Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-25
GENERALIZATION OF DELIvERIEs

To Come Up Before Eastern connecti-
 cut chambsr of Commerce at Meet.
 ing Today.
 One of the matters which will come before the meeting of the Eastern Connecticut Chamber of Commerce which is to be held in this city today will be the discussion of the centraliza- tion of deliveries.
 In reply to a letter from Edward P. Jones, president of the State Chamber of Commerce. Secretary Branche has written the following letter:
 January 24, 1918. MT. Edward P. Jones, President,
 Connecticut Chamber of
 Commerce,
 Winsted Conn.
 My Dear Mir. Jones: Your letter with request for copies of our call to the Eastern Connecticut Chamber of Com merce meeting to be- held in Norwich the 18th, came duly at hand and we are mailing you, under separate cov- CT sufficient number of copies of this call to cover the membership in the State Chamber of Commerce Supplementing what has been said in the call concerning store door de- liveries, from my personal observation and study of the subject coupled with the information received from various secretaries of Chambers of Commerce from cities as far west as Ann Arbor Michigan and as far south as Wash ington. D. C., where such service is now in practical operation, I have drawn the following conclusions con- corning the subject of store door de- liveries and standardization of the same as it applies to less than carload lots: There is nothing that has appealed to me more as an economic measure than that of a cooperative delivery system such as is now in practical op- eration in several cities in the United States. Particularly at this time is this question uppermost because ot the saving of man-power and the ex- pediting of the delivery of freight when all transportation lines are SC i congested There are many reasons | why cooperation in deliveries is con- sidered practical. First, it overcomes l the delays incident to hte system now l in operation: it has a tendency te l clear freight houses; it relieves from | the mind of the business man the care | of deliveries and up-keep of such ser | vice; 1t allows him to concentrate his | entire time and energy upon the one 1 subject upon which he is specializing namely, the selling of merchandise | it places in the hands of exDerts al delivery problems and under she care ful supervision of a. practical martg CT it will readily be seen just how such a service will prove of value tt l the ordinary retailer I believe tha nine -tenths of all the merchants O
 Norwich, when such system is prop l erly presented to them would i1nmedi l ate1y endorse the same, doing ava! with the antiquated system now il force and rendering such support a their command by the purchasing of { sufficient amount of stock to proper 1 ly represent them in the new company ] should such an organization be form | ed. I believe the time is ripe. be lieve the merchants would gladly vel i come the opportunity of dfsposing o their teams and with such funds a! might be gained from such a sourc' reinvest in the stock of a corporation properly managed to handle tHe who'll matter.
 Trusting that have somewhat mad myself understood and given yo1 ! broadly an outline of what the ser
 vice means in the way of assisting railroad and steamboat transportation I remain
 Very truly yours.
 SECRETARY.