The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-30
lte will be less if handled in carload

] ing--Shouid the loading of car not
 be completed at the usual time of clos | ing, it is very desirable to work a lit-
 tie overtime and finish the loading, as | this will expedite the movement and | delivery of your consignment. 1 Cooperate With Your Agent in ] Switching Service-Consult the rail-
 road agent or yardmaster and decide i on the time of day to have flooded cars
 ready to remove from your industry in order to fit in with the departing time l Of the trains on which your shipments 1 will go forward. By keeping in touch | with the agents or yardmast the movement of your cars will be expe- | dited by finishing the loading to suit | the daily programme of the switching crews that gather up your loads from | your or other industries It is neces-
 sary to have regular hours for switch
 ing crews to do the work at certain in- l dustries to accomplish the best results I for all concerned.
 Co-operaee With Billing Agent-Fur- 1 nish the billing agent full instructions l that will permit the waybill being | made up to move your shipments be- | fore the loading Is completed if possi ble, and in all cases,> before load is re- 1 move from your industry.
 ' Bill your shipments through Con- sign your shipments to final destina-
 ton wherever possible and discourage l shipments that would require chang ing destination in transit, bearing in
 mind that any change in the original billing instructios of car must of ecessity cause delay to eauipment
 whether reconsignment or diversion is
 received before or after car reaches original billed destination.
 Confine bill of lading to it's proper The lIca of of Iod cA1 be confined to transportation instru- ment limited in it's effect to a receipt I for property or a contract for it's trans l port an stripped of it's financial at | tribute under which it can be made a
 commercial instrument. Embargoes. Should the destination of shipment you desire to make be covered by embargo (which should l in all cases be determined before or dering cars) do not try to avoid the l embargo by billing shipments to an in- termediate point with the expectation of reconsigning into the embargo dis trct.
 Route to insure most expeditions handling. Do not bill shipments via
 a circutous route in order to avoid the effect of embargoes or to favor par ticular roads.
 Observe the slogan, Ten Per Cent . ADOFc SdpdClIy OI SdT. LOaQ neaVy comm odities in all cases up to 10 per
 cent in excess om the marked carry ing capacity of each car unless by special instructions or /markings on cars loading in excess of 10 per cent, in which cases advantage cars should
 be loaded to but not in excess of such
 allowance. Lightweight or bulky l freight should be loaded to full cubi- cal capacity of each car.
 Do not utilize your full free time. The average time consumed by ship pers of freight in unloading cars is about two days per car indicating that l shippers generally work on the plan of not releasing equipment for their | own or other shippers use until ex- | piraton of the free time allowed under demurrage rules. A reduction in time consumed loading equipment will make available very large number of cars and assist materially in moving freight for shippers in distress for want oi equipment.
 The reward No serious question can be raised as to the direct benefits ac-
 cruing to any shipper cooperating in this programme for improved car serv- ice. While each single act is relative ly of small importance. thousands of such methods employed daily will
 cause an improvement in car supply that will be felt everywhere.
 l Purchase to Avoid Long Hauls-When possible purchase whatever you con.
 sume sell with the object of securing it from the nearest place what you re- qure can be obtained. This will reduce
 the demand on railroads for freight car equipment lessen the time required to
 secure the shipment and prevent unnec. essary cross-haul of the same character of freight This policy, followed where practicable. will release thousands ot
 cars to serve yourself and other ship pers.
 Insist That Your Shipper Loads Cara to Full Capacity-When ordering carload shipments of whatever character have it understood by the shipper that the full safe carrying capacity of the car must be utilized Adapt your storage capac. Iity to accommodate the quantity possi-
 ble to load in, the largest freight car. | Place orders for shipments less ire. quently if necessary to insure full car. load being justified.
 I Pool Your Shipments-Should it be en- tirely impracticable to use g full carload of some particular character of freight. consult with others in similar need ana
 arrange for pooling the shipments or two or more that would Insure securing one full carload.
 I Unload Promptly-Unload cars con-
 signed to you quickly. bearing in mind i, that every hour lost in releasing car from it's load prevents you, as we'll as some other consignee, from getting the benefit of additional service in move ment of other consignments
 | Have Your Shipper Forward Your Freight According to Your Daily Capac- itW to Unload-In placing orders for your shipments in large quantities arrange for the forwarding to be equal only to your daily capacity to unload. This VIII
 avoid congestion at originating points
 eat intermediate points and at destina- tion.
 Advance Notice to Shipments Moving Under Bill of Lading-Shoud your ship
 ments move under "bill of lading" ar
 range to present the bill of lading to the
 railroad agent before arrival of the cars
 as this will insure prompt placing when received.
 Complete Unloading Before Closing lComplete unloading of cars before usual switching time if at all possible. other wise working your force, reasonable amount of overtime if necessary to ac. lccmpish this in order that cars may be Iswitched out at the earliest possible mo- ment.
 The Reward-No serious question can be raised as to the direct benefits ac- cruing to any shipper cooperating in this programme for improved car serv- lice. While each single act Is relatively
 of small importance. thousands of seen methods employed daily will cause au improvement in car supply that will be felt everywhere.
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