Show SYSTEM OF RETURN LOADS EST ESTABLISHED MM 1 MM r 4 w t. t 1 l to k fe v 1 new ew lucu ca LV v ove y Transportation Problems Problems Problems lems of Country Raymond heck Deck director of oC the B B. B F Jo Rubber r company's compans national touring bureau and now cl chief engineer of Dr the highway y transport committee of oC ofHie the Hie council of oC national 1 defense defenso declares that the planned manned establishment of return loads oads bureaus in all cities east cast of oC the Mississippi l 1 river will materially the Iho transportation perplexity Fourteen of these bureaus have e been In operation In the slate of Connecticut for the past st six ix months anti and have p proven so successful success ful rUl declares Mr Ir Beck that they will probably bo be o retained d as aa a a. permanent Institution in institution In- In Their Theil function 1 I is to brill bring the mover of goods goals and tho the shipper I of or goods to lo a thorough understanding of or each others other's problems and needs neds n eds When hen all are arc E established the bureaus bureau will wrote directly y under the guidance of Iho tho various arlouf state councils of or national de- de IIII fennel C. C This Is tho the plan In as many centers as possibly will be established a bureau whose function will be to expedite the tho use of tho the automobile in hauls It la Is felt b by officials at Washington that the empty empt truck should bo be put to tp advantage o wherever possible or In other word words a truck should houll i be o CJ loaded both ways was so as asto asto asto to obtain the maximum efficiency In communities j man many trucks arc engaged en engaged en- en In Jn short hauls It ft is hell believed ed reciprocity reci reel reciprocity J will solve sol the question Once a truck operator has delivered a load In a certain center he Is supposed to lo telephone the tho bureau located there which is generally gen gen- generally the local chamber of c commerce and advise Ie them that If IC any shipper has hasa a consignment of or goods destined for tho the spot to lo which h he Is returning or a Way nay town he will be e gl glad d to accept it The i same lame practice should bo he followed II by the shipper or operator befriended when tho the latter laUer has carried a a. load to another com coin This system gives Ives the small II shipper or operator greater breadth of or operation and decreases the upkeep cost for the lar large e operator in performing the theme same mime service to him According to Mr Beck the highway transport committee is compiling maps of highways showing the th location of probable probable probable I able return loads load bureaus The state headquarters of the bureaus send out postal cards to all truck owners requestIng requesting request request- ing lag Information as 35 follows The number of or trucks operated by the tho owner whether or not the trucks are available for overland over over- land haulage tho the of oC the trucks truck what they thc can best carr carry and the tho routes they usually run over and how often From this information a 3 file is compiled which is sent ent to each of or tho the local bureaus The routes are arc numbered and In this manner each bureau knows exactly what trucks are available a for Cor each and ever every route In the state Thus a n. shipment from one to 11 can be routed to almost any ny other section of or the state A record is Js isal al abo furnished the truck operators of or the firms desiring short haul s service th the character of the goods to be carried aril and the thc approximate size of tho the shipments Aside from the intercity hauling our committee is making an effort to add to the efficiency of or both horse trucks and motor trucks in their work on ell city streets said Mr Ir Beck |