New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 3, 1915, Page 5

Secretary A. H. Andrews Sho ws Merchants Where $25,000 a Year Can Be Saved—Reports Made Last Evening at Mercantile Bureau A saving of at least $25,000 a year in the deliveries already being made in New Britain or, in other words, a reduction of the average delivery ex- pense of the average merchant, frowm seven to two and a half per cent. his gross business, was shown, Secretary A. H. Andrews to the mem- bers of the Mercantile bureau last night at the meeting held in Hotel Beloin. This saving would be made a fact by the adoption of a system of co-operative deliveries. There are several business men in the city, said Mr. Andrews, who would gain from three to five thousand dol- lars a year by the adoption of such a system of central delivery. This tem alsg would give a service to the consumers far superior to that in any | other city in New Ingland. I'rom ! twenty to thirty cities in Ohio and Michigan leave central systems and Mr. Andrews recently visited two or three of the cities boasting of the system. | As a result of his investigations and those of the committee appointed to consider the system of co-operative delivery, Mr. Andrews in concluding his report, made the following state- | ment: ‘“Your committee feels that there is no one thing that can be brought about in New #-itain which will do more to up-build the city and place it on the map and we place be- fore you this evening the results of our investigation up-to-date.” Mr. Andrews’ Report. Tollowing is the report: The study of co-operative delivery Wwhich the Mercantile bureau of ‘he Chamber of Commerce has undertak- en becomes more interesting as the study advances. ‘While the term co-operative deliv- ery is used almost always in reference to this subject a much better title would be central delivery, for while a number of these delivery companies are strictly co-operative many of them are not. ‘When your committee took up the work delegated to it by the directors of the Mercantile bureau, they had in | mind some sort of co-operative deliv- ery system to benefit those merchants | who now do not have any system of delivery of their own, except possibly that of errand boys, but as the study progressed and information was gath- ered from various cities where deliv- | ery systems were in operation, it be- came evident that {if New Britain | worked out a system after the idea of | those systems successfully in operation | in the middle west, that it would be necessary to include the provision merchants. As the ldea of a central or co-oper- atlve delivery system has practically | dealers as well as the mlscclluneous‘ | never been worked out in the New . England states or hardly in the east- .‘crn part of the country it may be well to state briefly just what a central de- livery system fis. Details of Plan. This system consists first of a col- lection service from those merchan who desire to have their goods deliv- ered to their customers. At certain hours of the day, teams of the delivery company call at the various stores and collect all goods ready for delivery at. that time. These goods are immediate- ly taken to a central station wherc they are sorted for the various routes into which the city has been divided. —— e To the Citizens of New Britain Vicinity. IFor fully thirty-tive (35) years the ! L. & M. Semi-Mixed Real Paints have been extensively used throughout the United States and also in South Amer- Ica. They have therefore been sub- jected to the tests of every sort of climatic conditions—most successiul- 1y thereby proving their extreme durability and superior value. ! See ocur advertisement on other page, teling property owners how to make their own paint, and thereby save sixty cents a gallon on every gal- | lon used. TONGMAN & MARTINEZ. Paint Makers, New Yor and | were | pacity, Dinner and Meeting. { The city is carefully mapped out and | divided into routes according to its | size and geographical lay-out and one delivery team is selected for one par- ticular route onl When the goods have been carried by all teams to the central station, the goods are sorted and each team tak those goods which are to be delivered in the territory of its route, and im- mediately garts out delivering. This system is almost identical with the system of mail delivery in any city except that more deliveres are usually made. The average city sys- tem making four collections and four deliveries to every section of the on regular days, and five or six Saturdays and tne days previous holida Your nmittee took up the study of this question and was able to gather through correspondence a great deal of information, but the subject was of such importance and contained so many details that it was necessary for your committee to know, that it was felt that someone should inspect a number of these sys- tems which were in actual operation and, owing to the fact that I was to attend the national convention of the Chambers of Commerce of the United States in Washington, T was delegated 0 extend my return trip to take in several of these cities, ¢ to co, The Mansfield System, There are many of these delivery systemg throughn the middle and west- ern section of the cotntry, the ma- jority of them being in cities smaller than New Britain, It was decided that I should cover three or four cities fn Ohio and Michigan which