Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26

working under number of very seri- ous handicaps and to my mind the most serious thing that effects the operation IS the labor question, not only in respect to the shortage of la bor but the necessity of humoring la bor and getting along in a peaceful and diplomatic manner with them. We are also handicapped for motive pow CT. Fifty locomotives of the largest type were ordered and we expected delivery along the first of August but owing to the locomotive works being taken ovur by the government our or der was held up. A. locomotive is like any machine and about one year is about the time locomotive is able to run without going to the workshop for general overhauling. The fifty one in use have run their year and should be in the shops but we must continue using them even if they are not as efficient as they should be-" Superintendent Began generalized upon the difficulties encountered bc all trans portation systems at the pres ent time, namely the extreme cold weather Motive power is extremely I susceptible to its influence and the New Haven road is having it's share
 of delays owing to this cause. Superintendent Began made a very pleasing impression upon the large number of business men who turned out to welcome him to Norwich. Some of the cardinal points made | by Alexander Sharp, the Norwich | member of the economy board of the state council of defense concerning l tfie standardization of deliveries, was that under such a system the energy Of the merchant would be centered
 wholly on store, management, sales n1anship and store service and that
 greater economy and labor saving
 would accrue through the centraliza-
 tion store door deliveries
 5. t President Miner Explains. 1 President Miner of the New, London Chamber of Commerce and chairman of the commercial economy board, ex-
 plained. the workings of the board and what it is attempting to do in the cur tailment of deliveries and economical
 saving of man-power by encouraging patrons of stores to carry their own | parcels.
 The transportation bureau of the state council of defense sent R. B. | Ladd to explain what is being accom- piished in assisting transportation by
 the various chambers of commerce and war bureaus. by establishing offices
 where large shippers and automobile
 truckers may cooperate in return
 loads. This is being worked out, he
 said, in Bridgeport New Haven, Mer- iden, Waterbury and Hartford, and Norwich, he was glad to learn is just iinaugurating the service here. It was learned that there are sixty five trucks
 now being operated ir Norwich and
 twenty-six trucks in nearby towns
 After MT. Ladd's remarks the busi- ,r,I A..
 President Vaughn being called away
 hurriedly Past President J. T. Crut-
 tenden acted as president during this
 part of the programme. The question
 for which the meeting was called,
 namely that of standardization of deliv-
 cries was next taken up. General dis cussion followed resulting in the fol-
 lowing resolution being adopted and
 committee appointed: Resolved that
 we recommend to the five associations
 of eastern Connecticut through their
 hoard Of directors, that the question Of centraliz3tion of deliveries be
 p,aced in the hands of a local com
 mittee of five: and that the chairrnen
 or said committees be a member of
 the Eastern Connecticut Chamber of Commerce and a member Of the com
 rnittee of five appointed at the Jan
 uary meeting. The committee fol-
 Jews: Will L.. Stearns. Norwich, chair
 man, A. T. Miner. New London. Geo
 L. Padgett. Putnam F. E. Bitgood
 Danielson ". C. Norris, Wiliimantic
 Resolution Limits Deliceries.
 The following resolution was pre-
 sented by A. T. Miner and was adopt ed by the chamber
 !. CD To limit deliveries of merehan-
 disc. to not to exceed two each day !. over the same route. and as soon as
 practicable, to reduce the deliveries to one a day.
 ]; @ The organization of co-opera tive deliveries.
 (S) Reduce equipment so that each delivery shall leave store with capac- ? ity loads II (4 To eliminate all special dcliv- 5 cries except in the case of the most urgent need.
 5 (o) We urge our customers to con- centrate their purchases so as not tc ? require the delivery of an order o1 less nan one dollar ($1.00l in value Go. \ material saving will be eff 1ected bv reducing the extension o1 t credit To this end we respectful, :: suggest that payment of bills be made weekly in full. A longer extension ot credit adds too greatly to the cost o ? doing busness and consequently to ths ! cost Of goods to the consumer. , CD That we further urge o1lr GUS toners who come to our stores fol : their purchases to bring baskets II 9 which to take their small purchs se, . u1wrapped, in order to save paper l tWine and paper bags. the cost q ) which the consumer must uItimatel, : pay.
 (s) It costs more to send 2 cIerl ni .c the home to take an order for rood l than,to receive an order over the tcIe T phone or by a call at the store ;Erii ? D telephone or call. This will releas, e men for other service
 ' Only by adopting these. or. possibl, I more radical methods, will our mer t chants be able to give you the servic k which you need and still keep doWl e the constantly increasing prices O F household necessities.
 { vote of thanks was extended tn g Norwich Chamber of Commerce fo 0 tbe arrangement of details in regard t. 0 the meeting and the repast that wa =. served. It was voted to hold the Feb
 ruaTy meeting in Norwich, at whic1
 time the report from the centralizatio
 of deliveries committee and transpor = tation committee will be heard S The meeting adjourned at o'clocl h Through the courtesy of Stillman' t an Edison Diamond Disk phonograp il furnished music during the dime n hour.
 RAILROAD LABOR LEADERS