The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-11
Car Service Commission at Washing
ton Sends Out Letter to Ship
pers and consisnees with
Suggestions.
COOPERATION is ASKED
Car Load Shipments, Conserving OF
Space, Ordering Cars Only When
Needed are Few
Points.

In a letter Of instructions TO loca
car service committees, for the gel
ting or the highest possible servic
ont of the present available rallroa'
facilities and equipment, the ca
service commission at Washington
working with the interstate com
merce commission-made TO shipper
and consignees the following sugges
tons:
For the Shipper.
/. Order according to your ioadfns
capacity. Do not order cars unless
you are in position to load then
promptly.
2. Restrict your car orders to to
days program Do not order more
cars from one or more railroads than
win meet your actual requirements
for the days shipping program.
3. Do not duplicate car orders.
Where two or more railroads serve
your plant, do not duplicate your
orders for cars, but figure your re-
quirements from each railroad, so
that the total win be equivalent TO
your total capacity TO load.
4. Order your cars according TO
tonnage When ordering cars advise
the agents of the railroads the total
quantity in tons you have to ship for
each destination SO that equipment
of the necessary weight or cubic
capacity can be furnished.
s. Loading-In all cases have
your shipments prepared and ready
for immediate loading on receipt of
cars furnished. Place your shipments
in the ear SO as 10 permit prompt IN
loading at destination. See that
packages are so loaded that damage
in transit will be eliminated.
S. Hold Lei fol- carload move
ment. IF you are making daily ship
ments of lesscarioad freight to the
same territory and loading to a
transfer point, hold your shipment
until the second or third day In order
to make a straight carload and bill
through to destination. Your freight
will receive quicker movement and
rate will be less if handled In car
load lots.
7. Complete your loading before
closing. Should the loading of a car
not be completed at the usual time
of closing, it is very desirable 70
work a little overtime and finish the
loading, as this viii expedite the
movement and delivery Of your con-
signment.
s. Cooperate with your agent In
switching service. Consult the rail
road agent or yardmaster and decide
on the time OF day to have loaded
cars ready to remove from your in
dustry in order to fit in with the de-
PARTING time Of the trains on which
your shipments viii go forward By
keeping in touch with the agent or
yardmaster the movement Of your
cars will be expedited by finishing
the loading TO suit the daily program
of the switching crews that gather
up your loads from your or other in
dustries- Il is necessary to have
regular hours for switching crews to
10 the work at certain industries to
accomplish the best results for all
concerned.
9. Cooperate with billing agent.
Furnish the billing agent full instruc.
tions that Will permit the way bill
being made up to move your ship
nents before the loading is completed
II possible and IN al cases before
load is removed from your industry
10. Bill your shipments through.
Consign your shipment 10 final desti-
nation wherever possible, and oLs-
courage shipments that would require
changing destination in transit, bear
ing IN mind that any change IN the
original billing instructions OF a car
must Of necessity cause delay 70
equipment, whether reconsignment or
diversion Is received before or after
car reaches original billed destina-
ton.
IL Ccnane bin OF lading to its
proper use. The use OF bills of lad
ing should be confined to z transpo--
tation instrument limited IN it's effect
to q receipt FOR property or a con-
tract for its transport and stripped
Of its financial attribute under which
Il can be made commercial instru-
nent-
y. Embargoes. the desu-
nation Of shipment you desire to
make be covered BY an embargo
(Which should in all cases be deter
mined before ordering cars), do not
Try 10 avoid the embargo by billing
shipments 10 an Intermediate point
With the expectation Of recongignine
INTO the embargo district
I3. Route 10 insure most expedf
tiOus handling. Do not bill ship.
rnentg via circuitous route in ordsr
20 avoid the effect OF embargoes or
10 favor particular roads.
Il. Observe the slogan, Ten per
cent above capacity OF car" Load
heavy commodities in all cases up &C
10 percent in excess of the marked
carrying capacity of each car unless
by special instructions or markings
On cars loading in excess of 10 per
cent, in which cases advantage car!
should be loaded TO but not in exces,
Of such allowance. Light weight o,
bulky freight should be loaded to full
rDbical capacity Of each car.
Is. Do not utilize your full fire,
Tine. The average time consumed b,
thippers Of freight in unloading car
= about two days per car, indicatin;
hat shippers generally work 10 IN,
plan Of not releasing equipment 20,