The sun., 1917-12-31
NJ 'AD00 TO MOVE
C0ALCARSFIRST
Trains Bearing Fuel to Have
Right of Way Even Over
Passenger Traffic.
EXPERTS IN CONFERENCE
Situation in New England Far
Worse Than This City
War Plants Closing.
EXPERTS IN CONFERENCE

wAsHISGroN, Dec 30-'rhc b'cg s,
problem OF the Government, admin,stra-
ton OF railroads is he!nS tackled Tonight
by Director-icne-al NcAdoo in way
which gives hope Of relief FOR comnluni-
ties faced by fue, famine In the midst
of zero weather.
Ecaizirs that roi.st mas; De furnished
at once to New York and New England.
pirector-General McAdoo has called in
al Of the traffic experts within rcath 10
help him with the problem
The immediate result OF !!aUs which
were tentatively framed to-r!ght will be
'ha. beginning tomorrow prc:.lnly coat
trains VIII have the rgh; Of way over
everything else on the Governments ral-
ways all priority orders interfering wi:h
coal shipments will be brushed aside AMI
the combined facilities "t the railways
will he directed toward pulling coal GAYS
of silotrac>S and rushing them "a the
sections now destitute ot coal Coal
! trains are - be superior trains, even
over fast passenger trains ~ som" case.
The complete plan for relieving the
situation VIII Ne drawn UP to-nlorToG
after the neu whom Nj. M"Aioo called
into consultation today lavr hiS I'm"
70 work oven ,,'ev,s u"r,"- fNr ,,o.'- iriF o.
cation system, - which task the" were
assigned by p!ye,.o. -Gyn re! MvAdoo
to-day.
| That Government pooling 4 Goa, %
be "peraisd hand in hand W.T., 81" VOC.
railroad unificat.on plan va nH und""-
taken as advocated ~ .he i'-,Iertl y sGe
Comm. scion IN - Tc0n't of is"t eu,Dltr
oeca,1" alr'0r' a ccrfaiuty to-day
Alrhou"h III" situation IS scr'ou r.,
New Y>rS Z does not npnrNach in Erav-
ity that which IL facl"C New Erglau1.
Lack OF labor is chiefly rcspor sble for
the condition IN New Nor,; according TO
the Fuel Administration. whose -opo-.s
show that enough coal Is Neid i'm New
jersey yards to meet thH more urgt :
needs OF the city, Therefore the pr d..
lern = 'ar"elv n local one. hu' New FrC.
lands shortaC. "a due nutirc'v TO ,aci; O.!
TRANSFORMATION. Nuniti0rs factories are
closing down and the suffering IL re.
norted - be growing more intense
houriv.
VIVA the gravity OF ~ situation nor
.raved to him hv F'uel Administrator
Garfield AVID y I St0rrCw. rhn New Fry
land administrator. M-. Mrhdnn called
a conference this afternoon at his home
at which were present, iA add ton tn Nr
Garfield and AIr. S'Orrpw. HOvqrd FL
Hot OF Mo War R-aY,' ';rorr" w. An
derson Of m" Interstate Commerce con- =
mission. formerly Now England rail-
road comm 'ssior,r. Walker u Hines.
Mr. McAdo0's new assistant. ard Ed
ward Chambers. traffic director OF the
Food Administrations ana v,ce-nres'der:
the Santa F.; The conference lasted
three h urs.
Following III" ,0r irro- ~ iHrict'
and A. H. Smith. PRECEDENT e nc Me-.
York Cortrn., lVo'h-r aSS'f,.l'' 10 Nj
NcAdoo, began Y,'t'7r .s ,9n@,. Wit,
all railroad executives "!'h -, rh'tc'
Cf drawing VI y tentative Plan oi Tci cf
and submitting it AZ i0.So tomorrow
morning Nj. T'ln;. - that iiro (. to
submit routes g.. >. pong "rHl and II
Dppr1vel Il IS expected hat Mr NrAGoo
VIII issue ordcr' giv'rE coal trains u
right OF way over 'hos' routes
The rCnghkrs0-'" gateway and Tho
Albany gateway Wiz hn urged "a the
chief avenues fog getting coal into New
Eag'and. nUt - these are corees'o |
Il was pointed oU; II would BE- necessary
to cancel all priority orders on ail other
commodities 20 get uu'ck movement over
these routes. THIS suggestion was prac-
ticarly accepted by Mr. McAdoo An
other suggestion wa" TIC Stripping OF
more coal from Newport News at once
by water. the Stripping Rolri 10 obtain
the proNer facili.,os.