were easiest to ‘get at and which would consume the least amount of time. 1, therefore, went directly to Mansfield, Ohio, from Washington. Mansfield, Ohio, has a population of 23,000 and has a central delivery sys- tem under the name of the Ford De- livery company. It was formed as a strictly co- operative company about ten years ago. The company consisted of eight members, all in the grocery or pro- vision business. Each member sub- | scribed for one share of stock at $200 and turned in one rig, that is, horse and delivery wagon, at a value ap- praised by a disinterested party, and bought or received the difference as the case might be. The incorporators were to look after-all the business of the company except that of the opera- | tion of the delivery system. They to provide and maintain tha equipment and employ a manager to handle the operation of the teams, A piece price for delivery w inaug- urated, the same being three cents on the delivery, this for groceries and for an amount up to one hundred pounds and for butchers up to 'fifty pounds. The price w later raised 'to five cents as the first price of three cents did not pay. Soon after the organization was formed, a stable was purchased for $4,000, upon terms of $500 down and $500 per year, This system continued in operation in this manner 8,000 had been paid on the stable. Then because of increased business or changes in business, the members of the corporation did not themselves care to conduct their part of the sys- tem, so it was decided to sell out to an individual, to be operated under stipulated conditions. Problems In Payment, The price per delivery nad resulted in many of the members sending out boys or clerks to make deliveries when business was quiet and the weather good, this was to save de- livery charges, When business was rushing, or the weather bad, they all turned in all thejr business to the De- livery company and overtaxed its ca- This resulted in the company having the least to do when it was best able to do it and the most to do when it was the least able, After the sale to a private owner, the system of payment was changed to a price per week for all users. This | drivers until | LITTLE BOY WEAK AND SIGHLY Mother Tells How Her Little Son Was Made a Strong, Healthy Boy by Vinol After a Severe Sickness. Vew York City.—‘‘ About five years ago my little bofir, then seven years old, was very ill with gastritis, then he con- tracted measles from theother children, pneumonia soon followed, and there seemed no hope of saving his life. How- ever, we fought oft the disease and he recovered, but was in a very weak and delicate condition. “The doctor preseribed cod liver oil, but his little stomach swelled up like a drum, and the doctor said there was no cure for him. I decided to try Vinol, as I had used it myself with splendid results, and it seemed to agree with him. Thatbloated condition soon disappeared, and now he is a strong, healthy boy, thanks to Vinol.”” —Mrs. THOMAS FIrz- GERALD, 1090 Park Ave., NewYork City. In gll cases where the healing, cura- tive, tissue building influence of cod liver oil, or the strength-creating, blood- mnkinfz roperties of tonic iron are needed, \yinol gives immediate benefit, for it is easily assimilated and accepta- ble to the weakest stomach, because it contains no il or grease, and tastes delicious. The Clark & Brainerd Co., Drug- gists, New Britain, Conn., and at lead- ing drug stores everywhere. price is practically two and one-half per cent. of the gross amount of busi- ness done or, ag an illustration: The largest grocer and provision dealer in Mansfield, doing a business of $100.000 a year, is paying $2,400 for his delivery. In Mansfield today the provisions people are the principal users of the system. There are twenty-five regular users and twelve teams are used covering the twelve routes. Four trips are made on regular days and six on Sat- urdays and the days before holidays. On Saturdays three additional teams are used. Greater Use of Telephone. Grocers and provision dealers not send out men soliciting and have not for years, but depend entirely upon their advertising to bring in the orders. Telephone busi- ness'is a large item with them., The delivery men are allowed to bring in orders to the merchants although they do not solicit orders. Every dealer whom 1 interviewed expressed entire satisfaction with this method of getting business. Deliveries are made on a C. O. D. basis if the metchant so desires. The delivery team must in those cases bring back the money or the goods. In the Mansfield system, boys voung men between the ages of sixteen and twenty are used as drivers at wages from $6 to $10 a week. These do not care for their horses. The boys are considered more effi- cient as delivery clerks they do their work quicker and there no interruption because of drunkenness. T had the pleasure of meeting the largest user of the system, also =« smaller user, and their comments of the system were all favorable, The secretary of the Chamber of Com- merce, who is not connected with the delivery em in any way, states that it is most favorably looked upon by all the people. T asked the larg- est user of the system what he would do in case for any reason the delivery system had to discontinue and he stated that he would ga out of business as under no circumstances would he ever take up his own driv- ery again. One