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Railway Age Weekly 1959 April 27 Traffic Helps Sales
Railway Age Weekly 1959 April 27 Traffic Helps Sales
78 Pages
Contents
Seaway may defeat itself' p. 9
Unless it creates "a whole new sphere of industrial activity," it will do more harm than good, says NYC's Baylis. Railroads will help to encourage such industrial growth-but they'll also put up a "real fight," through four types of rate adjustments, to retain traffic against Seaway competition.
Cover Story-What shippers think of RR salesmen p.15
Their opinions range from "good" to "bad," according to this month's Traffic Poll. Improvement has been noticed, but many industrial traffic managers see room for further gains.
Cover Story-Steel strapping saves money p.23
Many products can be shipped more safely, and loaded and unloaded more economically, thanks to steel strap. Here are five ways it is now being used.
Cover Story-3M uses traffic to help sales p.26
The Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company ships and receives an equivalent of about 95,000 carloads a year. Its traffic policies have followed the company's basic philosophy of thinking first of the customer.
How photos help trim damagep.35
Cameras are key tools in the highly successful damage-reduction program of S. C. Johnson & Son. The wax maker has cut damage for four consecutive years, despite an increase in the number and kind of items shipped.
LIRR: Still sprightly at 125 p.46
The Long Island is now, more or less officially, a "quar-quicentenarian." But to its 260,000 daily riders, it's in the bloom of youth-thanks to a physical rehabilitation job that's been accompanied by an extraordinarily effective public relations effort.
New ramp eases container transfer p.50
The ramp-with which British railways are experimenting -eliminates use of cranes or lift trucks.
Shippers boards fight attendance slump p.51
Declining interest in board sessions seems to reflect the difficulty of maintaining interest in repeated coverage of the same subjects. Here are some proposed remedies.
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