The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-30
West End will Have Big Freight Yard To
 Relieve Congestion

1(Continued from Page One) perss It was said that the conges- tion had been caused by lack of ade- ouate lfghterage service to handle all of the freight offered for this port The road does not contemplate any other embargo at this time.
 It was said at the office of the New York central that although no somcial embargo had been declared, it's freight agents throughout the tdountry had been instructed to per suades shippers whenever possible, not sto ship freight for export unless arrangenents had been made for space on board vesselg awaiting to re- ceive such freight as soon as deliver ed at the seaboard- It was said that many shippers were co-operating with the road, and were, to some extent, relieving the situation
 No attempt was made to conceal the fact that the blockade threatens to become worse, though it was said that at present the glut was not much more serious than a few weeks ago. Fear was expr essed that a spell of rain or fog or snow might so paralyze traffic that an embargo would have to be declared. s
 No further action has been taken Western where a general embargo on all export freight was declared last Saturday, nor on the Central Railroad of New Jersey. the Western freight agents of which have been instructed to refuse shipments for export unless the shippers have ar rangements for loading the goods on vessels. It was said at the offices of the Lenigh Valley that no special pre- cautions had been found necessary to check the flow of freight on that roaE andx that 1t will not have more than it could handle. No. estimate was given as to the number 6f cars held on sidetraclzs-
 The New Haen has not escaped the general congestion One measure taken to relieve the situation was to lease five heavy freight locomotives from the New York, Ontario & East ern. An order for freight Locomotives has been in the hands of manufacture CTS for some time, but they cannot be delivered in time to move the business that is now pI1fng uI,.
 The only adequafe remedy for the general congestion that has been sug- Eester is "a greater supply of ships; and shipping men say that no more ships can be obtained If the ships that are carrying the goods could, be handled more expeditiously in Euro pean ports the situation would be somewhat relieved. Though it takes only four or i've days to load Ves- seI on this side, 1t takes som etirne almost a month to unload it on the other side.
 J. B. Smu11 of J. Fl. Winchester & Co, one of the largest ship brokers In the city. said last night:
 1T do not see how the situation can possibly be avoided. The delays in unloading at European ports are caused by lack of harbor facilities to handle the tremendous amount of shipping that they are now called up- onto accommodate, by the shortage of European labor. and by the com gested condition of the European rail- ways that are being used very large Iy for military purposes. know that in France they are using the German prisoners to unload vessels. be- heve that the foreign governments are making every effort to have the ships speedily unloaded because in many cases they are themselves the con signees. and want the goods to move as quickly as possible. Moreover Tor every day that a vessel is delayed over the time agreed upon for un- loading the consignee has to pay de- nlurrage of from $500 to $750. I am sure that they would not continue to pay this denurrage if they could pos sibly- unload the vessels more quick ly.@