. Electric railway journal . organization would include ageneral freight and passenger agent in charge of the securing of business and the general handling of mate-rial to and from cars. His duties are such that thefreight business need not be separated from passengerbusiness except in routine matters, and the latter maybe handled by clerks. This official should be the courtof last resort in all traffic matters, including the di-rection of all division agents, advertising, issuance oftariffs, etc. He should be in close touch with all in-dustrial, commercial and trade organizations. He mustalso
. Electric railway journal . organization would include ageneral freight and passenger agent in charge of the securing of business and the general handling of mate-rial to and from cars. His duties are such that thefreight business need not be separated from passengerbusiness except in routine matters, and the latter maybe handled by clerks. This official should be the courtof last resort in all traffic matters, including the di-rection of all division agents, advertising, issuance oftariffs, etc. He should be in close touch with all in-dustrial, commercial and trade organizations. He mustalso be familiar with such transportation as relatesto the handling of regular and special trains. Throughhis acquaintance with shippers and the methods of bill-ing and handling in transit, he can give excellent coun-sel to claim investigators, who may work under hissupervision or under that of the auditing department. Enough district freight and passenger agents to coverthe territory should be appointed by this general freight. January 4, 1919 Electric Railway Journal 45 and passenger agent. These district agents must cul-tivate their respective sections to the extent of ac-quaintanceship with their large shippers and all pros-pects. In soliciting, agents should carry on an in-vestigation along the following lines: 1. List all city and suburban points which requirethrough freight service. 2. Determine the amount of outbound and inboundbusiness to and from the heavy shipping points. 3. Prepare maps—one on a large scale to show eachcommunity; another on a smaller scale to show the sur- dexed later by a clerk in the office of the general trafficagent. Learn and record the special requirements ofeach shipper. 5. In farm and orchard sections, learn in advancewhat the car requirements of each producer will be atthe stated crop time. Such data of forehandednessshould be indexed. 6. On completing these surveys, record and map theexpected tonnages to predetermine the economical equip-men
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