party interviewed was one of those who made a study of systems before the system in Mans field was installed, and he stated that the systems had been in operation in various sections of Ohio for over twelve years or more and to the best of his knowledge there was no cas on record where the system of th kind had once been inaugurated that the merchants had gone back to their old method. The universal claim that the saving to the merchant from thirty to fifty per cent. Tt is the opinion of Mr. Ford: of the Delivery company that a deliv- erv syvstem which does not include do orders or as is is grocers and meats might be operated Alteration Sale! Owing tu the need of more room in vur store, on account of arranging floor space in makir.g up apartments to show our various lines of furniture for different rooms, we will give a Special Discount of from 20 to 50 per cent. for the next 10 days, in all our various departments of Houtefurnishings. WATCH OUR ADVERTISEMENTS OF THE HOOSIER KITCHEN CAB- NE!' THE PARTY WHO WILL SUGGEST THE BEST NAME FOR THE SUITE OF ROOMS WE ARE ARRANGING ON OUR GIVEN $5.00 IN GOLD. FLOORS, WILL BE We have recently purchased a new Mack Auto-truck and can deliver prompt- ly to any part of the state. | | JOHN A. ANDREWS & CO. | 132 MAIN STREET WEDN y 'YOU NEED AN INTERNAL BATH! Rheumasalts Banishes Constipation Quickly and Safely If you are bothered with constipation, headaches, sallow skin, coated tongue, | bad breath, indigestion, biliousnes: neu- ralgia and rheumatism, then you neced an internal bath. This is effectively accomplished by sim- ply dissolving a little Rheumasalts in a glass of water, and you have a delight- ful carbonated drink that cleans out the stomach and intestines, eliminates tox- ins and poisons and leaves the intestinal canal clean, healthy and sweet. Chronic constipation yjmmediately van- ishes when the scientifically blended and chemically pure carbonated lithia drink, Rheumasalts, is used. Rheumasalts contains no calomel or other dangerous drugs. It is as pure as a natural laxative salts from the mineral springs. It acts on the bowels, liver and » Kidneys quickly without griping or nausea. { It is a uric acid solvent as well as a saline laxative. It is delicious to take. Ask your druggist for about flve ounces of Rheumasalts. Take two teaspoonfuls in ¥%glass of water before breakfast each morning. After you have taken Rheuma- #alts a few mornings, the pleasant results will surprise you. Rheumasalts is prepared by the famous Rheumabath Company, Minneapolis, Minn. 25c, 50c and $1.00 Bottle: e et e« e e e successfully with automobiles and that it provisions and other goods are in- cluded in the delivery system, the rigs, whether autos or teams, should be spe- cially constructed., System in Tiftin, Ohio. Tiffin, Ohio, was the next city visit- ed. This city has a population of about 12,000, and has a delivery 4 tem similar to the Mansfield plan, ex cept smaller. This system was formed ten years ago and was operated on a Co-opera- tive basis up to a few months ago, when the equipment was sold to a private party and the buildings rent- ed to him. The change was made in Tiffin for the same reason as in Mansfield with the addition that the co-operative company had not been very successful in securing a good manager. When the new owners took possession, the payment plan was changed from piece price to a weekly e. Tiffin has four deliveries daily ex- cept on Saturday which has five. They use seven rigs on regular days and nine on Saturday. It has sixteen regular users, mostly provision dealers, and several of the provision stores are general stores and a great var- iety of goods are delivered. The most bulky material which I saw de- livered was baled hay This system employs and the average wage | ptr week. one driver week extra and assists work. I was at this station on Saturday afternoon when the business was heav- iest and in comparison with other systems it seemed that they were us- ing too few teams. Ann Arbor Visited. Ann Arbor, Michigan, was the next city visited. The city has a population of 15,000 and in addition 5,000 stu- dents attending the University Michigan. Its delivery system was started about ten years ago has al- ways been a strictly co-operative one. 1t especially substantial and suc- cessful. The manager has held that position since the company started. Rates are governed by the piece price and the tag system is used entirely. The manager admits some of the same mostly men about $10.50 gets $2 & with stable e OUCH! BACKACHE! RUB LUMBAGO OR PAIN FROM BACK Rub stiffness away with small trial bottle of old, penetrating *“St. Jacob's OiL” Ah! Pain is gone! Quickly?