Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-30
WHITTIER CITY
DELIVERY IDEAL
SECRETARY COMPTON,
OF THE CHAMBER OF
COr1MERCE TELLSOF
SECRETERIES MEET
INC.
All Large Merchants conn.,
bine Their Distribution
In One Firm Which Del
iVers the Goods

Many of the important cities Of Cal
ifornia were represented at the de-
cidedly successful meeting OF the AS
sociation Of Commercial Secretaries
held at Whittier last Saturday and
many matters of vital interest to the
people of the West were taken up.
From the moment the "bunch" ar
rived there was something doing every
minute. Whittier certainly "knows
how and the warmth of her fine hos
pitality will long be remembered by
those of US who are fortunate enough
to be her guests. We were made to
feel at home from the start. But
one does not have to be made to feel
at home in Whittier There is some
thing about the very atmosphere of
the place that does that 1t could not
well be otherwise and reflect the in
fluence Of the charming situation and
wholesome environment of this beau
tiful little city of the orange groves.
The people call it "The City of
Homes" and, indeed, one could wish
for no finer spot to build ones domi-
cile and settle down
The Whittier Chamber of Com
merce, the meeting place of the sec
retaries, occupies three spacious rooms
in one of the modern office buildings
on the principal street of the city.
One of the rooms is used for library
and reading room; one for The office
of the secretary and his assistants,
and the largest of the three for an
exhibit room. For a city of only
5000 inhabitants the size and ar
rangement of Whittier's Chamber of
Commerce is something of which
every resident is proud and is indica-
tive of the united support and pro-
gressiveness of the community. Mr.
Haig, the secretary, is just the kind
of a man you would expect to meet
after visiting the Chamber-a live,
clean-cut, courteous young man whom
everybody likes, and who sees to it
that nothing worth while gets by
Whittier. WE were in Mr.. Haig's
hands for the day and, while we were
sometimes hurried in order to main
tain the schedule laid out for US, the
thing was accomplished so smoothly
that we at no time experienced the
feeling of being rushed"
From our meeting place, we were
escorted to the large parlor of the
Elks' Club, where cheerful CRATE fire
greeted us and here the first import
ant business session of the day was
held.
The merchants of Whittier have a
delivery system which is a wonder,
and which our own merchants would
do we'll to copy. The entire matter
of delivery for thirteen groceries and
markets has been turned over to one
man, who has successfully operated
the system for three years. This man
owns his own equipment, which con-
sists of six horse-drawn wagons, one
motor truck and trouble car -Four
deliveries day are made--at s and
10 M, and at and 4 p. m., respec-
lively Not only does he deliver the
goods, but he handles all c o ID or
ders as we'll and assumes the entire
responsibility for every package from
the time it comes into his hands un-
til it reaches the purchaser, and the
remarkable part of the whole thing
is that he is able to furnish this
service to the merchant at figure
which costs the merchant less for
four deliveries than it did for one
under the old system, where each mer-
chant did his own delivering, and no
delivery is on the road over an hour
and a half This man furnishes all
pans and equipment and handles all
orders for oil at l cent gallon,
thereby relieving the merchant of the
nuiscance of having oil in or near his