Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-04
RAILROADS HERE
TO POOL FREIGHT
New Regulation for Outgo.
ing Traffic in Effect Sep.
tember 9
TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY

To increase the efficiency of the three
railroads serving Philadelphia, new reg
ulations governing the acceptance and
forwarding of all freight shipped from
the city in less-than-carload lots will
be put in effect on September 9. The
sion of the Sailing day plan" Instituted
on the individual railroads of the city
some months ago
Under the new rules. all of the advan-
| tages of the original Sailing day plan"
will be retained, and will be extended
by practical pooling of the outgoing
traffic, which will be divided between the
three railroads in accordance with the
| territory each of the lines most efficient
ly serves.
The Philadelphia and Reading Rail-
way will haul all less-than-carload traf-
| fic to the territory lying, in a general
way, north and northwest of the city.
The Reading Railways region will en-
brace the Schuylkill Valley, the Wilkes.
Barre and Scranton districts New York
State west Of the Hudson River, north
ern New England, northern Ohio States
bordering on the Canadian line and
Canada.
Southern Territory for B. and o.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad will
have for its territory the South and
Southwest. including the Baltimore and
Washington districts. and the States
south of the Potomac and Ohio Rivers.
The Pennsylvania Railroad will pro-
vide less-than-carload service for what
may be broadly described as the middle
section of the country. West of Phila-
| IaInhia io wi nd ha Elorv viSh,
| Pittsburgh and Erie districts. embracing
central and western Pennsylvania. Be-
yond the western border of the State
| 1t will give less-than-carload service to
central and southern Ohio, and to In
| diana and Illinois points, including Chi
cago; thence westward to the Pacific
coast, covering the central belt lying
between the regions served via the
Philadelphia and Reading Railway along
| the north and the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad on the south.
Through its lines and connections to
the north and northeast of Philadelphia
the Pennsylvania Railroad will also
| serve New York city, Brooklyn, New
Jersey Except certcin points assigned
to the Philadelphia and Reading Rail-
way) New York State east of the Hud-
son River and southern New England
From the Pennsylvania Railroad stations
| III tne northern part OF tle Clty, seiNiCe
will also be provided for points south
of the Potomac and Ohio Rivers and
also southwestern points in the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad territory. This
provision is made to meet the convent
ence of shippers in the northern part OF
the city where the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad has no stations.
Fourteen Zones Here
In working out the plan the freight
stations in the city of Philadelphia will
be divided into fourteen zones. TIC
equalize the service among the different
sections of the city, the sailing days
for various specified destinations viii
be rotated between the various zones.
A consolidated shipping day guide fol
all three railroads is being prepared
and will be issued to the public In a
few days. It will set forth from what
stations of the city cars will leave fol-
various destinations; also the days ant
hours at which the cars will sail" Th'
traffic will move along we'll defined lines
resulting in. concentration Of the ship
ments. thus securing maximum. loads tt
all destinations. BY this arrangement
the carriers will be enabled to establish
through service to approximately 1906
| destinations.