—Yes. Almost instant re- lief from soreness, stiffness, lameness and pain follows a gentle rubbing with “St. Jacob's Oil.” Rub this soothing, penetrating oil right on your painful back, and like magic, relief comes. “St. Jacob's Oil" is harmless backache, lumbago an1 sciatica cure which never disappoints and doesn’t burn the skin. Straighten up! Quit complaining! Stop those torturous “stitches.” In a moment you will forget that you ever had a weak back, because it hurt or be stiff or lame. Don't suf- fer! Get a small trial bottle of old, honest *“St, Jacob's Oil” from your druggist now and get this lasting re- lief. | IF HAIR IS TURNING GRAY, USE SAGE TEA Don’t Look Old. Try Grandmother’s Recipe to Darken and Beautify Faded, Lifele: That beautiful, even shade of dark, glossy hair can only be had by brew- ing a mixture of Sage Tea and Sul- phur. Your hair is your charm. It makes or mars the face. When it fades, turns gray, streaked and looks dry, wispy and scraggly, just an ap- plication or two of Sage and Sul- phur enhances its appearance hundredfold. Don’t bother to prepare the tonic; you can get from any drug store a 60 cent bottle of “Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy,” ready use. This can always be depended upon to bring back the natural color, thickness and lustre of your hair and remove dandruff, stop scalp itching { and falling hair. Everybody uses “Wyeth's” | and Sulphur because it darkens so naturally and evenly that pobody ,can tell it has been applied. You simply dampen a sponge or soft brush with it and draw this through { the hair, taking one .small strand at a time; by morning the gray hair has disappeared, and after another ap- blication it becomes beautifully dark and appears glossy, lustrous and abundant. | of | won't | a to | Sage | | difficulties found in Tiffin and Mans- | field when they operated on the plece price, namely where merchants many times send out their own clerks. This dificulty apparently has not been as acute in Ann Arbor and the success of this system is due greatly to the fact that they have an efficlent mana- | ger who knows the business and un- derstands the handling, buying and selling horses, etc. There are sixty- five regular users of this system and | sixteen regular teams are used. The provisions men procide special boxes for the sending out of their orders. The wagons are different from those used in Manstield and Tiffin. The tem employs only men for operating the delivery teams. In 1914, 607,139 delivery company, states that the pub- of the Ann Arbor civic assoctation, | which has no connection with the de- iivvery company, states that the pub- lic is absolutely in sympathy and coula not do without it. Four deliveries are made on regular days and five on Sat- ardays. The central station is of brick, very large and substantial. The manager has full charge of the equipment Individual Charges. The charges follows. for grocers, those who are stockholders three and three-eights, those ' not stockholders four and one-eighth. A delivery must have a tag giving the | hundred pounds. Butchers are pay- ing one-half cent less for delivery than the grocers. Delivery tags are sold for cash in advance and every delivery must have a tage giving the name and address of the customer. C. O. D. delivegies use envelopes in- stead of tags and the envelope con- tains a bill which the delivery clerk receipts, The money is put into the envelope to be returned to the mer- chant when the next collection is made Additional city delivery work is undertaken which results in addi- tion revenue without increased nv('r-‘; head cxpense and this line of work | can be developed anywhere. Pontiac, Michigan, was the next city visited. This city has a popula- tion of about 17,000. This is a strictly co-operative gystem which has been in operation about eight years. It has been very success- tul, although experiencing some of | the difficulties found in the other cities. For the same reasons found in Mansfield, the equipment will prob- bably be sold in the near future to the party who is now manager, and the building rented to him. The man- ager and one of the largest users state that when this change is made the system will have weekly rates for de- livery instead of the piece price sys- tem. Men are here employed as drivers and the pay averages $14 per week. The manager stat that while boy are quicker as delivery men, they are much harder on horses. Twelve de- livery teams are used and four trips | are made each day cxcept Saturdays, when five trips are made. Men Best Users. are as Provision The largest users are Brocery provision men and they state emphati- cally that they would never take up their own delivery again under any circumstances. The largest user is a ; man and he would either sell sell from the ng two and groce ! out his business or only store. At pontiac they are us all-steel wagons which were made es- | pecially for them about six months ago and thelr manager states that as ast as the present wagons give out, steel ones will be purchased. In my opinion they are far superior to the wagons used in any of the other cities This system has sixty-five regular users. The provision dedlers use boxes or crates of special width and length, but of varying sizes. One rea- son advanced here for the change to private ownership is the fact that from time to time the original own- ers go out of business for some rea son or other and unless the stock bought by some other merchants the system in little while would cease to become co-operative. From what you have heard, 1 think you will agree that the question is a big one and of vital interest to New Britain. The committee felt that a report should be made to the New Britain merchants at this time | showing the progress of the work up- to-date. The committee has not had sufficient time ‘to formulate definite plan for putting the system of this kind in operation in New Britain, but believe that it is essential that such system should be put in operation | in the near future in the interes the merchants and the purchas | public. a Application Here. Let