New Britain herald., 1924-12-03
TRAFFIC PROBLEMS
 IN THE L|MELIGHT
Big Meeting of Shippers and
 Transportation Men Here

Recommendation for more traf. fc bureaus and mora attention to transportation problems by corpora ton heads were made at the traffic banquet at the Burrltt hotel last eve. ming. I' was the occasion of the 1olnl meeting Of railroad and steam ship officials with factory executives and businessmen, The meeting was under the auspices o' the traffic bu. l,au ot the New Britain chamber of commerce.
 There were freight and passenger traffic men and other railroad heads present from % or more railroads in the tinted States, from the Cana dian Pacific. the Grand Trunk and the Canadian National Railways in Canada and from practically every steamship line plying between New York and one or two foreign ship ping lines, including the Dollar line. Chamber of commerce representa- lives and businessmen from various Connecticut cities were present also, as were groups Of factory officials from N"w Britain, Many local bus- nossmen also had reservations. There were in all ?S5 present
 The meeting was q socia' 'unc- ton for the purpose of getting bet. Ter acquainted. C, F. Bennett was toastmaster Rev. Dr, George w. C. Rll made the invocation
 Mr, Bennett in openns the meet ing announced that 1t was the frs, large gathering of railroad and steamship men 10 be hold in New Britain, He commented upon New Brtain's modern hotel accommoda- lions and told the railroad men he hoped to welcome them 10 this city some time again when New Britain gets q decent railroad station.
 New Britain As shipping Point
 New Britain IS a large shipping point. Mir Bennett told the guests and proceeded 10 illustrate this by showing that m one year the Sanloy Works ships out of tho city in com pleted products about 10000 full carload lots. This has nothing to do with less than carload shipments which are heavy He said the Amec- ican Hardware corporation and Lan- ders, T'rary X Clark ship as much, f not more.
 The first speaker was r. Kent Hubbard, president Of the Manufac- turer's association Of Connecticut. Mir. Hubbard referred 10 the recom- mendation in 1920 Of consolidating the New England railroads and said that "as the country is developing and New England competition as- sumes such alarming proportions, it i; necessary 10 get together to un- derstand New England problems of transportation. IL Is one Of the big rfst problems of New England today and one which every executive must understand" He said he knew Of i-O Jpp Ill lllpNrl U 4Il4h NllJ 6llJl v important than that of traffic man! agcr. He recommended central trat- fc bureaus in various sections or the states. and traffic bureaus in every town of any importance. These bureaus should have central meet ings from four to six times year. The question Of the future is not in the hands of the management of lhe New Haven road, but in the hands of the industries which con- trol the future of our only means Of transportation,' he said,
 He referred to Robert Poteet Of the Stanley Works, J, r. Atwater Of the American Hardware corporation and r. G. Russell of Landers, Frary X Clark as men of experience who are capable Of efficiently and intel Igcntly handling traffic problems.
 Freight Rate Increase
 The next speaker was William H.