The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-07-22
How Shippers Can
Help to Solve the
Railroad Problem

WAS1llNGlO ON, July To- III a icttSi
of instructions to local car service
committees for getting the highest
possible service out of the present
available railroad facilities and equip
ment the car service commission at
washington-work with the Inter
state Commerce commission made to
shippers and consignees the following
suggestions:
For the Shipper
Do not order cars unless you are
in position to load them promptly.
Do not order more cars from one
your actual requirements for the days
shipping program. 81
3 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 will be equivalent TO your
total capacity to load.
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 capa-
city can be furnished.
S In all cases have your ship
ments prepared and ready for imme-
ediate loading of receiptx of cars fur
nished Place your shipments. in the
car so as TO permit prompt unloading
at destination. See that packages are
so loaded that damage in transit will
not result.
II you are making daily ship
nents of less-carload freight to the
same territory and loading to a trans
fer point, hold your shipments until
the second or third day in order to-
make a straight carload and bill thru
to destination.
Should the loading of car not
be completed at the usual time of
closing it is very desirable to work a
little overtime and finish the loading
as this will expediate the movement
and delivery of your consignment.
8 Consult the railroad agent or the
yardmaster and decide on the time Of
day to have loaded cars ready to re
move from your industry in order TO
fit in with the departing time of the
trains on which your shipments win
go forward. By keeping in touch with
the agent OF yardmaster the move
ment of your cars viii be expedited.
Furnish the billing agent full in
structions that will permit the way
bill being made up to move your ship
ments before the loading is completed
if possible, and in all cases before the
load is recoved from your industry.
destination wherever possible, and
discourage shipments that would re-
Guire changing destination in transit
bearing in mind that any change in
the original billing instructions of a
car must necessarily cause delay to
equipment, whether reconsigned or
diversion is received before or. after
car reaches original billed destina-
-tion
IL The use of bills of lading
should be confined to Transports
tion instrument limited in its effect
to receipt for property or a COR
tract for its transport and stripped OF
its financial attribute under which it
can be made a commercial instru-
ment.
~ Should the destination of a
shipment you desire to make be COW
erel by an embargo (Which should in
all cases be determined before order
ing cars), do not try TO avoid the en-
barge by billing shipments to an in
termediate point with the expectation
OF reconsigning into the embargo dis
trict
13 Do not bill shipments via a
circuitous route in order to avoid the
effect OF embargos or TO favor partic-
ular roads
IA Load heavy commodities in all
cases up to 10 per cent, 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 ad-
vantage cars should be loaded to. but
not in excess of such allowance
Light weight OF bulky freight should
be loaded to full cubical capacity Of
each car.
TX r-h. o,,ora,,e, 49,, ,<.,
shippers of freight in unloading cars
is about two days per car, indicating
that shippers generally work to the
plan fnot releasing equipment for
their own or other shippers use until
expiration of the free time allowed
under demurrage rules. reduction
IN time consumed loading equip
ment win make available a very large
number of cars and assist materially
In moving freight for shippers in dis
tress for want OF equipment.
For Consipnee
When possible purchase what
ever you can consume or sell with the
object of securing it from the nearest
place what you require can be OBJ
tanned This will reduce the demand
on railroads for freight car equipment
lessen. the time required 70 secure the
shipment and prevent unnecessary
cross-haul of the same character OF
freight. This policy, followed where
practicable. will release thousands of
cars to serve yourself and other ship.
pers.
2 When ordering carload Ship
ments of whatever character have i,
understood by the shipper that the
full safe carrying capacity of the car
must be utilized. Adapt your storage
capacity to accommodate the Quantity