us consider for a few moments how the system of this kind can be applied in New Britain, There are today in New Britain, among the pro- | vision and grocery dealers, about sev- | enty teams used in delivering good On the basis and averages in cities this work can be done through | a delivery system such as I have de- | seribed with from 36 to 40 teams at | the outside and a delivery to every | house in the city can be made four times in each day. This everyone will admit is much better service than the citizens of New Britain are now get- ting The same team would be able to deliver at the same time in addi- tion to groceries and provisions such other merchandise of reasonable bulk as the customer might have ordered The delivery from all the stores would be made at the same time and by the same team. Our investigations I have shown that using the figure, supplied by a number of the provi- sion dealers of New Britain, their de- expenses is about from five to | per cent. of their gross busi- ness and I am inclined to belleve that when everything is considerd the average would be well up to seven per cent. | nvery seven Could Save 5,000, As 1 quoted before with the central | system these figures could be reduced to two and one-half per cent. This would result at the lowest conserva- tive figure in deliveries already being made in New Britain today a saving of at least $25,000 per year and a ser- vice which is many times superior to the service now rendered. There is is | | other l - that {s powertul to start and is productive by suppl; those substances necessary to Our new booki Werite for A PARMENTER & POLSEY FERTILIZEROD., its to the state and every ory made this uf Haven Cha weelk r Protectio matter of of a bill fraj which will i mght be in the | minds of the New Britain provision dealers, this the fact that England grocery and provision dealers make a practice [ 1 of 1 out men with ( business. These 1 ) thelr teams and oru return | and deliver the goods. This system ie eliminated by the central idea and many merchants might feel that that | the judicia would mean a loss of business. Re- | ¥riday afte sults in other places have shown that | that the laws this fear is unfounded and there | ble for a } would be nothing to prevent a provi- | to collect his slon dealer from sending out a solici- | tlon is not g tor on foot without the bother of a | have been wo team and make a house to house so- | et a bill redu licitatin and who could from time to | the legislatu time in the progress of his trip tele- | State Chamb phone in his orders to the house and | Yides for a have them sent out on the next tons from § livery. New Pritain merchants fronted with the problem of out-of- | town buying. There is one thing | By which would offset much of this. This | is the Installing of a central delivery | system, which would give a service to the consumers in New Britain far | Is superior to that in any other ecity in | that with G New England and every up-to-date | blockade En merchant knows that service has as | retaliating w much to do today with getting | cut off all business and holding old as price those who sul Your committee feels that there is | Nations, whe no one thing that can he brought | ing daily moj about in New Britain which will do | those countrl more to up-build the city and place it | depends chigl on the map, and we place before you | merce, this evening the results of our inves The Tribuni tigation up-to-date ;unll affirm t An excellent dinner excesses of & 6:45 to the membership | Ing the valid President W. H. Crowell of the Mer- | You—— cantile bureau called the meeting to order. A letter from T. J. Lynch, | manager of the Russwin Lyceum com- ] one objection which New ting | with | nd de- NEU are con- Actions of many, Rome, Mar practically] new was served At 7:30 £150,00 Boston, M had their hi pany, thanking the bureau for its 2o- operation and support was read months when President E. W. Christ spoke brief- | city's appa ly on the bulletin to be printed short- ( gubdue & fi ly by the chamber for the purpose of | story busine keeping the members in touch with | High streets the progress of the work | estimated at 8. M. Davidson, chairman of the 000 falls on ¢ committee on co-operative deliveries, | company, ha was called upon to speak for the com- | which occupl mittee. | Among the of Secretary Andrews then read his re American St port. He suggested that milk deliver- | and numero iés might later be included in the | derse smoke central system. The present milk de- | plosions of P livery system, he said, is the most in- | firpmen from efficient one known and by placing | flames raged it on the other basis and delivering being broug the milk from a central station, from two to three cents a quart can be saved by the consumer. This stat.- | ment, he added, i= not the result of in vestigations made here but was found | true by investigations clsewhere, | A printed copy of the report mads | by Mr. Andrews will be sent to each member of the bureau. A‘vote of thanks was given the members of tho committee for their work ew Britain today has the only thoroughly up-to-date chamber of commerce in the state of (onnecti- cut,” sald President F. H. Johnson of the Connecticut Chamber of Com- merce, who was called upon to speal on the legislative work of the stare crganization. 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