Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-30

was open 20 I'll local merchants, whether
Affiliated with the section or not, and wAs
largely attended and much appreciated.
LroisLAr1vB CoNNTrrnr.
Your legislative committee kept IN
Close touch with the business of the LAST
General Assembly, lending its assistance
and tho influence of your organization 70
the enactment oi such legislation -, In the
opinion Of your board Of directors, wAs
Tor the bcst interests Of the city and State
and opposing such AZ WAS thought would
prove inimical thereto.
TRAFFIC COMMITTEE.
Your traffic committee has kept IN close
touch with matters affecting freight
transportation and the interests OF tho
shipping public.
After = number OF conferences with Of
ficials Of the railroads and in the issuing
Of . new. consolidated shipping-dsy guide,
We were successful in having rc-estAblish-
ed daily freight service between Viii
mington and all peninsula points, 30 much
desired by tho wholosalo merchants II
the city
The committee protested to tho ~
gional director against q continuance Of tho
carload freight embargo on Wilmington
and WAS successful in having the en-
placed on record AZ opposed TO general
system, and to any system Of freight
rates based on distances.
1t entered a protest to the Philadelphia
district freight traffic committee against
a proposed increase on storage charges on
export and domestic freight for trans-
shipment to vessels at ports between
Philadelphia and Baltimore inclusive; and
filed protest with our congressional dele
CATION against the proposed rider to the
Emergency Railroad Appropriation bill
taking away from the Interstate Com
mcrce Commission its present power to
authorize departures from the "long and
short haul clause" Your representatives
appeared before tho Senate committee on
interstate commerce in support Of this
protest.
COMMITTEES ON runtIc UTILITIES.
There have bccn several special CON-
mittces during the past year in connection
with various phases of the service by
public utilities companies.
Your representatives have been present
at the several hearings before the Board
of Public Utilities and have recommended
that they grant To the traction and tele-
phone companies permission TO SO sd-
JUST their rates as to enable them to
maintain and improve their service and
derive . fair return upon their invest
mcnts.
They also have recommended, backed
by large petition signed by leading mer-
chants and other business men, that the
Traction Company be allowed to give ex-
press service on suburban cars on Market
street, north Of Eleventh, for the accom-
modation of those living beyond the city
limits.
They have furnished TO committee
Of the Chamber of Commerce of the Unit
ed States, for the use and information of
the Federal authorities, data relative 10
The trolley lines operating in this vicinity.
COMMITTEE ON NAIL SERVICE AND POST
OFFICE EXTENSION.
Your committee has been quite active
n It's effort TO improve the mail service
N this city and has had several con-
erences with the postmaster to that end.
Recommendations whereby the public |
might, by Its cooperation, greatly assist |
n making II possible to accomplish this |
much desired purpose, were mailed to our |
members and given 70 the public through |
he newspapers.
Endorsement Was gwen, at the request /
pf the local postoffice employees and follow /
ng conference with the postmaster, to |
'ertain changes IN the laws whereby ern- |
,soycs might sooner get the maximum rate
II pay allowed; the old law provided that /
IN ennpioyc shall have served FIVE wears
'efore being eligible 70 receive the maxi- /
nuIn rate-It was recommended that the /
INIT be reduced to two years. At the re-
luest OF this committee, the railrnad au-
horltles reinstated two fast mail trains |
Is regular stops in this city thus greatly |
the receiving and sending of |
and enabling the Wilmington |
'ostofflce to make prornpter deliveries.
n. d o. BRIDGE" co MMrTTEE.
This comm ittee has had several con-
ercnces with the Levy Court ,du ring which
was urged that the old '.B. & @" bridge |
'ver the Brandywine, now the property of !
he county, be put In shape to handle
raffic and that this be done at as early a |
ate as possible.
In view of the fact that the Washington
treet bridge will be out Of commission |
Or q long time while the new structure at
hat point is being built. it Is very desirable |
hat speedy action be taken.
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Your finance committee prepared and