Arizona republican., 1920-12-29
ECONOMIC EVILS IF FREIGHT TRAFFIC
 TO BE 'SCRAPPED'

Super costly freight terminals, de- layed tonnage and losses which follow in the wake of freight congestion, are economic evils which are to be 'scrapped'' under plans now being worked out by the transportation com nlittee of the Federal Highway council. At meeting of this committee in New York under the chairmanship of w. J Banham, general traffic manager of the Otis Elevator company, traffic managers from all important centers of industry were in attendance. It was de- cided to draft" one or more cities in the United States and put what IS l known as store door delivery to a final 1 test. Such form of delivery, it was explained, was the use of the motor truck and highway in conveying freight direct to the door of the consignee. instead of allowing tonnage to accu- mulate in warehouses; thus adding to congestion and financial loss which ultimately come out of the consumer 5 pocket
 Definite action was taken by the
 adoption of the following resolution, presented by J. c. Lincoln. manager of
 the traffic bureau of the merchants
 association of New York:
 | W nGTGdSs It Is llG N16W OI the IEanS- portation committee of the Federal highway council that relief from con- gestion and delay that normally pre-
 vails at railroad delivery stations in the handling of merchandise freight requiring station or platform service
 can only be secured by the introduction oe a system for store door delivery;
 Be it resolved that, The sub com
 mittee on store door delivery be in
 structed to take the matter up witt
 the carriers and shipping interests a one or more points to Le selected D. } them with the end in view of inaugu. } rating a store door delivery plan a 5 such point or points together with tn, rates, rules, and regulations unde which it should be operated. and Be it further resolved. That they ar 5 hereby instructed to report to the gen eral meeting Of the transportatiol committe concrete plan for its ap proval.
 Prior to the adoption of the resolu
 tion, A. F. Beck, general traffic man ager of the Merchants and Manufac
 turers association at Baltimore out lined the store door delivery system :. as tested in that city.
 The motor truck in terminal wor was presented by B. F. Fitch. presi
 dent of the Motor Terminal compan 2 of Cleveland, Ohio, which has success , fully established at Cincinnati a sys ' tenn of auxiliary transportation tha . promises practical relief to other elite, Other phases of highway transpor q were covered by $. M. Williams, chair ], man of the Federal Highway council f David Beecroft of the Class Journs n company of New York; J. H. Collin, : manager of the research departmen
 Chiffon company, Philadelphia.
 Mir. Beecroft's committee, in additio
 to furthering the making of adequat
 transportation surveys, and establish ing proper control of highway traffi 2 took up the subject of snow removal q f an essential item in highway mainten | ance with the result that a recommer if dation was made to the American As = sociation of State Highway official n ir annual meeting in Washington,
 which attention was called to the mat . ter as follows:
 The Federal Highway Council com
 mute on study of highway transpor
 etc, during it's meeting on Dec. 10 IS Hotel Commodore, discussed thorough r ly the matter of snow removal frol Il highways. It was the expressed bell, l. of all present that the matter of sno 1T removal should be considered as pror
 erly coming under the head of highwa
 maintenance.
 . Tt was thought a discussion of tn ' subject in your meeting would brin Is cut the most authoritative opinions n the country, and possibly lead to Il
 taking of definite steps to annual