The Detroit times., 1916-11-04
Agrees TO Release Ship
ments # Unloading
Is Certain
YARDS SCENES OF
GREAT ACTIVITY
Shippers Greatly En-
cOuraged by Result
of Coles Mission

With an Tho Detroit railroad ter
minals lammtd with men and teams
300 an effort 10 relieve he freight
car congestion and -taNs on An i'm.
pending coal famine. fh' noon day
conference OF shippers and railroad
hrpds in tho Detroit Board Of Com
mcrcc was encouraged with the
news from SECRETARY Walter G.
Cole. IN Louisville. thar tho Louis
,t.,r a Nashville had agreed 70 ut
.f~ ombdrgors ON coal hipmonts
north o, thr Ohio N unloading mere
would proceed without interruption
The Louisville a. Nashville on.
UarEo was "a blow 20 Detroit because
large supply OF n"troits fuel
lpply i- from The ktuucky fields.
ono of Tho biggest consumers %
coal IN Detroit using l4po tons "A
day. said that IS per cent OF his sup
ply came over the Louisville &
Nashville The public lighting com
mission gets most ot rs coal over
tho Louisville a. Nashville. besides
numerous manufacturing plants
figures on which have not been
complied The public lighting con-
mission hs, only 70 limited supply
~ coal and complained Friday thai
unless The Louisville & Nashville
lifted The embargo it would Dc
Without fuel In DAYS
With the arrival OF Secretary
Coles dispatch. explaining IA. a.
ufudc of the Louisville & NashH'll'
raiiroad officials mrs saRes were i'm
mcdiatclv sent uut by local raj
roads and shippers assuring th'
Louisville a. Nashville that the
work ~ unloading and moving cars
Nas being rushed With an speed
The congestion ir fho Michigan
Central wards extends as Far as
Niles. Mich more than 200 miles
frlw Detroit
uctroir- leading shippers discuss
au tha gravity of the situation Fri
dtt afternoon and agreed 90 pvt on
extra shift OF men. taking them
from the production departments ~
their manufacturing plants Il neces
sary 20 rush unloading Saturday
mornings activity must be kept Wy.
IL was indicated for several days
and probably longer II the city Is 10
BE- saved from a coal shortage and
even higher prices troWlng out o'
scarcity ~ foodstUGs
Tho conference was held Al the
invitation ~ the transportation com
mittee of 'le Detroit BOARD of Com
merce
President Edwin DENLY told the
shippers that The situation had DO
come such that p number of ON
bargoes had been placed 80 orroc'
and that a general embargo might
he invoked on everything hut per
ishablc goods unless something
was done NJ once
Assistant General Manager 6 "
Brown. ~ tho Michigan Central,
was applaudcd when ho stated that
fgu more cars had been unloaded
rhursday than on any previous day
Nr Brown said 1000 cars, or 20
per cent of the total equipment,
were held IN Detroit During the
last two weeks 200 more cars have
come in daily than have gone out
Several hundred trap cars with
short loads are being held up here
because ~ the lack % warehouse
facilities An embargo on less than
carload shipments will 60 into Of
feet unless relief comes, the rail
roads say
Unusually large munition ship
mentS. increased output OF orc In
tho lake rorioas and removal o.
many collicrs from tho coal carry
ing trade on tho Atlantic coast were
Owen AZ causes for the car short.
age. ~ tho hearing being conducted
IN Louisville. Ky. by the interstate
commerce commission.