. Electric railway journal . rs could not be induced to convey freight at theirexpense to the companys Cincinnati terminal, which isfar removed from the commercial activities. It was vitally necessary that any plan of freightmovement adopted should be satisfactory to prospectiveshippers with reference to the time consumed in mak-ing shipments because of the fact that the traction com-pany was obliged to meet the competition of two largerailroads, the Baltimore & Ohio and New York CentralLines, both of which parallel the line of the tractioncompany. In addition there were a number of inde-pende
. Electric railway journal . rs could not be induced to convey freight at theirexpense to the companys Cincinnati terminal, which isfar removed from the commercial activities. It was vitally necessary that any plan of freightmovement adopted should be satisfactory to prospectiveshippers with reference to the time consumed in mak-ing shipments because of the fact that the traction com-pany was obliged to meet the competition of two largerailroads, the Baltimore & Ohio and New York CentralLines, both of which parallel the line of the tractioncompany. In addition there were a number of inde-pendent truck lines which were bidding for the businessof hauling freight. To be successful any plan of freighttransportation must therefore combine speed andthoroughness to the manner of shipment. Method op Handling With the plan as adopted freight is assembled at areceiving station almost in the heart of the Cincinnatibusiness district, loaded into wooden containers andtransported on trucks to the Cincinnati terminal of the. Loading Small Containers IntoLarger One 950 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 58, No. 22. traction company, a distance of 6 miles, and then istransferred to an electric freight car and shipped overthe line at one cost to the shipper. The transferring ofthe containers from the trucks to the freight cars orvice versa can be done in five minutes. The lifting is
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