. Elektrische Eisenbahn Zeitschrift . Fracht in Carload Lose auf der Grundlage einer switchingCharge. Die folgenden Hinweise geben einige Einzelheiten über den Service, Preise und Methoden der Einwerbung von Fracht und Express-Geschäft einer Reihe von repräsentativen Unternehmen. NEW YORK STATE RAILWAYS ROCHESTER LINES die New York State Railways, Rochester & Sodus Bayand Rochester & Eastern Lines betreiben ein Express-Geschäft in und aus Rochester, Aber das Geschäft wächst nicht sehr schnell wegen der begrenzten Terminal-Einrichtungen in Rochester und weil eine Stadtverordnung die Aufzählung von Fracht-und Express-Autos t verbietet
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. Electric railway journal . freight in carload lots on the basis of a switchingcharge. The following notes give some particulars ofthe service, rates and methods of soliciting freight andexpress business of a number of representative companies. NEW YORK STATE RAILWAYS ROCHESTER LINES The New York State Railways, Rochester & Sodus Bayand Rochester & Eastern lines, operate an express businessin and out of Rochester, but the business is not growingvery rapidly on account of limited terminal facilities inRochester and because a city ordinance prohibits the op-eration of freight and express cars through the streets ofRochester during the daytime. On the Rochester & SodusHay line the inbound shipments consist principally ofeggs, dressed meat, fresh fruit, milk and other provisions, while the outbound shipments are confined to bread, icecream, produce and merchandise consigned to small storesin the nearby towns. The Rochester & Eastern line handlesonly a small amount of inbound express but handles a good. Electric Delivery Wagon in Rochester volume of outbound merchandise to points as far asGeneva. It also does a carload switching business in con-nection with the steam roads in its territory for which itreceives a flat rate per car. No less-than-carload freightis interchanged with the steam roads nor is the electricline a party to any joint freight tariffs with other steam orelectric roads. Two classes of service are given: Class A, which in-cludes wagon collection and delivery in Rochester, Geneva, Canandaigua and Victor, and Class B, which covers trans-portation between stations only. There are no large townson the Rochester & Sodus Bay line, and Class A service atthese points includes pick-up and delivery from and to thesidewalk. The Class A rates are approximately the same as thosecharged by the old-line express companies, while the ClassB rates are from 3 cents to 5 cents per 100 lb. higher thanthose of competing steam roads. All Class A express iscarried on passenger
