New Britain herald., 1916-04-05
FREIGHT SITUATION
 BEING CLEARED UP
New Haven Road Saving S5,O67
 Per Day on Gar Hire

New York, April 5-Much progress has been made toward clearing up the accumulation of freight on East ern railways and measures designed to prevent recurrence of the trouble have been made effective by the East ern Freight Accumulation Conference which issued a statement last night summarizing it's work
 The conference was organized March r. Tn a little more than two weeks considcra ble territory has been cleared of congestion, information has been gathered which makes pos sible the placing or raising of ei11- baTgoea in accordance with the broad needs of the situation rather than to suit the individual road, while ship pcrS, trad2 organizations and public service commissions have been brought into tho work so. as to in sure their cordial cooperation with the railroads.
 As an example of what has been done, the conference points to the New Haven. which in the time men toned has cleared itself of Il. .260 cars belonging to other systems. This has helped get the yards back to normal and also is ~aVing the New Haven $5,O61 daily in car hire.
 Now England Ir>proyed.
 The statement says in part:
 The work of the conference has teen carried on largely through sub committees The s1tlo-colnn1ittee on freight accumulation, which was ap- pointed shortly after the organiza- of tive charge of the gathering of data as to conditions in sections so far investigated. This committee has sent out tWenty-one inspectors in New England and New York harbor ter ritory. Through the efforts of this committee the situation in New Eng land has been materially improved and much of the New Haven terri tory opened up for business already under load and held up on account of embargo.
 ''The inspectors sent into New Eng land examined forty-two principal points. They made exhaustive eXafr- nations into conditions at these points, with the result that they were able to suggest improvements in methods of handling to the receivers of freight and in facilities to the rail
 
 benefits to be derived from the work of these inspectors will be cumulative. !
 "A large number of the piers in l New York harbor have been visited ! and studies made of conditions ex- !! lsting at them. The committee has i been able to formulate some valuable | recommendation from the investiga- l ton so far made at these piers, both l in regard to improvements that might 1 be adopted by the railways and also by the consignees.
 ''The subcommittee on Embargoes has been in daily session considering hundreds of requests from shippers i from all parts of the country. The New Haven embargo has been ma- terlally modified by this committed inc Erie embargo on grain has been raised to the extent of 15O cars per day, and the New York Central em- bargo on export grain has been rais- ed subject to acceptance by designat- ed agent and upon satisfactory proof of ocean contract for vessel space
 This committee has the whole ! situation at it's fingers ends and as quickly as any particular section may be opened up the order is issued. By giving the Embargo committee the . widest authority no embargo may be placed or raised on any road that i would adversely affect the whole sit uation. F. E Clark, Interstate cont merce commissioner, is chairman
 Tariffs Arc Revised.
 "The subcommittee on traffic has offered several resolutions which have been acted upon by the conference. Tariffs have been revised as d result of their investigations, among thcm being one providing that export bills of lading will only bc issued when founded on written ovc&n contracts Traffic moving under these bius of lading is allowed fifteen days free time, after which regular storage charges shall prevail. This is cN- peCted to relieve materially the con- gested situation at the seaboard.
 Thereafter freight consigned tO New York harbor must be consigned to a specific destination. If recon signed after delivery in New York harbor a charge of $2 a car will be made.
 At the last meeting of the con- ference the Traffic Managers com mittee of the Trunk Line association was directed to arrange, to modify ex- isting tariffs to prevent the ship ment of freight to the seaboard on domestic bills of lading, and upon arrival reconsigned for export This practice has been indulged in by many SljnnprS t0 of tho