The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-31
SixHour Schedule from
Ctral West Answers
Appeal of Allies
TO DAD SHIPS AT
ATLANTIC PIERS
Hopelat Radical Measures VIII Abol-
ish oelays-3O, Carloads Now
Awing Permit to Be Moved, But
Fret Situation Improves.

NE YORK, Jan. 31.-A compre-
hensiy transportation system for
speedi up food and other supplies
for Eland, France and Italy goes
into ect today on the railways OF the
Unitestates under the orders of the
nation railroad administration. The
new stem includes the hauling CT
stlppliefor the allies to North Atlantic
ports fast solid trains of ears and
the loang of large number OF ships
at railad piers in New York harbor
which ver before were used for that
purpose
Prevasly it has taken freight car,
under rmit, from eight days to two
weeks get from the middle west TO
q New ork pier. Under the new plan
the soil trains will run on 6O-hour
scheduloetween st. Louis and Chicago
and Ne York. At present the great
maioritNof the transatlantic ships are
loaded ON lighters in the harbor, a
slow press, that has been greatly
hampere by the shortage of floating
equipmd in this port. Enough rail
road pie viii be taken over today TO
providelor the loading at one time OF
25 shiplt the average size of convoy.
The sublies from the fast through
trains Ill be sent to these piers and
put dirty on ships. 1t was estimat-
ed vesrdav that from two to -four
days valid be saved in the loading OF
| these sips and that more tonnage thus
would added to the existing supply
One hurried locomotives will be trans
| ferred finn other parts Of the country
to the estern roads to help rush
| freight.
! This ishe most radical action taker
by the ational railroad administra
since it tok over the carriers on Jan
]. 1t 'fuowed strong representation
made to Washington by the British
French al Italian governments as t
the food mutation in their countries
There is lack of food in Italy an
England, nd this weakens the foo
supplies fir the armies. Several in
lportant differences on the subjec
recently ben held in Washington an
New York The result of these cor
ferences VS. a decision that inasmuc
as it woul be some time before tn
new ship tnnage now being built
American ards could be put into a
tive service it was imperative thu
something aould be done to increa:
the effcienc4 of the existing ships. d
rector Genenl of Railroads W. G.. NJ
Adoo, with be advice of Regional /
rector A. II Smith, decided on Il
through train for food and urgent su
plies and theuse of the railroad piel
There are 5000 carloads of freight +
the allies nov under permit and wa
ing to be moed.
The action If yesterday in notifyiI
the railroads il eastern territory of t
new system vas taken by Mr.. SIM
in accordance with orders issued
Monday by NJ. McAdoo. Before tn
order was Issued railroad executiS
had been at wsrk on the details of
ulan.
Two weeks lgo there was an &C,
! mutation of $4,000 carloads of freie
for the allied governments, include
3. the United Sites, at American POI
= Most OF the freight now remaining
0 the North Atlantic ports for export
t France and England is made up of v
e supplies other than food. Incidental
the number o. tons of freight for
= nort has decreased very largely o
s the amount OF two weeks ago, due
u the improvement in the despatching
ID ships.