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Show TRAFFIC PUNS HIT BT MMDS Passenger Trains Late and in Some Cases Withdrawn With-drawn Entirely. WASHINGTON. Jan. 26. Just as railroad administration officials, encouraged en-couraged by rising temperatures over most of the country, had begun today to discuss removal of the general freight embargo on three eastern trunk lines, reports reached them of new snowstorms, with their disastrous effects ef-fects on railroad transportation. The immediate result was the abandonment aban-donment of hope of removing the existing exist-ing embargo tomorrow or Monday, and the intimation that it might be necessary neces-sary to eitend it further. The New York Central was sorely hit by blizzards today, both about Chicago Chi-cago and in northeru New York state. Reports indicated oul- a sluggish freight movement over the main line. Passenger trains were many hours late, and some were withdrawn." About Chicago, reports said, from seven to ten inches of snow had fallen, fal-len, aud was being driven over tracks and trains by a high west wind. More snow was forecast for most of the country eastward for tomorrow. Coal was kept moving, and neither the fuel nor railroad administrations had an reports indicating any more serious coal shortage than has prevailed pre-vailed for the past week. Tho zone svstem of distributing coal probably will not be put into effect for another week. By that time officials of-ficials look for a cessation of abnormal winter weather. |