The Delivery and Handling of Miscellaneous Freight at the Boston Freight Terminals Classic Reprint

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The system Of memorandum checks referred to above and several times in the following discussion, is used to enable consignees who expect freight to Obtain it as soon as it is placed in the freight house, without waiting for the regular delivery check to be completed and racked. A teamster is permitted to enter the freight house and look for such freight, knowing approximately where it is likely to be located. After finding the freight he may then go to the cashier's Office and Obtain a check called a memorandum check, and the freight will be surrendered by the delivery clerk upon presentation Of this check. This system, although it requires the driver to spend more time at the freight house, is of considerable advantage to consignees in cases Of error on the de livery check or Of delay in the arrival Of the waybill causing the agent's Office delay in making out the delivery check.

Time Spent by Wagons in Freight Yards. It was desired first to find the percentage of the day spent in the freight yards by the average teamster Of large trucking concerns handling miscellaneous freight. Observations made for twenty-one days on the one and two-horse trucks Of two Of the largest master teamsters in the city showed that these wagons spent approximately one-third Of the working day in the freight yards.

Figs. 2 and 3 show graphically the results from these Observations. AS seen by these plots the teams spent approximately one-third of the working day in the railroad yard. The conditions at the freight terminals, therefore, largely influence the amount Of work that can be done by teams doing this class Of hauling.

These Observations also showed that the delay per day experienced at the warehouses, or stores, was actually greater than the delay due to congestion in the railroad yards. By delay as used throughout this paper is meant lost or idle time on the part Of the wagon driver. The delay in the case Of freight being delivered to the warehouse usually arises from the necessity Of waiting for platform space or for the use Of an elevator. The delay at the warehouse in the case Of freight being loaded is due chiefly to the fact that frequently the goods are not ready for shipment at the time that the teamster calls.

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