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Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-06-13 | Page 11 | 'Making Good with Public' Slogan of Second Drive to Better the Express Service

Type issue
Date 1919-06-13
Paper Ogden Daily Standard
Language eng
City Ogden
County Weber
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Article Title 'Making Good with Public' Slogan of Second Drive to Better the Express Service
Type article
Date 1919-06-13
Paper Ogden Daily Standard
Language eng
City Ogden
County Weber
Page 11
OCR Text IKING GOOD 11 PUBLIC SLOGAN OF SECOND DRIVE 10 BETTER THE EXPRESS SERVICE i' A second educational campaign to Iring the public into closer touch with the mtermil operations of the expreBS business is beiiu: conducted by the lo-cal lo-cal express force?,, according to a ;ttatf;ment mad- l.iut nisht by ;enei-il ;Agent McNutt, of oden The new effort, which is be-ins directed chiefly t the employes of the American Rail-wa Rail-wa Express company, is called the Making Good with the Publi. " drive, and thp nuT'tinq.. held thus far have been widely aitended by the expression. express-ion. The better service campr'in Till conclude with a rally on June li The marked success of the ini'.al leimpaign to secure better packing I and better marking of express ship-iBents, ship-iBents, a tew months ago, led the e Hress official to probe deeper Into th" Ictuses of ineffic'.enl operation, due in pan to lack of intimate knowledge f "With the rules and regulat ions gov-I gov-I truing the handling of express mat- iter E One of the striking results of the better packing and better marking movement, it is now announced, is the great reduction in the number of "no mark" shipments left on tho express company's hands each month, without any means of identification. Before an I effort to improve conditions was m l ' 25,500 of these undeli erable packages v-ere each month sent to the various I I "no mark" bureaus, in different partsi of the country This monthly avenge j ! has been gradually rduced until the April figures show only 7.642. a majority major-ity of which were identified and 'ent to their proper destinations This represents rep-resents a verj small proportion of the 00,O0O.000 shipments handled annunl-lv annunl-lv A marked reduction in the number num-ber of claims presented for lost or mishandled shipments is also notice-1 able The willingness of the shipping public to meet the express company half wa has led the company to rrive j attention to other subjects Deeding improvement. im-provement. As a result of the public co-operation, the slogan ' Make Good With the Public" has been adopted 'or the concluding meetings of the drive Gel-together meetings of expressneu in every city and town in the country, sred by a railroad, are being held simultaneously with the local gatherings. gather-ings. Specially prepared "shop talks," dealing with various subjects formed the topics for general discussion. General Gen-eral Agent McNutt recently reappointed reappoint-ed hi-- local "Better Service ( ;impa':en ' committee, composed of J M. McKiu-stry, McKiu-stry, J Bowman and A. A. Chatelatn. to ;iid him in this educational work He is very much gratified with the Inter-e Inter-e I .md enthusiasm shown b the local lo-cal forces in the drive The local express people are trying to gl the co-operation of shippf i In this city, in these matters, particularly so far as making out express receipts correctly is concerned Many business houses using express service extensively exten-sively prepare their own receipts, it is pointed out. and are liable to encounter encoun-ter complications in prsenting claims for loss or damaged shipments, if such receipts are not made out according to authorized express rules The opening meetings, last week, were devoted to a discussion of how receipts should be made oui to make them accurate, while legible waybills, accurate weights and proper labels were also taken up. One Important object of the second drive is to prevent pre-vent rough handling of shipments 'in offices and terminals, and this subject was considered from ever) point of view. The local committeemen emphasized the importance of careful handling of shipments from the moment of their ret i pi by tho express company, In good condition from shippers, to their delivery at destination. Other subjects sub-jects treated included the correct methods for handling perishable goodo, how the C O. D. service can be expe dited, the particular steps which should be taken to protect merchandise merchan-dise of exceptional value, and the proper handling of all of the in j -eel-1, menus commodities traveling bj ex press.
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