New-York tribune., 1918-01-26
Freight Tie-Up
Now Lifting on
Eastern Road,
Warehouses to Open Mon,
day to Receive Good.
From Cars
Labor Shortage Fell
Snow flinders Return Of rn
ties to the Coal
Mines

The whole machinery Of t,o p
railway district moved with s's'n ars
ease yesterday than at anv t;,,s sa'e'
the last storm began. snow .s ,'H's
are losing their grip. Ass;s..s. 'I 'cs
way Director General A. H. Smith .'s..
celved favorable reports from na..'. ~
all of the 22o roads under b;s n.Ss
ment east Of Chicago and north o. ..
Ohio and Potomac rivers '"'
Mr.. Smith yesterday set r. MOL.
make impossible last Mondav,s 49,, ~
ders through which unloading at +a.-. ~
nails in New York port was ont A'''
per cent Of normal because tbo +,
Administrator had not told bn.; iue'
houses that they could keen ns,ness onsn
receive freight 'pen 10
Urges Merchants to Helm
Mr. Smith sent kilograms to the s,o
Eastern railway presidents undar ~ =
jurisdiction instructing them to no.;s' iis
Shippers at once to have all their 80
ing equipment ready to haul fre;ns.
from terminals. He also wrote la,.u. lsa.
TO William Fellowes Morgan. presdse.
OF the Merchants Association. en' reomsa.
ing the cooperation of the associs,;ar
In clearing freight from terminals ba,a
every Monday, and stating that ws..
houses and all places of business cloasI
by order of the Fuel Admjnistrs,ea. t,s,sa
could keep their warehouse den.s.
ments open to receive goods. In H.,
letter Mr.. Smith blames the hns;na,' Ny
men for last Mondays fiasco. wbarsss rsss
the Fuel Administrator neglected. d'ss, a.
state that warehouses could rec.''
freight. 4e'e's
The railroads made a record ves..,
day in clearing away coneessas sss.
freight, moving out 6,744 stalled nv.
III the Eastern District. The No, .' =.
suit of the days work was not ori.s i.
up to that figure, for the numbsr -:
stalled east-bound empties increasss
by 81. leaving a gain of onlv 59s
But the policy of the railroad admin
lstratlon is to move loaded cars srs.
OF all, so that the setback in emnt;ss
did not worry Mr.. Smith and bis ss'
slstants. %
More Cars Cleared Away
Inc clearing away of concested
S46ie eiu ipInent Is looked unon ac
the barometer of each DAYS success
by railroad officials. Gauged bv ,bs,
indicator, yesterday was the bsnner
day of the month However thora
was was a warning expressed at M Mr.
Smiths Office against undue ont;m;sm
Ihe railroads have not caught I'D yer
Here is the recor dof stalled fre;c,,
Eastbound. loaded. 51,4SS-Decrease 4Hsi
E,astbound. empty . ao26-Increase. S71
,Westbound, loaded. 37.69l-Decrease. LA
"estbound. empty. -. 3i-Decresse %
The roads have cleared away approx.
imately $4,000 eastbound loads in tbs
last week. The greatest number Of
stalled cars was about 10000. which
dupllcated the record of 19l5-l6. when
the roads experienced the worst con.
gestlon up TO that time. The present
congestion has not been much worse,
according to the railroad officials.
reports from all sections of the
Eastern district complained of shortage
of power and labor IL roundhouses and
shops. There was full supply of cars
IN the anthracite region. but there is
still great difficulty in the way Of
getting regular supply of empties to
the mines. The grain reports Of the
day showed 2,l34 1888 bushels in ele.
vators and on boats here, with 29o cars
on hand and 295 in transit