The Delta independent., 1917-08-24
IMPORTANT TO ALL SHIPPERS
ALSO THE RAILROAD COMPANY
Denver, August 6. 1917.

Cooperation is the key TO the rail
road transportation problem in Colo
RADIO this year.
The State Public Utilities Commits
sion will give the fullest cooperation
to both the shippers and the railroads.
1t expects them to cooperate with it
and with each other.
In it's efforts to assist in keeping
unchecked the flow of traffic over the
railroad lines in this state. the COM
mission is proceeding on the theory
that every shipper considers himself
soldier in the great home army of
producers, buyers and sellers, upon
whose Spatriotic and unselfish effort
depends, in large measure, the success
| of the nation in the war with Germany.
The railroads form another part of
this home army with equal oppor-
ftunity for display of patriotic and un-
selfish effort.
Cooperation is imperative If a seri-
GUS car shortage is to be avoided.
The shippers can help:
By loading every car to full marked
capacity. and 10 per cent over capaci-
ty when loading coal, ore, lumber and
similar commodities.
BY unloading and releasing cars
promptly.
BY planning their shipping ahead
ordering cars only when they know
they can load them Immediately upon
receipt.
By not taking As hours free time"
in loading and unloading cars.
By combining two shipments to the
same destination in the one car, where
possible.
By keeping before them the need of
full car loading in buying as well as
selling, in order that all carload
freight may represent the maximum
rather than the minimum weight
BY cooperating among themselves.
Where possible. potatoes, cabbage
and other perishable products should
De moved in ordinary freight cars be-
fore the arrival of freezing weather
Such products will need refrigerator
cars after the advent of cold weather
and it is of the utmost Importance to
Colorado that the supply of refrigera-
tor cars be conserved so that the lar
gest possible number may be avail
able for the transportation of products
that can he shipped only in this type
of car.
The railroad can help:
BY keeping at a minimum the per-
centage of bad order" cars.
BY exerting every effort to keep all
motive power in good condition.
BY reducing the time cars are held
at terminals.
BY loading cars to visible capacity
when handling company materials.
By transporting all possib'h com
pany materials before the real crop
movement begins.
By loading and unloading promptly
cars in company service.
BY storing company coal now.
BY cooperating among themselves.
Loading cars 10 per cent in excess
of marked capacity, il is estimated, is
equivalent to adding 100000 cars to
the available equipment OF the coun-
try. while heavier loading, combined
with a better movement of cars and
the making of quicker repairs would
be equivalent to adding $4,000 cars
to 1aI
the first month of concerted effort on
the part of the shippers and railroads.
an increase of &c tons per train. or "a
tons per lading of cars. was reported
This was equivalent to the addition
of 10000 cars-and it was reported
for roads representing only 81 per
cent of the mileage of the country.
One road alone during the first month
hauled 292 tons more per car than
during the corresponding month of
1916. effecting a saving equivalent to
5S.473 cars. During the following
month. the same road hauled 1,414
pounds moro of less-than-carload
freight per car than during the CORES
ponding month of 1916. equivalent to
a saving of 6,S19 cars.
shipper sand railroads should re
member that they have mutual inter
est Past grievances should be for
gotten in the knowledge that only thru
cooperat;on-thru patriotic and unset
fish effort-can they do their part in
presenting a united front to the foes