Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-12-29
PR. R. EMBARGO
LIFTS; FREIGHT
GLUT RELIEVED
Coal and Other Necessaries
Again in Transit Toward the
New York Section.

Its recent ernbargoes having been
successful in choking off the great
food of eastbound freight, pending
removal of domestic and export
freight at seaboard points, the Penn
syIvania railroad yesterday ordered a
partial lifting OF the embargo to allow
products to come into New York for
domestic use and grain to move into
Philadelphia for export.
This order was declared at a meet
ing of traffic officials held yesterday
afternoon in New York Lifting of
the embargo on grain went into effect
last night: products for New York
and vicinity were released today.
The New York provision applies TO
domestic freight only. According to
this rule, freight of all classes des-
tined for New York proper, and the
metropolitan section generally, viii be
handled with dispatch. Freight will
be received at piers l, A, 8, q, Is and %
on the North River. as well as the
Thirty-seventh street piers. Brook
lvn receiving stations will include the
WalIabout and the Bush Terminal and
the New York Dock Company.
So far as Philadelphia is concerned
the embargo on export grain has been
entirely lifted. This embargo, it IS
understood. applies to grain en- route
from the West by rail, and not 10
Buffalo. where there now are some
go. OOO, 900 bushels of lake grain" gath
cred. The Philadelphia export situa-
ton has cleared to such an extent,
with the grain carriers already IN
port and those ON their way here,
that the railroad officials felt safe in
taking down the bars on this COM
modify.
supply to Be RepIenished.
The effect of the action of the rail-
road is expected TO be tremendous
in replenishing New York with prod
ucts barred out by reason of the re-
cent embargoes. Particularly is it ex-
pected this win be felt in the coal and
steel supplies.
Lack of coal has. it is said. threat
ened to cause physical suffering
among the poor, while the Pittsburgh
steel district has been forced to oper-
ate in many instances on part time
through being unable to get its prod
ucts into the market.
Release of export grain to Philadel-
phia, it is anticipated, win attract a
heavy grain-carrying tonnage to that
port, since the grain embargo is still
in effect at Baltimore and New York.
The opening of the Philadelphia port.
it is believed. will attract the atten-
tion of Western shippers to such an
extent that, added to the campaign OF
publicity being carried on all over the
country, it will result in permanent
business for the port.
New York railroads generally yes
terday reported q clearing up of the
congestion. The New York Central is
rapidly handling its freight, moving
on an average of 1900 car
loads of freight through the
harbor daily. This is an increase
of 500 cars daily over its capacity a
year ago. The West Shore railroad
still has 5000, 900 bushels, or 400 cars,
of wheat for exports in itselevators at
Weehawlzen, according to reports last
night. The New York, New Haven
and Hartford railroad is still some
what choked up, due largely to the
heavy shipments of arms and mu-
nitions from factories on its lines. To-
day this road is operating 44.009
freight cars, compared with $1,000 a
year ago.