Republican farmer., 1919-11-28

agent. Such data, of course. is avail able at all times to the pubic.
 Without going into further detail you may safely assure the members of your Association that the officials of the New Haven Railroad and all their subordinate officers are keenly alive to the importance of rendering prompt and efficient service and that by so doing they may continue to ex- pect the assistance and cooperation of the shipping public.
 With regard to the passing record of shipments at transfers which wal the subject of the conference, l can only say that with the present volume of less carload freight moving such internal records as we might keen would be of comparat lively little value in tracing shipments, because of the fact that we are constantly obliged to shift cars from one transfer to another in order to avoid congesuons and to hurry the handling of freight To what extent this situation will be relieved with the opening of the new transfer at Cedar Hill is to say the least at this time problematica1 due to the fact that all of our calculations heretofore made regarding the volume of L. c. l.. freight to be hand led have been submerged by the large increase and the unusual fluctuations in this traffic. Suffice it to say that the railroad is now spending money in an amount largely in excess of the cost of transfer record in:-
 FIRST.-Making sure that ship ments of less carload freight re- ceived are properly marked and ac- counted for;
 SECOND.-Insuring that the ship ments are loaded in the proper cars and safely slowed, and that the way bills covering the shipments are for warded with the car to the end thaI all shipments on arrival at destination can be properly identified and promptly disposed of.
 Value of Tracing.
 ''Tra cing of individual shipments is and always has been to a very large extent nothing short of an economic waste, as in all of my ex- perience there are few instances wher this transaction alone resulted in real benefit
 Proper attention to handling loading and slowing of freight an6 due regard for the handling of Jar ranged L. c. L. GETS and schedules k
 
 to the shipping public as a whole than mere evidence that a certain shipment was transferred from one car to another at particular poin on a certain date, losing as we would inevitbly lose under the present over burdened situation, further record O that shipment except by a very cum bersome further check of the ca, movements and handling itself. i 'I want to assure you that the sub i ject of proper handling of L. c. L freight is receiving our very best eff i forts and attention and that there vii l be no relaxation in these efforts, ant 1 that in addition we are now pushin! i the completion of as much of tn i Cedar Hill L. c. L. transfer as exist l ing funds will permit. We are il i hopes of continuing on our construc 1 tion program next year if funds ar available for the work.
 'I appreciate deeply the very help 1 full activities of your Association an beg to renew assurance of our sheer desire to cooperate with the manu l facturers in any and every way tha
 may contribute to our mutual bene | fit
 1 Personally, I want to assure yo
 that am keeping in close touc | with conditions at all points and al | though there has been, as stated, 1 decided improvement, I am much i 1 hopes that we can bring our servic
 up to a point where 1t will be sat
 isfactory to all concerned.
 l tC. L. BARDO, i General Manager. The views and suggestions of mem
 bers on these matters are, of cours, l Invited.
 THE MANUFACTURERS ASSC | CATION OF CONNECTICUT.