The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-05
BOSTON & ALBANY
DECLARES EMBARGO
Will Accept Only Livestock, Perish
able Foodstuffs and Coal-Swamp-
ed by Freight.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Jan. s.
The Boston and Albany railroad last
night sent to its connections at AL
bany, n. Y, a notice of an embargo
ON all freights consigned to New Eng
land points, except livestock, perisha-
BILE foodstuffs for human consumption
and coal. This step was necessary, the
officials announced, because of the
large volume of business diverted to
the road through the embargo placed
by the New York, New Haven and
Hartford railroad on December 81
This has placed on the road the
burden of business which heretofore
has moved from the east over the
Pennsylvania, Erie, Delaware, Lacka
wanna and Western, Lehigh valley,
Baltimore and Ohio, Central New Jer-
sey, Philadelphia and Reading and
the New Haven railroads.
Under these conditions, it is said,
freight has accumulated west of Al
bany more rapidly than the Boston and
Albany can move it east, and it seem
ed wise to stop shipments temporarily
until the accumulation is cleaned up,
rather than to allow the condition to
continue and still further congest the
traffic of New England. The notice
says that the Boston and Albany is
equipped to handle all the business
which naturally seeks its rails and a
considerable volume of business in ad
dition, but it is not able to carry all
the traffic which has been diverted to
it on account of the New Haven enf-
barge. 1t adds that all freight billed
prior to and including today will be
accepted, and expresses the hope that
with good weather conditions the en-
| barge will be lifted in a short time.
The New Haven is doing everything
| in its power to help relieve the conges-
tion and President Elliott has tele
graphed to every railroad head east Of
| the Mississippi and north Of the Poto-
| mac in the effort to secure locomotives
But the attempt has been almost
worthless because the reads are all in
about the same condition. It has re
suited in securing only three freight
| locomotives from the Lackawanna rail
road. President Elliott also has wired
Sir John o iShaughnessey, president of
the Canadian Pacific, but at a la c
hour yesterday had received no reply
1 Contrary to runors, there is no EN-
barge on coal shipments over the New
| Haven rails There was slight EN-
barge for a time at Maybrook gateway
but this has been lifted. Coal now i
| coming in as fast as 1t can, once L
reaches the New Haven s lines NJ
favor IS being shown for shipments o.
munitions or any other class of goods
all kinds being given equal considera
tioH.
The New Haven has announced tina
by next month it should be in a mucl
better position to handle business. II
February 33 new superheated engine
of one of the most powerful type
should be delivered, and 500 coal ears
ordered three months ago, ought to b
here about that time.
President Elliott is sending to tn
New Haven s stockholders q letter il
which he says that the road ) losses il
the two recent storms totaled $1,000
600. This loss comprises passenger an
freight business missed, lost per dier
demurrage charges and repairs to tn
electrified system. It is said that tn
question of the advisabihty of putin
the electric wires or part of them Ut
derground is under consideration still
pending further investigation and rC
ports from the experts.