New Britain herald., 1929-12-06

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 plain if the railroads did not fur
 nish them more cars to take their grain, though that would still fur ther add to the congestion. The re- suit of the formation of this Ship pers Advisory Board has been won
 derful in it's beneficial effects and all the difficulties that previously
 existed have to a large extent en- tirely disappeared and the traffic
 is now moved in a regular and eco-
 nomical manner, to the satisfaction
 of all.
 "The success in the Northwest of this Shippers Advisory Board led
 to the formation of similar Boards
 throughout the nation and finally
 one in New England and while the
 shipping characteristics in New
 England differ vastly from those in
 the Northwest, nevertheless the New
 England Shippers Advisory Board has done a most valuable work, has cleared up many transportation diff faculties that existed prior to it's formation and at the last two meet irgs of that Board it developed that there were no matters in dispute be- tween the railroads and the ship ping public-certainly an extremely satisfactory result
 'The late George Hannauer, Pres ident of the Boston and Maine rail- road, was greatly impressed with t1,i fn it carried further by the formation oc another organization to cover all
 of New England. to deal only with traffic and rate matters. He was un- der the impression that here in Con- necticuu you already have some such l organization that meets regularly with the traffic officials of the Nov Haven company and that many dit- ferences are adjusted by these meetings.
 During the past two or three years, and especially since the formation of the New England
 Council, the six New England states have been brought closer together than ever before in business mat ters and there is a very strong in clination at the present time to re- l gard New England as one unit in- l stead of six separate ones and it | was the realization of this feeling that made MT. Hannauer hope that | something could be done to form a | New England Traffic Committee NrlICh f bn inn, a,,tf a1 Ter as the members of the New England Shippers Advisory Board deal with questions where differ enCes arise, could deal with New 1 England rate matters.
 He also was impressed with the fact that just prior to the govern ment taking over the control of the 1 railroads during tho war, d Suggcs- ton had been made 10 Mr. Hustis. former President of inc Boston and Maine Railroad, by q very promi- ncnt gentleman in Boston, that if a twelve Of the leading industries in and around Boston and the New England Railroad presidents would select one of their number 10 meet regularly with that committee ot twelve, that many things could he being taken up individually or with | the Interstate Commerce Commis- | sion and at the request of my as
 sociates l was asked to be the rail | road representative 10 meet with | this committee of twelve. About q
 upon the government took posses | sion of the railroads but the Direc- | tor General, on being advised of this plan that had been about to be put in effect, strongly approved it | and for two years I met with this
 committee every Tuesday in Bos-
 ton and we handled all kinds or
 subjects relating to the relations l between shippers and the New Eng | land Railroads and my records
 show something like 4t2 matters | that were disposed Of one way or
 another during that period and l | would like to say that I never sat | down at the table with twelve men
 who were more fair and impartial
 in their dealings, than with the
 members of that committee. For
 reasons that 1 need not go into here,
 that arrangement was dropped when | the government control of railroads | ended but Mr. Hannauer's hope was
 that something of that kind might | be arranged. only instead of being l for Boston and vicinity alone, that
 IL should be one New England unit,
 and l will leave that thought with
 you for your future consideration,
 Referring again 10 the matter of
 railroad efficiency l would like 70 1 lay stress on the fact that the Nou-
 dcrful increase in the efficiency
 with which freight has been moved
 during the past two or three yeas
 means the saving of a great many
 millions of dollars to shippers aud | conSlgnees, particularly the latter
 Our own railroad has felt this in q
 marked degree. We, like all other
 railroads, are buyers Of all kinds Of | hialerlal' m our supply store at DCrpy, Maine, where our car an,l
 locomotive shops are located, we
 nave to carry almost cverythiuu
 rom pins to lanterns and from sta
 tlonery to locomotive and car re-
 pair parts. A large proportion 0!
 these supplies have to be shipped
 rom various points of origin out.
 side of Maine, in less than carload
 lots and the time in transit from 1 shipping point to Derby, especial,
 or these less than carload lots was
 so great that we had to carry an
 unnecessarily large supply: for in.
 stance, We buy great many rivets
 from Russell, Burdsall X Ward
 Fort Chester, in l. c. l. lots. soma,
 times with the various transfers tn.
 vowed 1t would be two months 1 after shipment before ua raooi,,,.7