New Britain herald., 1926-04-29
SETTING FREIGHT
 AT RAILROAD HUMP
New Britain Traffic Men See
 How It Is Done

New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad yesterday delegation Of members of the traffic bureau of the New Britain Chamber of Commerce, visited the Hump" yards at the Cedar Hin transfer near New Haven and learned how the railroad sorts thousands of cars of freight each day at q minimum of time and ex- pcnse.
 The delegation included Division Superintendent J. J, SnaVely, Train master ". II. Casey of the Water bury division, Henry Vctault, super visor for the New England Trans portatiin Co.,. Walter J, Sinott, coach operator for the New England Transportation Co., Walter l., Bell. traffic manager of North X Judd Mfg. Co.,, and president Of the New Britain Traffic Bureau; Ralph l.. Gould, secretary of the Chamber of Commcrco; Frank Usher, traffic manager for Hart X Cooley: r. A. Riley, traffic manager for the FaG- llll itFdl lilb 'Psp lt'pll fNs NNNl'ot traffic manager for Hart & Hutch ison: James NJ. Stewart, assistant traffic manager Of the Stanley Works; A. II. Petts, assistant traffic manager Of the American Hardware corpora ton; A. r, Marsh, president of the Inter-Urban Transfer Co.,, and secretary of the Connecticut Motor Truck Assn, and Douglas A. John- ston. of the City Coal and Wood Co. The delegation left yesterday morning at 10 o'clock in one of the parlor coaches of the New England Transportation Co.,, and arrived home last evening shortly before I530 o'clock.
 At the transfer yards the visitors were met by r. J. Doolan, assistant superintendent of the New Haven division, and were shown over the hump" through the miles of freight houses, into the switching towers and over the maze of switch es and ladders" A switch engine with Q new steel coach took the wis itors through the yards, giving them a view of the 1t6 miles Of tracks, the "I. c. L." Cess carload lots) de- Ipartment with its miniature trucks which pull trains of 10 to Is fiat cars over the long platform. They were shown the different sections where long trains come in, where icabooses are parked where cars are shifted over the humps" some times as many as dozen cars at time running down grade by gravity only, guided by electrically operated switches into the proper stdings. They were shown the creosoting Infant where several million dillars worth of ties arc stacked up ready for croosoting, and were shown how the office records are kept and how leach piece of freight and each car lis kept track of every minute. Sev- Ioral of the New Britain men were shown truck loads of freight either going to or from their own factor ics.
 The Cedar Hill transfer yards, which were finished in 1918, repre- sent an expenditure on the part of lhe railroad of Sl0.oo0 ,o0o. There are 7G tracks extending 10 length of 11G miles and having q storag" capacity Of 2.53o cars,
 Tor handling loose freight In less than carload lots there are four plat forms, each l@0o fcot long; three of them 90 feet wide and one c@ feet wide. There are l5 tracks with 3 "spo.ung capacity of 432 cars al on" time.
 Here the cars arc unlo0ded, inc
 mixed freight being sorted and mar- cnanGise consigned to ono point being loaded into tho proper cars for that destination. Cars are load cd for direct consignment 10 de2-
 tination without further rnhandlinE wherever possible. &ni are loa1"d at
 this point for 17G difr'rcN, dcsIino, lions.
 The plant Of the American Cr"~
 oeoting Co,, located within th"a6
 yards was established in the winter or I9@l-c2 because of the chestnut hlirht with ifs extinction of lumber
 formerly used for ties and th" n"- crssify Of substituting non-dnrall" woods such as beech, birch. mopl
 and miS"d oaks, Treated with crcosoto, ties which formerly wor'
 out in from ono 10 five years, nc" last from 15 10 20, f is claimed.
 The yard also contains q modern engine terminal with individual