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S CONTROL I i t t tA c c EBELS SEEK MEXICAN OIL T TA A X X PAYMENT ARBITRARY ROUTING IS MANDATORY I All Rules and Regulation Are Suspended by ly Orde O lej Which Directs Freight B Forwarded d Expeditious J Bj- Bj Universal nl Service i f iv W v WASHINGTON ASHINGTON May Iny 20 in interstate commerce tonight issued three emergency 01 ur orders ders to stand until the traffic cisi is passed which will have ha the thc of centralizing control of t the e rai rail railroads railroads roads with tIme the government go The Tho full force torca of ot the thc commission sweeping powers to divert traffic an anI relocate rolling stock is carried led in th tho t orders All rules and regulations gov bO normal movement o of freight ar art suspended and in their places it is or ordered ordered dered that Text of Drastic Ord Order r Until tho the further order of ot of ot this commission all said c commo carriers by railroad aro hereby direct 1 cd to forward traffic to destination b b. g the routes most most available to expedit t Its movement and relieve said s I tion without regard to tho the ro thereof made mado by shippers or by car carriers a from which h the tra traffic Is re rc h c l e l or to the ownership of ot the car carand and that that all rules regulations an ant practices with respect to car cat arc are hereby suspended and anel 11 Insofar only as conflicting with tb Ui directions made o This drastic order will have havo tho the cf ef feet of relieving congestions on tin tilt main transportation systems cast east ant am it t west by br utilizing the smaller and les blocked railroads The Tho g supplemented this order which Is b be t to be the tho vital move to break brcak the tho cong congestion by the Issuance s anco ance of ot the following rules governing sd d the operation of ot the order It Is ordered that Inasmuch as such sue d disregard of ot routing is deemed to b bt due to carriers disability the rates' rates applicable ap ap- to traffic so forwarded b bj routes other than those 4 designates b bj or U uy carriers irom t H traffic Is received shall bo be the rate ate I which w were re applicable at date of ot ship shipment shipment ment over the routes designated ted Mutt Notify Carriers Carrier I It Is further ordered that In Instance where the traffic is routed I or l' l routed re-routed by carriers by railroad unI under un un- der del the authority of 01 this order th the I carrier ler responsible for tor such outing or 01 I rerouting shall within tw twenty four nt foUT foUTI I hours ther thereafter after have deposited InI In Ir I United Stat States mall a notice addressed to the thc consignee consign eo of at the traffic stating The car numbers and initials pla s sand and dates of oC shipment tho the routing and respective e routes over which the tho traffic tlc fic is moving and that charges chares for the transportation of or the traffic Including transportation and schedules of ot rare rafe's fares Cares rind and charges as ns th those se ar ard are d fined defined In said ald act will t bo be the same as its they thc would have havo been If such routIng routing rout rout- Ing or or rerouting had not taken place Supplemental Orders Issued 1 In addition to this or order er the commission commission com com- corn com mission issued two other service orders ordera I specifically directed to certain railroads railroads rail rail- roads Instructing the contribution each must mal make e in tho relocation of ot approximately x cars Tho The combined effect of ot the three e OT- OT dera ders will be Freight of ot ever every description will h be Continued on Page Pace 2 RAil TRAFFIC PLACED IN CONTROl OF U. 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S Continued from Crom Page PaR 1 moved on connecting or supplemental roads roada to the tho main transportation arteries ar nr- ar- ar teries relieving th strain on U UJo o latter tatter and releasing heavy shipments ship ship- ments tied up Distribute ute the tho surplus ot of rolling equipment on tho the eastern roads toward the tho west where Inadequate equipment Js In checking chockinG movement of ot freight of ot cars cars for tor haulIng haul haul- hauling Ing grain and coal tho lack of ot which I H causing food tood shortage In some sections sec and shutting down public public ties fox Box Cnn Cars to 10 Move More Io Immediate Immediate- ord orders rs for tor the tho movement of ot approximately h lox bov cars from froni eastern railroads to roads from Chicago Chica Chica- go westward are contained in the thc commissions commission's corn com missions mission's sweeping Instructions tonight to to- to night At the thc same name time It Is ordered that about open top cars bo be re removed removed removed re- re moved to the th eastern roads from tho the central west vest to handle coal end and raw materials er I al s. s Tho The eastern roads affected in today's todar's orders ardors requiring a n. contribution from each tach system averaging fifty cars carR dally daiy are the tho following following- New York New haon Haven Ha Ua on ven Hartford Boston oston AI Albany an Lon Long Island railroad New York Ontario Western Pennsylvania railroad Atlantic Atlantic Atlan Atlan- tic Coast COlst line Southern railroad Seaboard Seaboard Seaboard Sea Sea- board Air line lint Wheeling Lake Lako Erie Brit Chare Charleston ton Western Carolina Atlanta Atlan J to ta West Point railroad Georgia railroad railroad rail rail- railroad road Florida FlorId J East allt Coast Atlanta BIrmingham Birmingham Bir fir mingham Atlantic The Tho exact number of cars with the date dato of ot starting delivery and place plaCA of or Interchange are aro given In the tho To Fe Deliver Top Cnn Cars These railroads are arc simultaneously simultaneous instructed to begin gln the delivery of or top cars to tho the eastern system Atchison on Topeka Santa Fe Chicago furling furling- ton Quincy Chicago Great Grent Western Chicago Milwaukee St St. Paul Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago Northwestern Chicago Rook Rock Island fc Pacific Minneapolis St St. Paul Sault SteP Ste Marie Great Grent Northern railway Indiana Harbor Belt Delt railway Minneapolis lInnol St St. Loula Missouri Texas Missouri Missour Pacific Northern Pacific Southern Pacific fit St Louis rAuls San Francisco St St. Louis Southwest Texas Toas aB Pacific and Union Pacific rho Tho necessity of ot the drastic sUc orders Issued by tho commission today Is la seen from tho the fact tact that in normal times Umes a congestion of ot cars on tho railroads railroads rail rail- roads Is Jo considerably somewhat dis dis- dis quieting At the tho height of ot the present disability as ns many as S i cars blocking up the main transportation transportation transportation trans trans- systems Car Cor Service to He De- In order to carry catry out tho the details of ot the he heavy relocations of ot equipment orden or- or den dar today It Is understood on high authority au- au that the common car service of ot the he American nail Railway way a association willo will willbo bo ho o made a permanent body It will be composed of W. W C. C Kendall chairman A A- AC A C C. Guth Gutheim lm W. W J. J McGar McGary L. L M It Betts Jetts and C. C B. B Phelps of ot whom arc re railway mon men of ot years standing This commission it la is understood will bo backed to the limit by whatever order It t asks of ot the Interstate commerce corn commission rn I Sn lo n. n |