The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-07
Locomotives VIII Be Used In
t1auling Coal and Relieving
Freight Congestion
STRICT DEMU2RAGE
RULES ANNOUNCED
Direcsor-Ceneral Appeals to
Shippers and Citizens to
Help Load and Unload Cars
Speedily

Washington. Jan 6.--More than
four hundred passenger trains have
been taken out of service in the
northeastern quarter of the country
up to midnight. according to esti-
mates made at the Office of the d.
rector-generai of railroads, from In
com plete figures received.
The Pennsylvania system has drop--
ped more than l25 passenger trains:
the New Haven. eightyfve; the Bal
tinore and Ohio. sixty; the New York
Central, sixty, and other roads vary
ing numbers from Ave to twenty-five,
according to the character OF their
service. Some OF the others which
curtailed greatly between noon of
yesterday and midnight tonight are
the Philadelphia and Reading. the
Erie, the Delaware and Hudson, the
Delaware. Lackawanna and Western.
the New Jersey Central. the New
York. Ontario and Western, the Bos-
ton and Maine and the Boston ard
Albany.
Locomotives relieved by the CUT
ting OF of these trains win be turned
to the hauling of coal and generally
relieving the freight congestion.
No more passenger trains Will be
chopped off in the immediate future.
but the director general may make a
further ruling on the number OF
chair cars allotted to some trains.
which he conceded yesterday. He
maid he would allow four to some
trains. but In all Likelihood this will
sA reduced to a single chair car on
some trains to accommodate III per-
sons or tina feeble. On nearly alt Of
the trains the chair car viii be cut
out entirely.
Confusion Over Chair Oars.
:, One of the chief causes for confu-
sion and complaint at the railroad
stations has been brought about by
the chair ear situation. When trains
have bean cancelled persons holding
chair tickets were told to take the
next train with their tickets. Dupit-
cation and endless squabbfes ensued.
Other passengers have complained Of
favoritisl1n. In obtaining seats. being
refused seats at the station when they
said they knew tickets were being
sold uptown. MIR. Mc1Adoo will take
definite and i'm mediate steps to abci-
ish this nuisance and make II ini-
possible for anyone to obtain an adj
vantage in travel
Dcmurrngc Rules Strict.
Direetor-General McAdoo tonight
made public the demurrage rules.
regulations and charges which he an
nounced last night. The rules are
effective January 81. and follow:
tAl. Fsrty-eaght hours ttwo days)
free time for loading on unloading on
all commodities.
-. Twenty-four hours Cone day)
free time on cars held for any other
purpose permitted by tariff.
sDemurrage charges per car per
day or fraction OF day car Is re-
leased. as follows: % for the first day,
- for the second day and for each
succeeding additional day charges to
be increased 81 in excess Of that for
the preceding day until maximum
charge OF $40 per car per day shall
be reached on the eighth day OF de-
tention beyond free time: the charge
thereafter to be $40 per car per day
OF fraction thereof, These charges
VIII supersede all those named In a.
listing tariffs applicable to domestic
freight. and specifically contempfate
the cancellation of all average agroo.
nsent provisions of existing tariffs
NO change is authorized hsreky
to be made in deHurrage rules, rog~
ulations and charges applying on for
eign export freight awaiting ships At
export points
New Tariffs Authorized.
Upon request OF the director-gAn-
eral. the interstate cornmercc conn
mission has issued an order authorfx~
ing the fling OF tariffs to accord with
this order to become effective JnA-s
/ vary II on one days notice. The
RI ilroads must Immediately fle their
tariffs with the Appropriate state corax
missions or other state authcrit1eoe NJ
In explaining the necessity for sucA
q demurraTe charge Mr.. McAdoo sa1ds
IAN imperative necessity exists Tor
releasing freight cars for further
service and for relieving terminals
which ars now badly congested. TAeaa
unfavorehie conditions are fnjureOua-
ily affecting the governments condrct
! Of the war. its aid to the allies ara
the SURVIVING OF fuel. food and nec-s-
sar!es for our own, people.
All interests Considered.
son these accounts have felt cora
| PEELED 10 issue an order providing for
! hesvy increase in den1urra9e cAatuea
/ unless ears are loaded and unl0aAGA
! with pron,ptness In making this o.
de,. have fully considered tha eql
harry ssnlents OF shippers ana cittpes14
on = -c.,unt of scarcity Of labor. ~
weather. the irregularity Of trans
tation ard tho consequent fro4MM14
punching Of cars. theles1 I11s
Convinced that the total tnconvqnleee9
and hardship on these account9 VI III
be far smaller than the incOnvone49&o
and hardship which our peonle 80
whole are suffering on accouMe %&
ftf. i'm sue tying up Of railr0a1 m
rncnt and will be very gnaIl MMeS
lcempared with the menace 49, N
widespread tyihg W q NgNl 3
| sauses to the health ana &C.
tho people an6 The slefee #
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