The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-30

service, and, ln addition, carry on . general contract trucking bust ness on their own account. The trucks now carry about 4O,0OU tons of freight per month.
 When the New Haven Railroad entered the trucking field on July l, 1923, the primary motive wal to provide better service to the public. Subsequently, added to this motive was the equally com. polling one Of meeting what is ma tionally recognized as the most SC. were com petition for freight traffic by unregulatod competition that if faced by any cnrrier in the eoun. try.
 With both those motives aIway,
 n mind, the Now Haven officials have built up an efficiently %. ordinated rall and truck service from which has grown the slogan Accept To-day--Dellver Tonior. row" This slogan means that overnight service for merchand disc can be secured between practically all points on the New Haven sys. tom and from those points te others as far north as Maine and as far south us Baltimore. With very few exceptions q shipper car get his shipments to thelr destina. tions ln New Haven territ0ry be. tween the afternoon of one day and the early morning of the fol. lowing day.
 This has been made possible by the rapid building up Of the truck system in such manner that it acts as feeder system for trans. porting freight to definite pointi on the rail lines, from which tpans. pOrtation tx completed by fast freight and other trucks.
 Under this system there are 3( concentration and distribution points between which overnight freight trains are operated. These | Include such cities as Stamford Bridgeport, Waterbury. New Ha. ven, Hartford, Danbury, Putnam New London, Providence, Boston
 Worcester and Springfield. The | cities and towns situated along the lines of tho New Haven, within inc zones Of which these eoncentra. ton and distribution points arc the conters, arc served each day | by motor trucks of the New Eng. land Ira importation company, op. er0tlng both Into and out of tho concentration stations. Each point within tho zOno is served by the trucks at lcast twice daily, making deliveries chiefly on tho morning run and picking up merehandlHt | freight for rail shipment on the afternoon.
 Tho New Haven emphasizes It, Accept To-dhy--Del!ver T0mOr. row" merchandise freight service and employees both of the railway
 and the transportation company h1vo becn carefully trained t0 in. sure that it will work smoothly Special emphasls ia placed on strict observance Of the details of frolght car and truck loading 0rdorbl which aro published In special bul. letins, to tho prompt movement Qf cars and trucks engaged in hand- ling tho mcrchandlso; to the prompt placing Of less.t h0n.chr l0nd-lot cars for transfer from car to Cnr. from car to truck or rom truck to Cnr; to keeping all l0t shipments Intact both in cnr and on trucks 50 thnt thoir movement may be made as n unit and 10 tho segregation of all truck freight In ears for preferential handling In the transfer from cnr t0 truck nt tho point of distribution.
 At present tho fleet consists of | 80 trucks, 50 tractors and s4 son,i- trniiors. The most rocont addition is n group of i've tractors and nuto .cnrrying trailers for the dc' iiycrv of automobiles.