone blocks. Work is now being rushed to increase thc Union street freight yard to more than dou- | ble It's present capacity The width | of the Water street freight house is being increased SO that about B per 1 cent additional house space will be provided. Plans sre also dnder way | to replace the old crane with an up fo-date travelling crane which will |
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