Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-06
Better Railway N
Efficiency Aim


dent Wilson has said:
"The railways are the arteries of
the nations life, and upon their en-
ployes rests the immense responsible
ity of moving the products of the ma
tion promptly and properly"
The railways can do no other than
regard these words as an order from
the commander-in-chi to provide
service, and at this time the railroads
art being called upon to handle un-
precedented quantities of all kinds of
materials and supplies, and have
pledged to the government and the
people their united efforts to produce
maximum transportation service.
Service.
The well-managed railway has for
its slogan Service" meaning by that
to offer the shipping public the best
1t has in that line for patronage
sought. In order to do this with
minimum disturbance to commercial
Interests we earnestly appeal to all
shippers and receivers of freight to
assist in the conservation of freight
cars, the most important factors
of which are the following:
Shippers.
Place your orders direct and in
writing with the local representative
at the point of loading. and order only
such cars, number and kind as can
be loaded each day. refraining from
duplicating your orders with all the
roads. Eeach road will try to serve
you and each will place cars for the
movement of commodity which can
go but by one road. You see what
the result is: unnecessary switching
and delay to equipment.
Load your car promptly, bill it
promptly, anticipate when 1t will be
loaded, and notify the agent in ad-
vance so that the will have more time
to arrange for its movement.
Load to full capacity plus 10 per
cent when the commodity is ton
mage proposition, and to the full Gu
bical capacity when the tonnage can
not be obtained. Two half-loads re-
quire two cars; II consolidated they
would take but one car. Try 1t.
Receivers.
When ordering commodities from
your wholesaler or business house,
order by carloads. You will get your
freight quicker and you will save
loading part carloads Of freight, In
placing orders with firm, specify in
detail the track upon which the car
is to be placed for unloading. This
will avoid two or three days delay
by the railroad and get your COM
modify to you in twenty-four, forty
eight and seventy-two hours earlier.
Unload quickly, advising the local
agent in advance when the car will
be empty; your neighbor may want
it the same day, or you may want 1t
the same day on another spot.
Producers and dealers alike must
have service to help maintain these
vital human rights.
How can you help the railways to
make good?
By reporting to railway officers for
remedy those things which demand |
and can be remedied
BY ordering cars through one
source or agency, and the number re-
quired for actual loading during the
following twenty-four hours; not the
number to accommodate lapsed or
ders.
The net car shortage on all roads |
in the United States on May 1 was
145,449 cars, which is the largest in
the history of the country, with every |
prospect for increased demands. With |
two and a half million cars in service
this shortage can be wiped out by in
creased loading per car Loss of car
space and capacity is the most serious
factor today causing the car shortage.
Recent check of 65,219 cars shows
So per cent of capacity utilized.
The average capacity of all cars in
service in the United States and Can
ada is 1917 tons.
The average load per car, all cars,
revenue freight, was 1915 tons.
An increase of two tons of freight |
per car would result in adding over
zoe, 900 cars to the number now
available for public use without
building another car.
Are you going to help the rail-
ways? You can. Will you?
Speed Up.
The solving of these questions has
ceased to be for an economic gain.
To help in these things is to short
en- the war. You can not refuse to
speed up. It may mean the saving of
millions of lives, and, perhaps. your
sons and ours.
COMMISSION ON CAR SERVICE,
Con Eronoicoo Comniffno