The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-03
WATERBURY HAS
ITS TROUBLES
WITH FREIGHT
Chamber of Commerce
Seeks Civic Cooperation
Towards Speedy Relief.

Waterbury. Mar. 3-At the sugges-
tionof Charles A. Colley, president
and manager of the Waterbury
Chamber of Commerce, Charles A.
Pease, of Hartford. president of the
Connecticut Chamber of Commerce,
is going to request the officials of
the 40 organizations that make up
the state body, to take some steps
toward assisting the New Haven Rail-
road in moving its freight so that the
embargo may soon be lifted
Mr.. Pease said today that he had
received Mr.. Colley's letter asking
that some action be taken and added
that in Hartford, the Chamber of
Commerce had been notifying con-
signees of the arrival of freight and
several weeks past. He said they
were still doing it and would continue
to notify the consignees.
The president of the state organ.
ization also said he believed similar
action was bling taken in many other
cities in the state but he was going
to take the authority upon himself
to notify each one of the subordinate
associations to arrange for some &C
ton which will assist the railroad in
clearing up its system. Mr.. Pease
does not think "a special meeting OF
the State Chamber ofCommerce is
necessary to act on the matter.
In his letter to Mr.. Pease, Mr.. Col
ley said the secretary of the Cham
Der of Commerce in Waterbury had
each morning for two or three weeks
received a list from the railroad
company of the merchants who had
freight at the local yards and the
secretary had notified each of them
by telephone and requested them to
unload their shipments as rapidly as
possible. In this respect, Mr.. Co1ley
erred. It was not for two or three
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terbury Chamber of Commerce noti-
fed the consignees of the arrival OF
freight but every day for several
in fact ever sincs the middle of Jan
uary, the railroad company has sent
a list daily to Miles F. McNiff, secre-
tary of HIGHLANDER of Commerce.
George A. briggs of the American
Pin Company, who has been urging
the manufacturers to unload quickly,
also received a1ist. Both Attorney
McNiff and Mr.. briggs have received
lists every morning, showing the
railroad situation as it concerned the
freight congestion and the success of
their work has been such that Sup.
NJ D. Miller of the New Haven
Road speaks in the highest terms of
the cooperation received through the
Iabors of these men.
The freight situation in Waterbury
has not changed materially The
-af1road has been handling several
hundred cars of freight daily and this
s. nearly the limit of the maximum
railroad facilities. The situation in
this city has been receiving the con-
slant attention of the railroad Off |
eia1s here and the assistance that has
been given by the merchants and /
business men has kept freight NOV
ng rapidly.
Tt is the future that is causing Wa
,erbury's merchants and manufac- 4
;urers and nearly every citizen in the
eity worry. Supt. Miller feels GER
ain that the railroad company will
1ot isolate Waterbury. The railroad
says that while the ,
decree will be strictly en-
forced he is sure the New Haven .
road will permit the movement of /
sufficient coal for the citys needs.