The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-02
SIZE Of Terminal
DEPENDS ON TARIFF
Engineer Plans Gravity Trao-
ton System for Cheaply
Handling ALI Freight.

The report OF Walter f. Schulz, engi.
neer for the terminal commission, will
be made public probably the latter part
Of the week. following a conference in
New Orleans between John B. Edgar
and S. B. Anderson, of the terminal
commission. and NJ Sanders and L. T.
Kavanaugh, Of the Mississippi Warrior
waterways.
The report of Mr.. Schulz has been
drawn, and Mr.. Edgar will meet Mr.
Anderson in New Orleans for con-
ference at which the tariffs to be put
into effect viii be determined and the
report OF the consulting engineer will
be analysed.
Discussing the matter, Mr., Edgar said
that the problem was purely traffic
problem and not a mechanical one
THE plan submitted by Mr. Schulz will
permit of expansion to take care of in
creased business, and believe that the
plan as outlined in his report will
amply take care OF the situation here
and will prove good investment for
the city. q
II have taken the stand that we
should know what tariffs are to be put
into effect in order that we may de-
termine the extent Of the improvements.
will attract a very large volume of
business we want to construct facilities
for handling ii adequately. On the 9TH
er hand, If the rate be put into effect
is such that it will attract only small
volume, our improvements will not be
SO extensive"
Waterways officials plan to make
Memphis a distributing point for the
southeast and southwest and for this
| rqeason a very large volume will be
| handled through the Memphis terml-
nails This applies, of course, to in
| coming freight, The plan OF the ter
minal commission is to handle cotton
and cottonseed products out of Mem
| phis with minimum of labor and con-
sequently at a very small charge. The
plan of the engineer Is for loading the
cotton and cottonseed products by
gravity directly from the cars to the
barges.
What is known as the industrial
| tractor system will be recommended foi
the Memphis terminals Trailers viii
be swung onto the barges and loaded
there. These trailers will then be
drawn up an incline into the warehouse
and switched to any part of the ware
house. In the case of goods to be
shipped out of Memphis, these trailers
would be taken into the waiting cars
and unloaded,Y thus having the goods
handled only two times.
Freight for city delivery would be
loaded onto trailers in the barge and
pulled by tractor to the loading plat
| form for city delivery and loaded d.
| rectly into trucks, or. in the even
trucks were not available, 1t is planned
| TO have a sufficient number of these
| trailers on hand to permit the goodt
to remain on the trailers until such time
/ as the trucks were ready to receive the
| freight.
! BY having large number of trailer'
to be attached to the tractors and de
livered to various parts of the ware
house the number of times for handling
the freight is reduced to two
Additions to the warehouses and thu
laying of additional railroad tracks arr
contemplated in the report OF the en-
gineer.
It is the plan of the terminal commits
sion to nut a reasonable handling charge
on all freight, but at the same time |
will be high enough to pay the interes
on the bonded indebtedness and another
portion 60 into sinking fund for thu
| ultimate retirement of the bond issue
when the bond Issue is retired this
charges could be reduced materially.
The report Is comprehensive one
and has very favorably impressed Mr.
Edgar Full details Of the report vii
be made public after the conference
New orleans is held the latter part o
the week