New-York tribune., 1920-10-23

American Railroad Association has or
ganized local committees all over tho
country to encourage such cooperation,
The reports of these local committees
frequently contain such statements as
one occurring In communication from
the Kansas City committee, to the ef-
feet that all accumulations of delayed
shipments have been cleaned up, educ
to the splendid cooperation of the pub
lie in releasing cars promptly"
From the reports l note, for oxample
that in the Philadelphia terminal dis
trict in the first week of September
there was an increase of 500 cars un-
loaded as compared to the previous
week, and that by working SATURDAY.
afternoon and Sunday 325 cars ware
unloaded by consignees and T25 cars by
railroad forces in the period when
formerly all hands were taking a holi-
day.
IN many cities, as result Of CO.
operation between the car service COM
mittee and shippers, hundreds # car
loads Of freight have been put in stor-
age to release cars for their legitimate
office OF transportatio
As another example Cleveland re-
ports campaign to expedite the re
lease Of quipment, holding regular
industries of the city in an effort ia
have them not only more prom2tly re-
lease equipment but reduce the numbe,
OF cars used in intra-plant work. Ir
this city, as a result of the eForts OF
the local car service committee to re-
duce the use of equipment in cross
town service, 200 cars a week have beer
made available for other purposes.
WOv1sinr IN
might cite hundreds of similar ex
amples from these reports.
Traffic associations, chambers of com
merce and boards of trade arc WORKING
in entire harmony with these local cal
service committees. Formerly such as
sociations devoted q greater part OF
their time to complaints and to sccin1
that the shipper got by far the bes
end of the transportation bargain. NJ
doubt they would be just as active n.
ever in standing up for the shippers
rights. Every railroad man would OK
pect them to be, but their newer con
ception of their useful office is cx
pressed in thoroughgoing cooperation
with the railroads to get more servic,
for everybody
These same reports contain over anC
over again the statement that from 81
/ ~ -oO CulS Weehly nave DceN AQOcO II
the local supply by cooperative actol
/ looking toward the moro prompt load
ing and unloading of cars In tn,
aggregate this means tremendou.
addition to the transportation facii
ties of the country.
But it is even more important a,
showing new spirit of mutual help
fulness.
There is evidence that this spirit ex
tends throughout the field where th'
interests of the public and the inter
ests of railroads touch each other
includes the Interstate Commerce Com
mission as the fountain head Of au
thority; it includes the banker and in
vestor, and comprises shippers ant
travellers. 1t means that the public j.
giving the railroads a chance to sho7
what they can do.
The railroads, for their part, are do
/ ing their utmost to demonstrate tha
they are capable of giving American
/ the best transportation to be fount
anywhere in the world. This is m.
reason for believing that the transpor
tation outlook in the United States wa
never brighter than it is to-day.
Copyright. 1920 by The Mcclure News
paper Syndicate)