Routing Freight Shipments Classic Reprint

Author : Henry H. Godfrey
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780260733993
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (339 download)

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Download or read book Lectures on Freight Traffic Or Transportation written by Henry H. Godfrey and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-10 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lectures on Freight Traffic or Transportation: School in Quartermaster's Department Administration; Depot of Supplies, Philadelphia, Pa The reward for these graduates and their efficient administration of duties in the Quartermaster' s Department has been speedy promotion to higher rank with the resultant increase in pay. The records show that the majority of the new supply and quartermaster sergeants are graduates of this school, and there is no reason to doubt that the majority of future promotions to these ranks will be made from its graduates, and members of this class will be among the ones so honored. So there is really some thing to work for and I know all of you will do your best to attain the heights reached by the members of past classes. It is my contention that the experienced tramc man should be at the point of shipment, and it is very important in this day of Government economy that Marine Corps posts have experienced transportation or traffic men on the job. Especially is this important at the larger posts where a large volume of shipping is done, as at the Philadelphia Depot, Hampton Roads, Parris Island, Quantico, San Diego, San Francisco, and others. I might state, however, that due to the fact that we have men at most of these posts who have had training from some source or other, in cluding graduates of this school, the errors causing overcharges are very few, except when transfers of men are made and the relief is not familiar with the subject. Our main trouble at present is at the smaller posts where there is only an occasional shipment. It may be that some of you will do duty at one of these small posts and perhaps you may be instrumental in eliminating some of the errors at these posts. Errors can be made at the shipping point in connection with packing, loading, routing, and the incorrect issuance of the bills of lading that can not be corrected or rectified after the shipment is in transit. Errors may also be made by the receiver of the freight, but these as a rule are negligible compared with those which occur at the point of shipment. The whole structure of transportation by freight is based on laws and regulations promulgated by the Interstate Commerce Commission, and any of these laws that are violated, or not complied with, will in the majority of cases result in overcharges or higher freight charges. If a shipment is started out wrong it will go to final destination wrong, and the freight charges will be wrong, but will have to be paid no matter how bright or well informed the man paying the charges to the carrier may be. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.