CHINESE RAILWAYS COMBAT SLUMP IN TRAFFIC

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 11, 2011
• Sequence Number: 373
• Publication Date: November 14, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY China
SUBJECT Transportation - Rail
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspaper
WHERE
PUBLISHED Hankow
DATE
PUBLISHED 8 - 10 Jul 1952
LANGUAGE Chinese
CLASSIFICATION RESTRICTED
SECURITY INFORMATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADC
Chang-chiang Jih-pao.
REPORT
STS CD NO.
DATE OF
DATE DIST. 1 14 Rov 1952
NO. OF PAGES 3
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
CHINESE RAILWAYS COMBAT SLUMP IN TRAFFIC
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cidental w to thee hreegAntis combat t Fiva e slump Antis nMovements,the irailway
bureaus have endeavored to stimulate an increase in the volume of
transportation by sending traffic teams to solicit business from pos-
sible shippers.
During May 1952, an average of 549,129,000 ton-kilometers for
train loads, was recorded; this was 209.3 percent of the March and
159.4 percent of the April performance.
TRAFFIC TEAMS STIMULATE MOVEMENT OF GOODS -- Hankow, Chang-chiang Jih-pao,
10 Jul 52
Hunan (Special Dispatch) -- The Heng-yang Railway Bureau has organized a
large number of small traffic teams and put these cadres to work soliciting
business for the railways. The conditions which led to this step were as fol-
lows. After January 1952, while the Three Antis and Five Antis Movements were
being prosecuted, a great many public and private shippers gave little atten-
tion to the development of their business, a number of large basic construc-
tion projects were not started, and the railway traffic divisions took little
initiative in cultivating close relations with shippers. In addition, the
high-level leadership had not yet reacted sagaciously to the importance of in-
creased production. The result was a slump in the volume of transportation
which indicated that the transportation targets for the period could not be
fulfilled.
In March 1952, the Central - South Regional Committee on Finance and Eco-
nomics convened a transportation conference. One result of this conference
was to direct all government enterprises to set up traffic targets aiming at
an advantageous distribution of traffic tasks. Railway administrators then
became active in establishing contacts with large producers. The railway bu-
reaus began to organize numerous small teams to take the initiative in "so-
liciting business" among shippers so that the volume of traffic might be in-
creased.
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To start with, the traffic teams directed the ttention of the managers
of public enterprises to the advantages of buying and moving slow-moving stocks
of goods or commodities which they could use, and of getting rid of surplus
stocks of materials they do not need. For example, for a long time the For-
estry Bureau at Chen-haien f1l3 0, 25 487 had a large rumber of long railway
ties suitable for use under switches and crossings. When this fact was noted
by one of the traffic teams, they induced the Shanghai Railway Bureau to buy
them for use in East China. In northern Kwangsi there was a surplus of car
wheels. These wheels were returned to the ministry which then induced the
?Chin-chou, Chung-ch'ang, and Kirin Railway Bureaus to have them brought to the
Northeast.
At first, the traffic teams gave owners of goods a headache because they
only brought pressure to bear to force the movement of goods; but before long,
they came to understand the problems of the owners, learned how to be helpful
in solving the problems and then they were cordially welcomed. The teams have
succeeded in facilitating interflow of goods not only between city and rural
areas, but also between mutually distant places. For instance, this past
spring there was a bountiful crop of litchi in Kwangtung, larger than could be
marketed locally. It was suggested to the farmers that they ship the fruit to
Shanghai, but the farmers believed this was impracticable because of the long
distance, the perishable nature of the fruit, the excessive cost of transpor-
tation on express trains, and the slowness of freight trains. One of the
traffic teams f_rs: made `.entative arrangements for a through fast freight
train and persuaded the farmers to organize for collective shipment and to
give the scheme a trial. Cargo for the return trip was also found. The plan
worked successfully for all concerned, including the railways.
A similarly advantageous arrangement was made by a Rankow Subbureau traf-
fic team concerning a quantity of top-grade sharp river sand found near Ch ang-
sha and used for important concrete construction projects in the cities. As a
result, on the shipment of 32,000 cubic yards of sand for use on gc"ernment
contracts, the government netted a saving of 170 million yuan co, .,;red with
the cost of transportation by other facilities, and the railways gained 320
million yuan added revenue.
HEAVIER TRAINS IN MAY -- Ha,-,k-v, Chang-chiang Jih-pao, 9 Jul 52
Peiping, 7 July (Rein-hus, -- The energetic and systematic promotion
throughout the country of the full loads, heavier trains, 500-kilometers-per-
day movement has stimulated the development of transportation capacity and re-
sulted in a marked increase in railway haulage.
During May 1952, due to the locomotives hauling trains heavier than pre-
vious assignments, an average of 549,129,000 ton-kilometers was recorded,
which, on the average, was 209.3 percent of the performance in March, and 159.4
percent of that in April. The average in May represents the dispatch of 3,633
fewer trains than would have bee': required by the previous standard assign-
ments, the use of 35 fewer locomotives, the saving of 65,632 man-days of labor
on inspection and repairs, 19,219 kilograms less coal, and 11,574 kilograms
less lubricants. There was a reduction of 6.5 percent in the number of trains
operating with less than the standard loads in May compared with April.
Five mechanics in the Narking railway shops devised an improvement in the
K-shaped three-way valve by which uniform braking effect is secured, thereby
reducing the difficulty of handling long heavy trains.
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LOCOMOTIVES PULL RHCORD LOADS -- Hankow, Ch'ang-chiaag Jih-pao, 8 Jul 52
During the past month the workers of the Cheng-chou Railway Bureau have
accomplished outstanding results along the line of the full loads, heavier
trains, 500 kilometers-per-day movement. Since mid-May, over 95 percent of
the locomotives have been hauling heavier trains and, with the exception of
those working on feeder lines, most of them make daily runs of over 500 kilo-
meters.
On 1 June, a Mikado No 6 type locomotive, No 3318, on the run between
Cheng-chou and Hain-helang, hauled a load of 3,733 tons which was more than
double its previously assigned load for that run. On 4 June, locomotive No
3234, of the Sian Locomot!ve Division, covered 739.6 kilometers. The carload-
ing crew at Hcu-ch'ang has increased the average load for tobacco leaves from
22 tons to 28 tons, and later to 30 tone, which for this commodity, is a new
record for the whole country. By such more efficient loading methods, a reduc-
tion in one year of 1,000 cars for the tobacco leaf traffic at Hsu-ch'ang can
be effected with a saving equivalent to about 11 million yuan in operating
costs.
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