| Show RAILROADS ASKING AID IN RELIE ING FREIGHT BLOCKADE Heroic l Measures cs Needed to Remove Congestion Say Officials Washington May Ira 13 Congress Con Congress was asked today to help tho the railroads s overcome overcome over over- come como the tho freight con so as to keep keel needed production needed to put down tho the cost of ot living living going going full tilt As a means of or enabling the roads to 10 provide pro equipment nt shortage o of ot which Is said to bo ho largely responsible for or failure to move o mountains of or freight piled hl high h at the principal gateways In the tho en east t and middle west the Senate Senate Sen Sen- ate ato Interstate commerce committee approved approved ap ap- ap proved prO an nn amendment to 10 tho the transportation transportation I tation act under which the railroads would bo given I fifteen years ears instead of or I five tl to pa pay hack advances under tho the rc ol revolving fund Cund Railroad officials said this would help but the they pointed out that the Immediate immediato trouble called for tor heroic measures t to relieve relle congestion and that tho tiro carriers for or Instance re required required re- re cars to reach normal Honda d with While most mOll of ot the tho roads roads' wore were swamped with freight ht at Junction points mints and bl big gateways American Railway 3 association officials said Raid a perceptible Improvement was shown by r reports portA received d from all sections complaints still canto came from shippers however and the car service commit commit- too teo of at tho the association which directs tho the car movement endeavored to allocate allocate allo allo- cate equipment to sections and industries indus- indus tries trieR In III 21 n need Thero There b was no embargo 0 on tho the moment move move- ment mont of ot coal live stock and perishables bles bJes an and these commodities had a a. preferential preferential pret- pret rating rating- and right ht of ot wa way ne next t to passenger train service which thus far has lias not been affected Government agencies in touch with tho the transportation tation tallon system put forth every effort to help relieve the situation admittedly admitted admitted- l ly bad bad but not quite so ba bad as a week or 01 ten days ago o. SOli South th I Free rt of ot Congestion Demands for tor coal were general This was J kept ept m while whilo orders were Issued for or tho the I quick dispatch of or cars to the northwest for shipment of grain rain and refrigerator cars for California anti and to take caro care of ot perish perish- ables The south seemed to bo be the only section sec sec- tion lion free treo of ot congestion the roads re ro- ro porting a steady tead flow Jow of at south bound freight with the tho north bound m vo- vo mont ment re regulated at eastern and western gateways by the ability of ot connecting roads to accept it it- At the Potomac yards here tho tiro southern gateway used b by all lines JInes in and out of or Washington officials reported that 2 2500 2600 OO cars were handled The movement northward was about equally equall divided but tho the northward flow was stopped suddenly at midnight last Jast nl night ht b by an embargo on all nn except the three favored commodities com com- Freight ht officials said they hoped to see seo daylight ahead b by the middle of ot next week Particular attention was given I en to the New England situation because use of ot reports that the was general and that the number of or cars waiting to bo be moved now exceeds Swamped Swamp Swamp- ed as thc they are arc at some points officials oW- oW said it was wan natural to expect confusion especially with a a shortage of or labor Jabor which has seriously retarded ed I work at Junctions |
