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Railway Age 1957 September 9 How CNR trains middle management What Supervisors w
Railway Age 1957 September 9
Congress set transport law 'record' p. 9
The just adjourned Congressional session set something of a mark for transport legislation, having brought final action on nine of the 26 matters covered in legislative recommendations of the ICC's annual report. One enactment of interest to railroads is a fourth-section amendment which limits the commission's authority with respect to the long-and-short-haul clause to the granting of relief over direct routes.
Union shop talks deadlocked p.15
Month-long discussions between the Santa Fe and 15 non-operating unions on the latter's demand for a union shop have ended with no agreement and a report that the unions are taking a strike vote. Decision on the proposed walkout may be known late this month. The unions, Santa Fe charges, rejected a compromise offer, "insisting upon compliance without change in their demands."
Tilford hails L&N-NC&Sil. merger p.18
"More and better service under one management" will follow from the merger of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis with the Louisville & Nashville, says John E. Tilford, L&N president. The merger, which became effective August 30, should mean that additional improvements can be made, he added, "which will increase traffic movement with a fuller use of the transportation capacity."
How CNR trains middle management p.24
The Canadian National's staff school program-unique among railways on this continent-has just ended its fifth successful session. The program was set up to provide management with full information about likely candidates for promotion and to give such candidates instruction and impetus to move them forward in the desired direction.
Carriers put spotlight on tank car journals p.28
Sharp reductions in the incidence of hot boxes on tank cars have followed formation of several joint committees, representing railroads and private car owners, that were set up specifically to deal with the problem. The committees emphasize use of proper equipment, such as modern bearings and lubricators, and make sure that the equipment is properly serviced and maintained.
Bonus plan's aim: 'Team effort' p.30
If the Chicago & North Western's gross freight revenues exceed a predetermined mark this year, all traffic department personnel,
receive their shares of revenue earned in excess of the bonus base in direct ratio to their annual salaries.
What supervisors now want from management p.37
It is through the supervision that the policies, objectives and procedures of a company are communicated to the employees. What supervisors require from management to make this communication effective will be detailed at the forthcoming Chicago annual convention of the American Railway Bridge & Building Association.
RRs swing to 'general promotion' ads p.45
More emphasis, and more money, is going into advertising campaigns that tell the public of railroad progress. The significance of the new railroad stress on general promotion is that it provides an important clue on how management may invest future advertising dollars.
How are they doing on the Pittsburgh & West Virginia?p.59
Here's why the railroad views the future with undisguised optimism, even in a year when railroad business generally is faced with spiraling costs and sagging net. The road may wind up 1957 with the best net-to-gross ratio, and its top per-share earnings, since 1950.
Automation-Key to prosperity p.82
The future of the railroads depends on the degree to which they go forward with automation, which, in essence, means producing more units of product per hour of labor. All that's wrong about automation on railroads is that there isn't even more of it going on than there is.
COMING NEXT WEEK: A special report on the growing use of prefabricated buildings in the railroad industry.
Short and Significant
"Marden method" freight car weighing . . .
is scheduled for a demonstration soon at the Monon's yard in Hammond, Ind. A spokesman for International Railroad's Weighing Corporation at Indianapolis, said the demonstration date may be set at a meeting this week. The Marden method involves two-draft weighing of coupled moving cars.
Definite word on new rate increase . . .
is not likely to result from traffic association meetings September 19-20 in Chicago. The Western Executive Committee is slated to confer the 19th, then meet with Eastern and Southern groups the following day. One observer's forecast: Discussions and studies have not firmed up enough yet to make a decision possible.
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