The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-01-02
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Over
PASSENGER TRAINS
government IS After Direct
in the Movement
Of Fuel.
lEETS PROGRAM
esident VIII Make Rail
road Address to Con
gress Friday.

s rA sHn-eToN, Jan. Goal trains
"A emf forward yesterday under new gov.
SasSlnrneut orders based en- the be4iet OF
director General McAdoo that railway
lion. rather than actual car
Stass Is responsible for the 4uet
;fslr.nine IN many districts
Bpon receipt Of reports that hun
Erade Of loaded coal cars were staAeo
- SiIings behiud long strings OF cars
1 ~ fning shipments OF higher pre-
+ e rating than coal al exist
{ - priority orders for the entire coun-
49, we're suspended by Robert s. Low
81 priority director OF the war ID.
dtriea board; on recommendation OK
The director general THIS IS e1pecI.
Eed to result IN quicker movement OF
Illa entire mass OF congested HelsnCD
e hose aluggishness has been caused
! laTgsly b. 2 multiplicity OF priority OF
President Wilson, It was learned, VIII
20 before Congress Friday to present
SIS recommendations for Legislation 70
rake goFegnment operation tu1Iy el1ec-
tire, and to provide for compensation
3 n fffa carriers, and an explanation
,S-ls5eF5 - already been drawn will be
!, Eead Immediately after his al
sIiress Some officials think there Will
Be- a5Yfgorous fight over the question
Of whether the legislation should be
eH5ectfVa only for the period Of the war
and 3 limited time thereafter, Or should
remain IN force until specifically re-
Dsated or modified by Congress.
REPRESENTATIVES Of the railroads
we're to have appeared today before
the Senate Interstate Commerce COM
Ieiftee. but when word came that the
President desired to address Congress
2 Friday, It was announce that they
would ask permission to withhold their
statements for the present. The COM
luittee. instead, viii hear Commission
er Aitchison, Of the Interstate Com
MERGE Commission, and then probably
postpone further hearings until the
Preside IS message has been received.
Director General McAdoo spent a
busy New Years day. He broke rail
ay precedents by ordering that the
pennsylvania company's tunnel under
the Hudson river. heretofore restrict
ed to passenger trains, be used to has
zen coal supplies into the heart of New
York city, The orders are to be fol-
lowed. even Il they interfere with pas
Scnger schedules.
This action was considered signtd-
cant bY railroad men, not only be-
caEas Of the direct results, but because
u Indicated how determined the gov
eminent Is 70 use all facilities to their
utmost, regardless of previous prac-
tIces, to relieve congestion and pro-
mote efficiency.
At the first conference Of MI Nc.
Adco IN. the new year with his adj
Rfsers and executives, it vas decided to
put additional ships now controlled by
the shipping board into service, carry
ing coal from Hampton Roads to New
England The number Of vessels which
can be spared viii be determined to-
day. and they viii be ordered immedi-
ate1y into the service.
Hundreds Of kilograms pourinS into
TIE railroad administration told of
coal trains or individual cars appar-
entity lost in yard confusion. These re-
ports, most Of which, we're submitted