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Show Water Transport for Fuel i , Coal barges on the Ohio River a solution of tho problem MlH of rail transportation rpHE fuel administration Is planning plan-ning to mako utmost possible uso of rivers and canals during the coming com-ing summer for tho transportation of coal. ' Hundreds of thousands of tons of coal can bo fetched In towed barges by way of tho Ohio, the Mississippi and other streams in the warm months of tho year. Incidentally, it ImP will mean transportation much htBP cheaper than by rail. JfjfifsP By tliis expedient cars and locomu- jiS tives will be freed for meeting tho Ru steadily increasing demand for rail- T'ltr' road facilities to carry food supplies fit and war materials and to accumulato ) 0Ut reserves of fuel where they aro most J -'sit needed, j . Ttl"' ' : |