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Show THOUSANDS OF CARS TIED UP Interstate Commerce Commission Commis-sion Calls Meeting to Solve Freight Congestion Problem. Washington. March 2. Freight congestion con-gestion In eastern terminals will be taken up by the interstate commerce commission with representatives of all Interstates concerned at a public hearing hear-ing here March G and 7. Tho commission while without direct di-rect authority to attempt to relieve congestion except through its power over the rules, rates and regulations of the railroads, called tho meeting, so the roads and the shippers might have an opportunity to got together to solve the problem. Congested conditions, particularly in Now York, have existed several months and thousands of freight cars have laid In New Jersey yards for wooks at a time. Recent conditions have become serious throughout a portion of the west, particularly on account of car shortage and because thousands of cars were tied up at eastern terminals. |