[RITSlist] RI Industry Directory Question

[Jeff Aley - GCD PE]

Hi John,

	I have one of these, too.  I also have an original from the UP,
and it is in the same format.

	The lack of an (a) or (b) is somewhat problematic.  I belive in
some cases it refers to businesses that are not on the RR, and are
therefore served by the freight house or team track.

	However, in other cases, it appears that the local freight agent
was just too lazy to note the (a) or (b).

	The way I interpret it is that if ANY of the industries in that
town have an (a) or (b) then I assume that the agent was NOT lazy, and
therefore the absence indicates the industry had no rail service.

	But if NONE of the industries in a town have an (a) or (b) then
you just have to guess.


BTW, the Freight Shipper's Guides were provided to promote what modern
companies call "B2B" or "Business to Business" transactions.  They also
help potential industries get a better picture of what towns they should
locate in (by showing the competition, available raw materials, potential
customers, etc.)

Regards,

-Jeff


Jeff Aley		jaley at pcocd2.intel.com		My opinions, my facts,
							my everything.

> From: John Galich <jgalich at visi.com>
> To: ritslist at simpson.edu
> Sent: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:47 pm
> Subject: [RITSlist] RI Industry Directory Question
>
> Hi,
>
> I purchased a reprint of a
> RI?Industry Directory from Rails Unlimited of Elgin, Ill. From what I can tell it's from the early 1940s.
> The?Directory is organized by industry, then state,?town and?business name. After some business names
> there's an "(a)"; others a "(b)"; with the rest having no notation. The notes say "(a) Side track connected to our line.
> (b) Side track from a?connecting line". Let me provide an example using a fictitional?(since I'm doing this
> from memory) town:
>
> Under the?Manufacturing heading for the under Anywhere, Ill.,?it might
> say:
>
> Alpha Manufacturing Co.?
> Foxtrot Co. (b)
> Zebra Manufacturing?Co. (a)
>
> I
> would?understand this to mean:
>
> (a) Zebra is directly served by RI in Anywhere
> (b) Foxtrot served by
> another railroad in town that connects to the RI in Anywhere
>
> Correct?
>
> What about all the?businesses
> without an (a) or a (b), like Alpha? Are these?simply other companies in town that would truck?their products
> to a team track or freight house?
>
> Thanks for your help in advance.
>
> John Galich



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