ELEPHANTS CAN DANCE

摘要

ONE OF MY FAVORITE TRAFFIC STORIESstarted with a simple invitation.David Yoder, the energetic young Southern Pacific Lines district sales manager at Tyler, Texas, asked if I could have dinner with Benjamin F. Biaggini, chairman of the SP, on his business car at nearby Shreveport, La. I readily agreed. As traffic manager for Texas Eastman Co., I was closely tied to rates and services on two rail routes from our Longview, Texas, plant to Mississippi River gateways, particularly chemicals and plastics moving to our sister plant at Kingsport, Tenn.