The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-01
NEW HAVEN EMBARGO
 MAY SOON BE LIFTED
Company UT g e S Further Cooperation of Consign- ees, and Suggests Meth ods Whereby Embargoes May Be Avoided in Flu ture.

ture.
 The New Haven Railroad has sent
 a circular letter to shippers, consign-
 ees and commercial organizations in 1 New England outlining the manner in
 which they can assist and expedite 1 the termination of the embargo on shipments into New England The | letter also thanks shippers and con- | signeeS for their cooperation with the 1 railway, and, urges that it be contin- | ued in order that it may not be ne- | cessary to resort to am embargo again | in the future.
 | In it's letter the company reviews | the conditions of the past few months,
 and shows that if the consignees could 1 take freight away more rapidly, the 1 capacity of the railway would expand
 Sufficiently to meet the requirements | of New England business. In order
 to prevent further embargoes the company offers nine practical sugges- ] tions whereby cooperation may be at 1 tained and service restored to normal i conditions. In these suggestions the l company states that it's operating, 1 transportation and engineering forces
 are at the service of the shippers and | consignees to work out and perfect | Improvements in the facilies for un- | loading freight, so far as it's finances will permit. The company requests 1 the policy of Average Regularity in l making shipments, and also suggest | that shippers order now their supplies
 of coal for next winter in order that congestion may be avoided in the fall 1 After reviewing the conditions that
 led to the congestion which resulted | in the present embargo, the letter
 states that the capacity of the New Haven is no greater than the rate at 1 which cars are unIoaded, and shows the conditions under which more freight was delivered and unloaded in 1915 than has been the case during the past few months It is the con- gestion at the terminals where cars are held up owing to the inability of that causes the whole system to be- come blocked. It is with the view of curing the situation at the source that the company offers the following sug-
 gestions so that cooperation may be
 brought about, ernbargoes lifted and the service restored to normal condi- tions:
 l.. Ship at an average rate, only as
 rapidly as unloading is assured. 2. If there is any failure on the
 part of the railroad representatives to advise you promptly of the receipt and placement of your freight, or to cooperate with you, bring this to the attention of the officers of the com- pany.
 8. Help to avoid accumulations in 1 the freight houses.
 A. Load and unload every car promptly-the day it is placed. if pos sible.
 5. Endeavor to get all cars on any certain track loaded or unloaded each day, so that the track may be cleared
 and re-spoted as whole. This is of great importance where tracks are used for other switching movements,
 and main tracks required for import
 ant and fast trains.
 l I next winter during the season of flaw orable weather, commencing inmedi- | ately, ordering shipments forward l moderately and at regular rate. It 1 was the over-buying of coal in large
 quantities last fall that started the
 serious congestion during the past i winter.
 T. Improve your existing facilities,
 where possible, for unloading, hand ling and storing freight, requesting | the cooperation of the operating. | transportation and Engineering off,
 cers of the company who will do all 1 they can to help you work out and make effective any such improve
 ments.
 8. Use your influence with all l other shippers and consignees in your
 neighborhood in order that the delin- quer cy of one mas- not penalize the many.
 I g.. If shipments are not received when expected do not order in excess l of immediate requirements, and there by commence the creation of a situa- T ton that cannot be handled, but take T the matter up with the representa- I tives of the company and attention
 will be given by the transportation | department. The transportation de- partment will be able to help if freight is promptly taken away at destina-
 ton, but an undue accumulation in
 creases the difficulties and causes de- lay in getting the records necessary
 to trace your shipments and then giv- ing you the assistance required.
 Interstate Commerce Commissions B. F. Clark recently stated that the
 capacity of fthe road decreased
 50 per cent. by reason of slow unload. ing. The New Haven is beginning tc
 handle the heavy summer passenger Il travel, and needs the assistance of al transportation service of New Eng
 land is to be restored to normal condi.
 tions, and the necessity of en1bargoes done away with.
 The suggestions have been made be . cause when the embargo was last lift l ed some shippers and consignees or. Edered freight forward in such quan
 titles that it was necessary within
 short time to place the New Have1 , territory again under a, tight embargo It is to avoid a, repetition of this situa | ton that the New Haven desires tC work with shippers and consignees : 1 The interests of the patrons of tht road and the road itself, the letter 5 states, are 1nseparabIe, and there ii cerned should work for the protection } of their common interests. ? xTTT THTD EODTHAcT