| Show MAY HAUl ONlY FOOD FOnD AN AND 0 GO COAL l fOR TIME TIM Temporary Railroad Embargo Em- Em bargo barro Suggested by Garb Garfield Garfield Gar- Gar b Ot field i Urged to 1 Hold 1 Back Shipments COi COMMITTEE lITTEE TO STOP COAL CROSS HAULING I Fuel Chief Says as a's Five Day Cessation of or Industries Accomplished in Large I Part art All of Its Objects s W r T 0 jt rhe he placing o of a ge general embargo on freight shipments of all kinds excepting coal and food was waseIl eIla eIl r d tonight a to Director General McAdoo by Fuel Administrator Gar Gar- field Committee In Is Named nm d. d Director General McAdoo c. oo announced I that he would give the Garfield re request request re- re quest earnest consideration McAdoo announced the appointment of or a 3 committee representing the railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road and amid fuel administrations to elimInate eliminate elim elim- the cross hauling of oC coal an anto and to establish a zone system sHem of or deliveries deli deliveries eries cries for the mines minus Those on the committee committee committee com com- are A A. A D. D of the Interstate c commerce commerce commerce com com- I merce commission and Howard Elliott of or the thc New ew Haven railroad designated I by Mr Ir McAdoo 1 00 and G G. M. M 1 Snyder formerly formerly for for- merly traffic manager of the New York Central E. E 1 K g. Jesher chief statistician of oC the tho bureau of or m mines and S. S S1 A. A Ta Taylor Taylor Tay Tay- lor a Pittsburgh mining en engineer named b by Dr Garfield Director General McAdoo doo said toda today that as aM soon as the present congestion Is Is' relieved ed sufficiently he lie will Issue orders or orders or- or ders der for using the Pennsylvania lnla rail rail- railroad railroad road practically for foi the exclusive c transportation transportation transportation trans trans- of or war w freight and ani n l rl on Pa Page Pago e 2 GARFIELD URGES BAN ON FREIGHT Continued from Page I 1 gems gers Tho Time general freight will bo ho shifted wherever l' l possible to the time Baltimore Bal Eal- Ohio Chesapeake le Ohio New ew York Central Lackawanna Delaware it Hudson and Erie West OAt Shore Mr 11 Garfield sent the lie following rel i-ce- tonight to Director General Gen Con eral oral McAdoo asking for tor tho the embargo j In is X cN An The rho press reports report show shio that the time Pennsylvania railroad with the approval ap rip- or of A. A II IL Smith placed an embar embargo em em- bar bargo o yesterday Monday lon 3 January Januar 21 21 1 I upon all nil freight except food and fuel It Il will be observed that these are practically the same as t the thc lie exceptions made In the lie order with re- re to the use of or fuel The Time nation authorized b by this one- one t t m I I I S IS I. I I t I a aS S day a embargo should h b bo taken talen for tor several several sev soy eral oral days 9 n adding ding to the tho exceptions certain Wal war munitions and supplies not only upon the tho Pennsylvania lines out of oC Pittsburgh h. h but also upon the tho Baltimore Ohio hImes and amid the Philadelphia Phila Philla- delphia Reading line lines which form with whim certain Baltimore Ohio lines linos a through route to lo the seaboard Such Sue an aim embargo would be bo especially effective ef of- teeth teeth-c If IC It could follow ollow Immediately tho the rive five days s 's erell cO by bJ the lie JanuarY order To relieve lIe e present congestion an anto and to Rpt speed ell up imp the movement of ot coal and coke eats cars to and amid from the mines and amid ovens o It seems apparent that there thero must tom for a C few w days as mi an almost entire cessation particularly on the roads toads mentioned of oC all trel freight ht with the tIme exceptions above suggested Reports on Five day Holiday Fuel Administrator Garfield gave e a an aCcounting tonight of oC the results of oC the thc drastic order closing the tho Industries of or the time country countr east cast of the tho Mississippi for a period of oC five days The Tho five five- da day period closed at ut midnight tonight III Ills statement rea roads reads s in iii part The Time live five da laYs days industrial curtailment curtail curtail- ment imposed upon the lie country countr b by tho the regulation of Fuel Garfiel Garfield Gar- Gar fiel field on 17 Ii will be he January closed at midnight tonight ht As a result of the time patriotic operation co-operation o of American In Industry In- In capital and labor the time thea a way has been cleared for or prompt bunkering of ot the tho ships which were sere Jon long tied lied up at Atlantic ports waiting to carr carry vitally needed ed supplies to the American forces force abroad and amid to lo the time nations associated with sIth the lie United States In the prosecution prosecution prose prose- cution of oC tho time Warn war var n Reports ports to the fuel administration In indicated that lint the thc prime purpose sO J sought ht to bo he accomplished b by the regulation reg reS' the time bunkering of or ships and the supply of oC domestic consumers and amid public utilities have havo been greatly greally CI Large e numbers of oC vessels have been beon given the tIme necessary fuel uel for their trans Atlantic voyage oage Less titan than eighty eight remain at northern Atlantic ports today where a week ago aso were waiting In the meantime man many vessels ss l have ha arrived arri received ed bunkers S I S 15 r a 0 a S mm 1 h C unu iciL Frozen oat Coal I Is hc Thawed d. d Loading of or ships at tidewater to toda today today to- to da day proceeded under pressure of or adVerse adverse ad ad- ad- ad verse weather conditions In most cases frozen coal had to be thawed wed before be before before be- be fore it could be dumped Snow and amid freezing weather generally hampered time the handling of oC coal Railroad officials reported to the time fuel uel administration continued prompt movement mO of empty coal cars back to the mines West cst Virginia Pennsylvania Pennsyl Pennsyl- vania ania and amid other operators reported unusually unusually un un- un- un usually heavy loading in those fields The five day Iveda period perlo went Into effect ef of- feet midnight January 17 i. With reports coming In that lint certain storekeepers were preparing to evade nde the next Monday Dr Garfield took steps toda today to 0 block nn any such attempt at- at tempt tempi It was announced that lint there would be a general lightening of or the order for next Monday and that every establishment that Is h expected to willbe willbe will willbe j be closed down Reports on the movement of ot coal re received received re- re from A. A A H H. Smith In charge of ot transportation In the cast took a n rather rathel serious turn today lii iii view of ot the latest hea heavy fall tall of ot snow SilO Heavy snow through h tho time mountains of oC Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Penn Penn- 8 sylvania and Virginia and east cast of tidewater tidewater tidewater tide tide- water are arc causing difficulties In iii op- op em crating tin switches and amid Interlocking plants and slowing train movements At Chicago the tIme yards are gradually I being cleared of or snow Dressed beef beet livestock and perishables are moving east with great freedom cars of or freight freIght- being sent through In the time last forty eight hours Deliveries of or boxcars box boxcars boxcars cars to the lie western roads is Increasing Thorns Thom A Guarantee t 1 Senate and House interstate committee com com- In hearings hearing's on omi time the administration tion bill today heard testimony that lint the McAdoo WIlson lIson plan of of compensation compensation will ivill overpay 0 the carriers 15 a 0 year yeam Clifford Thome Thorne attorney attorney ne ney for tor western shippers said I It is proposed to make the public pa pay all the time Interest on their railways debt pa pay them a 1 reasonable dividend on their stock keep their properties up Ito i ito to per cent of ot present condition I tide them over these perilous times I hiring the war maintain their credit them a n surplus with which to build more properties and then to pa pay them a n return for what we wo build Certainly a n. mo most t delightful fascinating fascinating fasci fasci- minting and charming proposition proposition from from the thc railroads railroads' standpoint |
