Concerted effort on the part of shippers should result in these reasonable, logical and necessary changes being made in the proposed new classification (No. 17). In the case of the Company, the adoption of suggested amendments along above lines would result in marked savings on freight charges for at least three of the four larger H.B.C. stores.
It may be said that the Company in some instances could not make up carloads of its own merchandise. Granted that this is possible, there are a large number of forwarders in every city of importance and it is not difficult to have smaller packages included at carload rates.
| TABLE 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Load (lbs.) | Class | From | To | Freight | Saving |
| 18,000 | 1st L.C.L. | Montreal | Winnipeg | $520.20 | |
| 18,000 | 3rd C.L. | Montreal | Winnipeg | 347.40 | $172.80 |
| 18,000 | 1st L.C.L. | Montreal | Calgary & Edmonton | $894.60 | |
| 18,000 | 3rd C.L. | Montreal | Winnipeg, Calgary & | ||
| thence by | 3rd C.L. | Winnipeg | Edmonton | 634.50 | $260.10 |
| 18,000 | 1st L.C.L. | Liverpool | Winnipeg | $736.20 | |
| 18,000 | 3rd C.L. | Liverpool | Winnipeg | 482.40 | $253.80 |
| 18,000 | 1st L.C.L. | Liverpool | Calgary & Edmonton | $1110.60 | |
| 18,000 | 3rd C.L. | Liverpool | Winnipeg, Calgary & | ||
| thence by | 3rd C.L. | Winnipeg | Edmonton | 769.50 | $341.10 |
| TABLE 2 | |||||
| Load (lbs.) | Class | From | To | Freight | Saving |
| 18,000 | 1st L.C.L. | Liverpool | Calgary & Edmonton | $1110.60 | |
| 18,000 | 3rd C.L. | Liverpool | Winnipeg, Calgary & | ||
| thence by | 1st L.C.L. | Winnipeg | Edmonton | 909.90 | $200.70 |
| TABLE 3 | |||||
| Load (lbs.) | Class | From | To | Freight | Saving |
| 18,000 | 1st L.C.L. | Montreal | Vancouver | $1110.60 | |
| 18,000 | 3rd C.L. | Montreal | Winnipeg | ||
| thence by | 1st L.C.L. | Winnipeg | Vancouver | 1322.10 | $211.50 |
As at present possible on Groceries, for example, we can cite an instance of freight being saved by taking carload rate to Winnipeg and thence to Calgary or Edmonton through a forwarder. Below is a statement of a shipment which moved recently:
OLD WAY–1 barrel of Pickles, 140 pounds, Liverpool to Calgary, L.C.L. rate, at $5.81.........................$8.13
NEW WAY–1 barrel of Pickles, 140 pounds, Liverpool to Winnipeg, C.L. rate and Winnipeg to Calgary, C.L. rate, including forwarding charges at $3.04½.........................$4.68
The saving of freight on this barrel of pickles alone was $3.45.
Table No. 1 above shows class rate comparisons and will make clear the savings possible on drygoods shipments under proposed new grouping and loading.
Supposing in some cases it were not possible to make up a carload of drygoods for Calgary or Edmonton, shipments from Liverpool to Winnipeg in carloads and thence to the Alberta points by first class or less than carloads would still show an appreciable saving as indicated by Table No. 2.