Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-04-24 | Page 37 | Traffic Worker Aids Concern and City

8 8 f TRAffIC I 1 AmS CON AND CUi Q Department p of Salt Lake H Hardware Company r v t Proves Importance III It there Is any single department of ot the the tho Salt Lake Hardware company I mo more e than another deserving the thee I thanks of Salt S Lake City generally and I j Its business and industrial concerns more particularly it is the traffic de de- de For For hero is a department which in its its- endeavor to serve the best interests interests inter inter- ests of its company has at the same time tUnc served the people of Salt Lake and arid her commercial and manufacturing ing houses In Its efforts to secure more equitable freight rates and rate I adjustments It has served and served I exceedingly well the interests of the city at large as aswell well vell as of the Salt Lake Hardware company It Is therefore therefore therefore there there- I fore probably the most Intimately as associated associated associated as- as with the city's general welfare of all aU the departments of the big company company com com- comI I pany and hence Justly entitled to the thanks of the community I At the head of this most Important department is W W. S S. S McCarthy who for eighteen years has his been connected with the corporation and always as I th the guiding genius of this particular line Une of ot endeavor He has long been a prominent figure in the traffic affairs I of ot the city and state and actively as associated associated as- as sedated with every every- movement every movement to secure se secure secure se- se cure better freight rates and as a consequence be better ter business conditions for this and other sections of ot the int intermountain in- in t country IMPORTANT FACTOR Mr McCarthy McCarthy has presided over the traffic department and superintended the outgoing and incoming freight shipments with a master hand and it has been his foresight and keen knowledge knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge of freight rates that has enabled the Salt Lake Hardware company to take a foremost position In all activities public and otherwise that might aid Utah and the entire intermountain mountain country in securing freight schedules and shipping facilities In keeping with those of other sections of the country The traffic department of the hardware hardware hardware hard hard- I ware ware company with Mr McCarthy at its head was an important factor inthe in inthe inthe the long and hard fight of Salt Lake to secure freight adjustments back in 1911 the final outcome of a bitter struggle snuggle started in 1908 1903 In this year yeara a and d until 1911 Salt Lake business ho houses ses had been paying 35 per cent more more in freight rates for shipments from Eastern points than San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco and other Pacific coast cities In other Words It cost San Franciscans considerably less to secure goods from the East than Salt Lakers As a result of the big fight equitable rates were secured and these this city Is now enjoying enJoying en- en as well as similar adjustments freight f ight t shipped from the Pacific coast and tot ot other sections cJ WILLING TO HELP The traffic department of ot the Salt Lake Hardware company is always ready and willing villing to cooperate with oth other r concerns and civic organizations in any moves toward securing better frel freight ht rates for generally It'd It d es so EO on the theory that lower freight rates rates' and better shipping facilities make it possible to ship more goods out of Salt Lake and therefore to add to the prosperity prosperity-of the city generally and to give Jive employment to more men Freight rates are a strong contrib contrib- factor In the placing of business and it is our policy polley to help secure better better better bet bet- ter rates as a help in the of the community declared Mr McCarthy Mc Mc- Carthy We believe such a policy helps us and that in contributing a as much as possible to the general genera prosperity prosperity prosperity pros pros- and of the community we are but assisting largely In the building up of our own business and anc bettering its general health RESEARCH WORK The traffic traffic department of the Salt Lake Hardware company work in conJunction conjunction conjunction con- con Junction with the Intermediate Rate association of Montana Nevada Arizona Arizona Arizona Ari Ari- zona New Mexico Idaho and Utah as aswell aswell aswell well as with local traffic bureaus am and other organizations aiming to secure advantageous freight rates and adjustments adjust adjust- ments It is Justly considered a potent poten f factor In the of ot the company's company's company's com com- pany's business and is always on th the alert to serve the organization gen gen- It keeps in closest touch with traffic matters generally and Is just jus now engaged in research work in connection connection connection con con- with several Important adjustments adjustments adjustments adjust adjust- ments being sought by Salt Lake shippers shippers shippers ship ship- pers and buyers of merchandise