The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-18
HUNDREDS OF
CARS HELD UP.
.ai p.s:a:ch to the In;rii,sc1ccr.

str:ai pS ;iicI 70 '@S " WS,2 nar,a
, of freight and coal cars are being held
Lup IN cities nj this state. aCcorG;hE 10
reports which wcr" received today IRON
; he 1t inspectors who were sent out 20
! intrS Iig;Itr tn" car situation 10y the
utilities commission. It = expected
! that drastic action Will h" taken by r!ir
commission III order 1" prevent tie up
: this summer and winter. Many COM
plants have been received hy Tie COM
mission.
, ut Tulrto c75 cars have hccn held on
SIInes from one TO tea days. kali
:".,d officials immediately were n"tiu"d
by ~" Utilities Commission to rchc!e
;!u" situation.
At columbus. 4 large glass mamufa2-
lurInS company Tiled complaint that
shipments ct sand are being delayed
W.th Il consequent serious delay in llian-
U:;tcturc OF glass lruii jars Tor tho can
nlaS season.
I ~ liIcksvIlIc. Il carload Of tent STAKES
Tor the Fedora! government has beeu
l!"d up 50 long that II Will be necessary
to rush them by "Nprr~s. An cmuar&"
Was responsible. the utilities commIsslrn
informed.
-Four thousani three hundred men and
/ women IN The rLtiU VI TWO laCn 10 one
~ oman. have secured positions on iarn.s
IN III industrial! plants through state
employment bureaus III The last W|rh,
ilCcurdlu.. TO II statement ISSUED by Fired
~.
iuu OF the thI" branch OF the NatIunal
! Council Of Drfrusc. There We're $40
applicants FOR positions ana "'9-' aP!u-
cations for help. Five Thousand SIN
hundred were referred 10 positions with
reports that 81 per cent ACTUALLY mad
been placed. Cleveland. ruicGu. Column
bus and Akron lead in order n;tincd l"r
men and wOHrn cared Tor.
The attorney general today notified
! the city OF Alliance that nrIth": The
State nor the Public Utilities CUmnis-
sion has the authority TO take over anu
, ul.Crate. tn. street railway system Ia
: NIlIance. which is involved III strike.
: IHr property IS privately U~licu. SOl!Si.
! tor Morris investigated possibilities OF
starting rccciNcrShlp proceedings as IL
imcanS Of relieving the situation. Such
a procedure was begun at CINCINNATI
three years aEu during the strike thrrc
but tn" trouble WAS settled before lher"
. was 4 court ruling ana there Is Ao pr
cc,irur ia ULo. ICcuruins to The Ait"'
: nrN general > u:i!CG.
!; Er-tranSirr OF between $4,000 E"d
: y.uuU. secured lrutn sal" OF bonds i"r
ip,yInS The Lawrence county snare 90
: building Il highway hear 1rOutun Ill lH'tt
district mhIrh funds were, II Is Charbru,
! transfer" TO other uses, Is the ON!
iuIrlhuG ny watch the roadway can hc
,ruIupict,d. The county c"lllIulSS'"Nt!H
-, responsible for the transfer OF FUNDS Will
be uUlc Iur any accidents that HAY &c
cur Oh lnc unfinished road, the attuFuc!
, generals office ruled today. Inquiry
vas mad" hy the state hlShWh! drPl't'
r,uI WhiC!I had been urged 10 hhISh
In. road work The department cannot
: lrucreJ.arvnr.iHS TO the attorney gen
.rrul's opinion. until the cOuntys share
: of the money is available. The one APP
,,ur,ut ui,:liluu Is t. transfer FUNDS h'tSk
TO the road FUND from funds u WhiSh
they w"G,. diverted. Efforts To nav Il
sum transferred from the obstructive
share at Lawrence county In the state
highway Improvement fund failed III Tue
: lrciSlatur. when the House did not pass
: the sunurIcS bill.
! The Baltimore and Ohio and Chicago
HallrOau cuiIp;!Ey was authorized u!
, IN. state iubliv Utilities Commission
today IT, ISSUE $Sui.i!S.Il ne per cent
bonds. TO mature pcccnb"r( l."". / h'
Issun IS To bv used in paying the 5altl-
: NOR. and Ohio Railroad company LOT
funds advanced for improvements:
Tho Cleveland and MahonlnE Ea!ieE
Rallruad company asked the commission
roi. authority to issue $2.eJl.H vV OF pre-
+ ;rrrrI stock to raise money 10 pay LOT
ir;urovrmcnts. which Include grade
crossing examinations. The Nypaho
, RAILROAD company IS TO handle the pro-
posed issue.