Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-23
Garfield Has Asked |. For Freight Embargo
ON EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOOD
 AND COAL
FOR BALANCE OF WEEK
Director General MeAdoe, to Whom the Recommendation Was Submit ted, is Not Inclined to Look With Favor on the ProposaI.

Washington, Jan. 22. - An urgent recommendation that an embargo be declared for 8 few days on acceptance by the railroads of any freight except coal and food was submitted to Direc- tor General McAdoo tonight by the fuel administration #
 Garfield Says It Is Imperative. :.
 This action is imperative. Adminis- trator Garfield said, to assure adeuuate movement of fuel during the balance of the week, when the general trans portation situation east of the Mis- sissippi threatens to become worse daily, owing to the prolonged strain on railroads of deep snows and intensely cold weather st. Tonight the five day period of in- dustrial suspension ended and with i the resumption of manufacturing to- | morrow, railroad officials look for a 1 new flood of traffic which the railroads l cannot handle until normal weather is restored ..s MeAdoo Not Favorable.
 Director General McAdoo tonight was not inclined to look with favor on the embargo proposal. He held that, under government operation and con- 1 sequent pooling of facilities and short haul routing, the railroads would be able to clear all freight offered for
 transportation without priority and
 without embargees. Coal and food al- ready have preference over all other classes of freight. he pointed out, and are being moved to tidewater and to localities where domestic needs are greatest, as fast as is physically pos sible. 1 To Study the Question. :.
 
 study closely Dr. GarfieId's figures
 showing how coal production had been
 curtailed in recent weeks, and to take
 whatever action seemed best. Mean
 while he and Dr. Garfield set about devising a scheme by which cross
 hauls of coal will be eliminated largely aid fuel will be transported from mines t.; consumers over the shortest possi- ble routes. By this means, it is plan } ned to save many thousand miles, of
 needless hauling, and devote locomo-
 tives and labor thus conserved to transporting greater quantities to re- , Egions where the coal shortage threat . ens to become more acute if blizzard
 weather continues for a few days
 longer. -s----- ir ''-- s. 7 Committee to Work Out Plan. l A committee of two officials from the railroad and the fuel administra- tions will work out plan, which may be based on division of the east into districts, each of which is to get its coal mainly from a designated mining
 area. Howard Elliott, president of the
 New Haven and A. G. Gutheim, ar official of the Interstate Commerce Commissions car service bureau, vii :, represent the railroad administration
 on this committee. t Necessity For Some New ~Methed.ss :. The necessity for some new metfet of dealing with the coal transporta
 ton problem was emphasized today b, 4 scores of reports that weather condi '. tions were as bad or worse than a any time since the unprecedented per
 iod of cold. and stormy weather start ed nearly two weeks ago. Heavy .snor throughout New York and New Eng
 land, in Pennsylvania West Virgini; : and elsewhere. made traffic -rnovemen extremely slow and cut the supply 0
 empty cars to coal mines far belos
 even the ,sub-normal supply of the las
 few days. 0 Satisfactory Result of Industrial Sus $ pension. tt : u The bright phase of the situatio
 was a report of Fuel Administrato
 Garfield, that ships were being bun ,, kered more rapidly than last weei
 and that coal was going in suficien :, quantities to domestic consumers a These were the main purposes of tn
 industrial eurtailment order of fly
 days ago, pr. Garfield said, and con l. sequently the result of the industris a suspension was satisfactory.