Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-29
EMBARGO ON METALS;
FREIGHT SUSPENDED
Fast Lines Discontinued ana Exports
Limited by Central Com
mittcc.
ORDER ArFECrs ALL or EAST
Enut To Re Nude TO Limit Rail
Tlnf!ir to Available Ship Tonnage
in Order to Relieve Congestion
az Docks.
my Associa,cn rressl

PITTSBURGH November as.-An
embargo. effective ut once. upon the
shipment of all export steel billets.
bars. plates scrap and pig iron. except
that intended for use abroad for The
United states government, ana the sus-
pension of al FIST freight lines on
The railroads OF the Eastern district
OF the United States. was ordered to-
night by the general operating COM
mlttcr OF the Eastern railroads at thc
close Of its first days session here.
The committee also br:cred The di-
version Of all through freight which
would normally pass through the con-
%cstcd Pittsburgh gateway between
the East and the West ia railroads
north and south OF that district: the
discontinUancc on December / Of tho
fast passenger train on the rennsyi-
van;a Railroad known as The Broad
way Limited" and furnishing OF only
box and stock cars for team truck
loading OF coal.
The orders issued Ivy the committee,
which held two sessions here to-day
OF the Baltimore and Ohio. as chair
MAN. were based on reports laid he
fore the committee by the operating
vice presidents Of the Eastern rail
roads. The orders apply. il was an
ncunccd. 10 all railroads operating in
the territory east OF The Mississippi
and north and south of the Ohio and
Potomac Rivers. The action OF the
committee is authorized by the rail-
road war board. by which it was APP
pointed.
The preliminary reports laid before
the committee to-day, says statement
issued tonight. showed that there is
now stored on the ground and in cars
ut Northern Atlantic ports 1.5.a, 900
tons Of steel ana iron. now immcdi-
ately available for movement over
seas" AS the movement OF more iron
and steel products 10 Underwater would
only add TO the congestion az lie va
rious ports, ard as cars are now needed
for Tic transportation OF coal and coke.
according to the statement. tho follow
ins order was issued. III the form of n
resolution:
That all lines reaching the Eastern
Atlantic seaboard be instructed 20 en-
barge ~ once all export steel blicts.
bars. plates or scrap and pig iron. eS-
cept for the United States government,
and that any existing permits be can
celed. No permits are 10 be issued for
these articles except by specific au-
thority of this committee"
1t was announced that a representa-
tive OF the committee Will be named
with headquarters In New York for the
purpose of cooperating with the rep
resentatives OF the allied governments.
10 the end that rail transportation be
limited to the traffic for which tonnag e
is available.
II WAS indicated that all reports laid
before the committee pointed out the
serious freight congestion throughout
the district known as the Pittsburgh
gateway. To alleviate this situation
all order was issued that AL freight
including live stock and perishable
goods from Chicago and St. Louis and
points vest thereof. east bound and
from Boston, New York, PHILADELPHIA
and Baltimore. wcst-bound. passing
through the Pittsburgh gateway. be
cmbargoed and diverted to the lines
north anu south"
The suspension OF fast" freight lines
was ordered for the purpose Of con-
serving power and transportation ca
pac!ty required for war essentials"
says the statement. All freight was
directed hereafter TO be operated on
the fu!l-tonnage continuous m ovencnt
schedule. The provision for the fur
niShing OF only box and stoci; cars for
team truck loading of coal was inserted
IN tn" order, according TO members Of
the committee, in order that more
open-toppcd cars might be available
FOR mine tipples.
The committee will hold sessions
mere tomorrow, 1t was said tonight.
NO animation was given regarding.
further ordcrs from the committee.