The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-04
WHEELING SHIPPERS ARE FEELING
. THE HEAVY HAND Of WORLD WAR
DELAYS I'M DELIVERY THAT
COULD NOT lie TOLEHAt ED
IN TIME or PEACE
DlfrlCuliy In Ito"oiVlnu Iroiuni moro
Mnrkod In loGal 'ihIpnenlo.
Hut ratrUnu arc Patient

l)lf1lLulY In Ilo'oIVlhu t'"'u"' ''
Marked la Local ';hIpneniu.
Hut ratrunu arc Patient
+ NrrnEnltlnE tho fact Tint hph"ih NM
,unililonr Will cSlrI mn l"nE mn III"
! llulIrd iIinIcn Is engaged In wnI. '"'h'
nhIplrrn. with little ~ II" ""nIp'"'"''
nrr putting up with Inconvenience
anil delays on The part 81 tn" i"I'-
rnndr that wn,IIh not b" Tolerated NJ
MI uufcr ordinary circumstances.
For ecvcrnl monIhn pnHt TIA" rnil'
rnndn have hcrn handicapped, M w
vol known. by tho lack of proper Ia
| CIII,lrg with Witch tn handle tho IN
creased busIncns accustomed by IN"
war, The car shortage and scarcity
: Of Inbor have been among the hi"H'
! troublesome problems. In nrder |"
J expedite tho transportation or troops
and shipments ncceRBnry to tho sue
cessrul conduct Of the war. many
Trains were Withdrawn from srfVlc"
bv tho various railroads. lh's'
trains wcro largely local IN character
hut their withdrawal hcriouaIy al
rrcied nhippnH generally
Woruo Conditions Coming
While drinyn are now the rule ana
| u,uiuu shlunrnI In tho r"'"rl I"i'.
Tho fcnilnr In general among nhlI'
| urrp and hunlnunn ninn That """"'
| iInun will buG''inn w"In" iiih''"" gu
hut,, nn Iunr an Tho wa lnni" Ih"' +"
In II IcoItun apparently. Judging h""'
.uiuiuun u,utonnnd Ia az iH'"'l't""
,nt rop"rio, by '"i" """"'"'''"
/ Whurllup nhIppoIn. that tie" '"''''"'"
o,n ,lulur Inrunr MIL" w"ii m"d"' 'h"
! ruru1inur"H
I'm my nplulnn." ono iNrg" nhIrr"
romryl,cd, tho rplir"ndn NJ" rlv"n
ho,Inr roryIco ihnn mlRbi b" "EI"rl
,ul, cutIuldrrIuE tho fnct 'hh' 'h'
| lInlird Htnl"n IN Engaged In wnf, 'oh
dllIonn nrc fnr bctt"r hor" ihnn IN
Iguropc Tho trouble In TINT Dcnpl"
do not rcnlize VIZ AFRO nj war. lh"f
think everything Hhould u" on m W.
unl. They nro not uECd to lnconVch'
| lrncos But mn long M thin country
/. in tho war We may expect abnor'
nal conditions, and must he prrpar.
cd for lnconvonIcnccH and HacrlhcrR'
| ! will DO RurprlSed III Copulttoih VI"
not become worse.
Should Cooperate With Roads
more cooperation and less kicking
on the part OF ahipperR would tend
/ to better conditions" was tho state
mcnt made by one prominent bust
ness man. The prompt unloading OF
cars and removal OF freight from the
al nrpRI nv the
| railroads.
"Or course, tho railroad men are
human, like the rrnt OF us. hnh hrr
| likely to mako misthhrn. hnlh nm
other shlDpor. "nOubtlrnn mnny OF
Iho delays could b" avoided hut. "r
cryIhing connidrrcd. the wonder III
Tint more mntnkcn ar" not mhur.
Moro cnmpIninin nrn made regard
Ing locnl nhlpmrntn ihnn Through
nhlpmontn Thln In duo to III" ihrl
Tint mnny local trninr hnv" boon dis
continued Now. In nnmo lnE'nnc"h.
only tho ono locnl train day IN run
! ovor II divirlon whore Formerly thnr0
wcro two or moro. Frequently
freight ls hold until n car lnnh IN
gathered together for cortaln point.
| II In eanicr, Il Ia said. to obtain
prompt delivery Of frelRhtR from
Now York or Philadelphia thnn from
| nearby points. Instances have been
| reported whore It has taken week
TO get freight to Wheeling from
Moundsville or Wellsburg. Delay
OF three or four weeks In shipments
from points not more than 200 miles
away Ia common occurrence, one
hardware dealer reported. eteeI
forge. ahippcd from Lancaster. PA.
Juno s, has not yet been delivered.
The consIgnee fled claim for itH
value with tho railroad last week
Tho same dealer reported TINT IL
took TWENTY-FIVE days TO got II
shipmcnt from Bethesda. OHIO. II
Ind been sent to the wrong point
however
Oppoaes Rate lncreauo
| Conditions will become worse IN
stcud or better M the wnr prngrrH
yes I'm the opinion OF the head "f II
Il lnrg whulHnl hardwar nrh
"You must member" he Hnid. 1Iinl
,hrrc nro war lInrrH. EV"ryil hing IN
abnormal Never before hnv" We
Ind To file ru many ClnlniA hEninnl
the rnllrnudr. Every lhS "" gel
letters from CuHi"Im"rr complaining
OF drlnvrd delivery or M 'lvllrh
rhipmrmlr believe the rnl'I"hhn
nrr doing the bent they rnn under III"
rI,ru,uLuurrr One really could
not expect ANYTHING "lr" when the
rnllrundn nrr called ur"n !" irhhh
mort irnupr and much inm"nnr Hnhn
| Iltlrr Of wnr rIppllrr
"I nm hlIlrrlv nrp"r"h h"w"v"r.
To tho prur"rrd lnrr"nr" In i'"lrh'
,ptrr ihlnh mn ln"r"hn" lr n"
urrrrrurr. mud ihr rnllr"ndn NJ" ri'''r
~ lnhinr ndvnnlnT" OF nhh"ril'h'
II,urr und cun,lltlOnr Ia "Hlrnrl hlhh1
munry from The shipping pubic.
lie mentioned ON" lnrtnnr" ~ W"
rruuIrInr n wrrI'r time Tor lI" "h'r.
mont nr n small pirr" NJ freight
from Nnunduvlilr Ia Wheeling.
PraInca Service Of Roadn
rcrrcuruinilvr Of the liner
ybnIcun(c trnycrv company took "c-
rasi0n to compliment III" rhlIrhA""
for their service under wnr cnn"'.
lions eve mr." receiving h"''''
acrvirc." hr said ''than mirht nav"
been expected when labor ir"uh''"'
chr shortage and terminal fnclli,i""
;rrc considered" IT." referred 10 inc
shInmcni Of car lOnd OF sugar from
philadelphia which arrived her" IN"
nryI ,lny. "Ir more shippers would
~. r,l
would rrm0v" shipments promptly
lnstcad OF making ~nrrh"'Ia" ONT "'
the stations conditions would u"