Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-09
PEARSON EXPLAINS REASONS
 FOR RAILROAD EAIBARC


 FOR RAILROAD EMBARGO |
 In statement made to shippers, | President E. J. Pearson of the New Haven railroad gives the reasons why | the road has found 1t necessary to put into effect a partial embargo. and ac- companies it with an explanation of what the road is doing to better it's ser vice and bring it back to normal condi- i tions His statement says; With embargoes of varying character on every connecting system, and their | recent application to two routes caus- ing unusual diversions to our Gateways, the gradually accommodating effect on | normal movement and routinEs has be- come such that the New Haven finds it | necessary to place a partial embargo in order to regulate traffic and maintain maximum capacity in the interest of it's patrons, and to insure continued com pliance with the service orders of the l interstate commerce commission. l The New Haven wishes to place the 1 faces in the present situation before it's shippers, to express appreciation of CO., | operation which has been so splendidly ! afforded, and to ask the continuation necessary under the circumstances, to secure the best combination of results for all
 The present transportation capacity
 of the system is indicated by the re- cent increase in daily averages of loads at destination, between 10,500 and H. 900 and which approximate the similar
 averages during the record of heavy
 movement of traffic during the heavier
 eight months of 1919. Further, there
 are approximately 15,0oo to 18,0OO car
 loads on the road moving to destination yWI1i rr-ii1 6a
 rapidly as practicable without conges-
 tion. Back of this there is still fur
 ther volume of freight, indicating a con-
 tinuation of the recent increase of cars
 on the road. The situation is therefore
 reached, in which additional cars win
 occasion congestion and commence to
 diminish transportation capacity. The
 necessary regulation of traffic by this partial embargo will operate gradually
 toward reduction of cars en route,
 safeguarding congestion, and reducing
 delay to equipment which will increase . the availability of cars for all general
 use. The demand for cars in grain territory, at Buffalo, at the steel mills,
 and generally everywhere, compels the best attention and every possible step, to avoid congestion and delay from whatever cause.
 It is the purpose of the road, in safe- guarding against congestion and the de- lay to cars by loading more rapidly
 than can be promptly handled, to pro-
 tect to the utmost it's full transporta-
 tion capacity and the requirements of
 it's patrons, course which is pelng pursued with full confidence, believing
 that recourse to outside or unusual pro- 7 visions for transportation will be rem , dered unnecessary, that the more nor i nal situation will be brought about ear
 ly, and that the traffic and revenues as |. we'll can be retained to the New Haven ' road.
 ! Availing of the advantage arisins from some recent improvements in : credit, the road has commenced the
 construction of an additional 30 foot by I 1900 foot transfer platform at Cedar e Hill, is providing additional tracks q r certain necessary points, is construct, e ing several coal docks and making some n increase in engine terminal shops witt :, a view of increasing mechanical depart t ment capacity. and has contracted fo e 12 large passenger electrics which il o turn will release larger number O e steam locomotives, for other service. r The shop forces, now substantial, !. fully recruited, are carrying not onll h the current requirements but are aidin; }. in the overcoming of work that neces y sarily commenced to accrue after tn # complete desertion or the shops py for e mer employees and their militant atti L- tude thereafter.
 In anticipation of the football an '' Thanksgiving travel, and the heavie demand on power incidental to winte
 weather, the road has distributed man, II of it's engines to a large number Of out o side shops for repairs, in order that tn :, service to the public may be assisted Il the still more rapid overcoming of de :. layed maintenance.
 W In addition, in the organization of tn
 new shop forces, two shifts of crews O
 the heavier repair work on engines a
 the more important engine terminal!
 will be used hereafter, thus shortenin E time of engines out of service and in t. creasing. availability With the effec h. tive, completion of these various ma, Id ters, present capacity under existin v- conditions which approximates ths l. during past periods of heavy traffic, wi 2. materially exceed that of any perio as heretofore.
 CT @ One of the more serious causes fc he unsatisfactory service recently, has bee ee due to an occasional cargo of inferic ne foreign coal on which it was necessar ck to rely following the reduction in SUI he ply from o1r own mines and later frol
 Nova Scotia. At the present time, how ee ever. the increasing supply of highe i'd grades of fuel under our regular COT he tracts, is encouraging.
 It is the purpose of the nanagemeI a in outlining this situation and in r, nd questing aid and cooperation, to n, m. only exert every endeavor to the inte ed ests of it's patrons in the present situ; h. tion, but to continue its policy of suc ok additional improvements as Are possib
 so that capacity and service will col
 stantIY tend in the direction of hatte