New Britain herald., 1916-01-17
Representatives of Industries Talk Vii Members of New Haven Staff Without
 Gaining Confidence
KEEP CARS MOVING SLOGAN,
 AND REWS WILL ACT HERl

ate prospect of relief from the prH ent freight congestion on the NH York, New Haven and Hartford R road was held out by the roads opH ating officials in a conference toq with a number of representatives here. The officials maH a plea for cooperative effort in gE ting cars unloaded and freight moY away from the terminals. Tla said that the road must do it's shS as well and it is trying to overcoH condition which the consignee cank no small measure relieve if each leg d hand.
 Sidings, available main line trad private and public sidings, they clared, are damned with cars, s# freight houses are overfiowing vH goods in bulk. The embargo m last week against less than car lotS bringing back that class of freightl about normal, and the embargo giH a ray of relief if it can be made tdz porarily more sweeping. The nH mal time of two and seven-tenths ds for unloading a carload has risenH eight days.
 Worst Conditions.
 General Manager Bardo declaH that the roads history fails to slH conditions of freight congestion as as at present The western roB have not discriminated against N England as a section, he declared fz ther, but the embargo of those roB was simply a step they had to ts because the New Haven could handle the volume of business deH cred to 1t at it's gateways. Vice President A. R. Whaley sH 1 that the road had enough moa power. He did not want any ms engines blocking the tracks. It E not a matter of moving trains buta finding room for cars.
 Committee Named.
 The result of this conference E
 the naming of committee by Mou F. Tyler who presided, to devise scs
 plan by which New Haven manuiH 1 turers may cooperate with the X in handling cars in the local yaa The railroad officials then went tA conference with members of the mI ufacturers associations represent the several sections of the state, a discussion of the same subject. save time the discussion was vi l lunch was being served. At the first conference MT. TI addressing Vice President E. c. BuI l land, A. R. Whaley and Benja1 Campbell and General Manager E| do, asked what the road was dol to relieve conditions, and what col eration on the part of manufactud was needed. No Immediate Relief. MT. Buckland said he could promise immediate relief. The hel run of freight is not bringing wed to the road. In June last the freiI traffic was worth $6,327,000; in l vember $6. .407, ,000; the December ures are not available but he did think they would show gains wi ranted by volume of business.
 Nov. 1 there were 4,4S5 cars ao moved and in January 10,53S.
 June there were 9,530 cars wait to be unloaded and on Jan. 6. 13.1 On June 15 there were S6,954 . on the roads tracks and on Jan, 96,347.
 The trouble is, he said. that wher in June cars were largely moving present they are tanning sidings available tracks. The company borrowed 24 engines from other rol to move trains. Pp to Dec. 1 the I'd had 200 engines in reserve ready use. These are all at work.
 Pay Roll Increased.
 The roads payroll is increai $100,000 a month because it has bd necessary to hire 2,500 extra men handling freight.
 In reply to questions Mr. Buckla said the embargo was general I against New England and the I'd does not discriminate against I part of the state.
 A member of local contract firm having said that he was unlod ing ears in from six to 24 hours, Auckland replied that while indiv ual consignes frequently unload quid ly, so many do not that the work shifting empties was hampered. WI the road asked was a general h' monious movement of all consignes get freight out of cars. The roi he said, is using it's rolling stock the utmost. MT. Whaley said the cc dition developed suddenly. Otl roads had it and then they began shift the burden and quickly freig was pouring in at every gateW faster than it could be handled. q rush began in December and th came two storms to hamper. elements have been a factor. ~ weeks of good weather will mean lot to the road. It hos to be remeI bered said MT. Whaley, that the rd went from cbb tide Co the greaq
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