The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-21
HEATLESS MONDAYS
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prevented during III" romnlnd"r N me
Monday holidays. III drawn: III" order
this was overlooked and thousands "'
IrirSrams have reached IN" iu"I a!min-
iStrutiun asking for 4 ruling.
weather a Handicap.
While reports TO tho fuel admln:S'ra-
:iou Tonight :old o. IN Increased m"v"-
mcnt OF coal L" huusrhold"rs and TO
ships under III" FIRST three days opera
ton OF the five. days factory clnSl"-; or
d.. sever" Weather held hack III" clear
Ing OF freight congestion. whlrh WAS
one OF tho chief purposes sought: ~
the office IF the dir ctur- gr'"rai 81 rail-
roads, il WAS said ;hat there WAS iittir
hone for material Improvement Ill traI-
fic conditions until the weather modcr-
atrd.
Effort; were centralized today on Inc
movement OF empty coal cars hack 10
,h.. mines. and Ia the transportation of
bunker coal 70 the Atlantic scahoard. a
total of t5G, 900 tons of banker ronl hnd
arrived ar was cnroute for North At
,antic ports. Will" 100000 tons had been
delivered on tn" southern Scahourd anu
Goa nnU tons more WAS on It's way. AL
one southern port $4,000 tons WAS DE-
Uvnrcd ;nday. 20 sErS that hav" been
tied UP FOR more than week
Continuous Operation.
\. both northern ana southern ports
tho. generalization and machinery for hum
kcrinr vessels was operated all or last
nigh, and ;oday. wherever POSSIBLE
'ry.nty four hour operation will be con-
tiuurd Throughout; tho period OF suS-
pended industrial activity
4 return OF Snow and zcT" temporal
lures checked Tie general m"Ncm"nt oil
coal and other freight especially III the
middle west.
The movement nc empty coal cars
back 20 the mines has already begun to
increase. however. according 10 reports
tonight from \. II. Smith railroad III
rector for tho east. Director General
NcAdon'S ort.r .mhargniuE tn" use Of
opcn-,rp cars for freight other than coal
n,c Released 70 the mines about 10000
cars.
To Speed Up Unloading.
State fpnl administrators W"T" IN
structcd hv nr. Garfield today &" exert
every effort IL hurry ;hc Unloading az
cars diverted from plants closed. won
Tnr household use AMI I" hasten th"'r
movement n ri" producing C:nt"rS.
Eru: hcmurraE" rates. ranging from
80 To 100 per cent higher than IN" pres
cnt scale vii go int" effect to-nl"rr"W.
under mn order issued by pir"ct"r-G"n-
cral McAdoo. and this is expected -
bring quicker release Of cars =, '"rmi-
nails.
Hundreds " hopper cara have hc"n
eliminated from -serviC" he"au$" snow
and ice piled between III" rails caught
tho hopper triggers and Released III"
load. Many dsrailiug accidents AMI
other minor wrecks were. "aus"d IN this
way.
Low Temperatures
Extremely low temperatures W"r" 80
ported tonight. throughout ihr east
Ten below was reported in lliln"!S ana
/ still lower temperature IN states fur
thHr cast.
Tho list Of Industrial concerns "xcmr,'
ed from operation &c III" enrichment
regulation had virtually completed 80
nirk.. From nov ON plants will ~
exempted only when II Is shown ihr'r
OUTPUT is needed ~ prevent a shut d"wH
! If indust rt's already exec p''I. Euth IT,
/ war and navy departments have S"!"ci"''
! MI tho InduStri". turning OIL; materials
deemed necessary for tn" :ich'Iu" forces
and which eau br Delivered rmrnrliat"lt.
At tn" fuel administration !! Was H..
Clar.d there had b""n cuIrpi't" rtanGc
OF feeling IN tn" rrIn,r" regarding Ia
necessity for th'. rIrlHi!r"ni ~ IA" us''
, Of coal and that c"-"Dcr:,t:"u WI l'ra"-
: tlrally general hundred" "f .t"l"-
(: grams camc ~ lDr Garfield H&Nurins; hiri
that employees would l." pad t"r ;l!',:'
tir,c during tho closing period. ChnH-
hrrs Of commerce and manufacturers a&.
snratinns throughout ~" "asi "ir''!
t thr,- would observe the Spir,' - me
! order.