The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-18
DAY
FOR FREIGHT
RAILROAD ADMINISTRAT1ON WILL
HANDLE ALL FREIGHT HERE
IN CARLOAD LOTS.
NOW Ruling is Effective Next Monday
Shipping Day Schedule Will Be
Announced Later.

The United States Railroad Admins
tration has been for some time confront
ed with the problem Of the unnecessary
delays in the handling of shipments at
transfer points throughout the country
the number of cmbargocs made ncccs-
Sary by these delays and the slow move
mcnt of freight generally Realizing
the wonderful results accomplished by
the so-called shipping day" plan for
handling less than carload freight which
has been operative on various lines Tor
several months the Railroad Admins
tration, through the Railroad Director!
appointed and instructed committee OF
local railroad men TO work out n plan
to co-ordinatc and consolidate the ship
ping day" schedule Of the various lines
entering Wheeling.
All details having been worked out
ard completed. the plan will be put into
operation. effective Monday. October l..
1915. All stations in Wheeling will be
unified and all less than carload freight
both in and out bound will be handled
! at the present Baltimore K Ohio and the
, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati. Chicago & ST.
Louis Railroad freight stations. In
hound freight for city deliveries routed
via Wheeling 4 Lake Erie Railroad Will
h" delivered to the F.. c.. G. & st. L..
railroad freight station. Inbound city
freight arriving via other lines Will be
delivered as heretofore.
Under the plan less than carload ship
mcntS will be- accepted only on certain
days for certain points. The plan is an
extension Of the shipping day system
and viii provide through cars to all
Important points on lines entering
method of loading small shipments pro-
miScuouSly into cars bound for the var
iOus EatcwayS. there to be sorted and
rcshipprd to destination. This Will re-
! lirvc to large extent congestion at
these transfer points.
The present plan provides Tor all
freight destined to stations north and
west of a line drawn from Buffalo to
! Pittsburgh. theme" ria the. Ohio river
10 Cniro. ILL.,. and passing through Ohio
! md Mississippi river Gatewnys. Will be
received at and forwarded from the
Pittsburgh. Cincinnati. Chicago St.
Louis Railroad station except the fol-
lowing:
Newark division. Iscllairc. Ohio. TO New
ark Ohio, both inclusive.
Baltimore G Ohio Railroad stations.
Cleveland division, &C.. L. & W) Bridge
port Ohio. to Lorain. Ohio. both inclu-
Sivr.
Ohio River and Western Railroad sta
tons. Rcllairc. inclusive to GAINESVILLE.
exclusive.
All other less carload freight will he
received N and forwarded from the
baltimore G Ohio railroad freight sta
ton. except the following:
Pittsburgh. Cincinnati. Chicago & 81:
LOUIS railroad stations, Wnrwood. W.
Va. to Chester. w. Va. both inclusive.
and Wheeling Junction. W. Va. to Car
ncgic Pa. both exclusive.
Baltimore & Ohio railroad :. stations.
Ohio River division. Moundsvillc. viva
10 Huntington. W. Va. both inclusive.
pittsburgh Pa.
For the convenience OF the shipping
public n "shippnE day" schedule is be-
ing compiled and printed and when COM
rletc will be furnished To Ill shippers.
This schedule will list tho various stn.
tions throughout tn" country and VIII
show the day freight will be received.
Tor any particular point and at which
Of the local freight stations the ship
mcnt should be- delivered for forwarding.
1t IS estimated that about four weeks
will elHpSc l'cfnre this schedule VIII DC
ready for dist rihutior, but in the mean
time when additional information with
reference TO the handling OF less than
carload freight is desired. II is Suggest
ed that shippers call the Rate Depart
mcnt al the p.'C., e. & 81. l.. railroad
freight station.
Shippers using trap or ferry cur SER
vice will comply strictly with the ship
ping day schedule Cars must not be
loaded to either the Baltimore Ohio
railroad or the pittsburgh; Cincinnati.
Chicago & st. Louis railroad freight sta
tons and split cars with freight for
more than one station will not be per-
mittcd. Tran or ferry cars must con-
tain only freight which Is scheduled
from the station next day after the car
is ready to move from the shippers
tracks.
In order To facilitate the handling Of
less than carload freight. il is urged
that shippers mark ali paCka G"s pain
~. showing the street address of the
Cursignc" wherever possible. and in the
upprr left hand corner uf the pnckaEe
<hnw win III" shipment is from. Care
should h,: taken IN nhiitcrate all old
marks from packages. In making up