The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-23
RAIL EMBARGO
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will work out 4 plan. which may DC
l,asrd on r. division of the east INTO dlS-
1rirts. each Of which is To get its cohi
mainly from II designated mining area
IIov,rd Elliott, OF the New Ha-
ven. and A. q. Guthcim. all official OF
The Interstate Commerce Commission $
rur service bureau. will represent lhe
raIlrouh administration on thls cnln-
mitiuc.
New Method Needed
'rh" il"rrssitY for some new mel'"o
of dealing with III" coal transportation
rru.rl,m was emphasized today by scores
of reports that wrIlhrr conditions were
as bad or wurS" than at any t'rl' S'i':
the unprecedented period Of cold ana
stormy weather started nc;trl! wv"
weeks aro. IErary snow throughout
New York and New England. ln/Fehn-
sylvnnia. West Virginia. and elsewhere
mad. traffic movement extremely slow
and cut the supply "f empty cars 10
coal mines far below even the sup-nor-
nal supply IF the last few Gays.
The. bright phas" Of the situation was
:; report Of Fuel Administrators Garnelo
that ships were being bunkered more
rapidIy than last week. md that coal
WAS going in sufficient quantities to do
,n,.stir consumers. These were the
main purposes Of the industrial curtail-
mcnt order Of five days ago. DIR. Gar
field said and consequently the result
If the industrial suspension WIS sat
iSfaCtOry.
Garfeld's Plea
I'm tho memorandum sent to Director
General McAdno suggesting the empar-
rn. Or. Garfield referred tn the one On!
embargo on all freight except FOOD ana
fuel. declared yesterday by the Iennsyi-
y,nia lines east Of Pittsburgh, ana
suggested that similar action should lie
taken for several duys particularly OH
Tho Pennsylvania. the baltimore ana
Ohio. the philadelphia and Reading. the
worst cnngrstrd trunk lines leading TO
tn. s"ahuard. War munitions ana sup
niles, he said. might be- exempted
such an embargo would be especially
,.irrctivr If Il could follow Immediately
the Aye days covered by tho January ~
order said the memorandum. Ihls
would mike An embargo effective TO-
morrow. During the last two months
nf 1911. the administrator declared IN
,.rrasiugly acute car shortage IN inc
PENNSYLVANIA and lSaltimur" ard ONO
,rutrnlizcd every effort for Increased
production Mt the mines. empty cafs
we're not at the mines. ana congestion
was 80 great TINT loaded cars oio ho'
reach their conSiGncGS.
awhile the railroads were operated
s.ruralrly, although In cooperative
plnn," h. added. they seemed TO haVc
found IT, impossible TN remedy this STU
.;Iun. md since Il director general or
railroads Inns been appointed. We nave
had nothing hut unpreccdentY severe
weather almost multiplying his c1orts'
Aetter Movement Of Cars.
nurIus the five weeks ending january
J il wus explained, coal production inst
brru!lsn uf cur shortage amounting 10 ~
per rent, ~ per cent 81 per cent -
u,r cont and per cont, respectively.
conditions were worst on the Baltimore
n ohio nnd pennsylvania.
Thu. fuel administration to-day re-
ported better movement "t empty cars
,u mines uf Pennsylvania. N"sI VIZ
cInIa and az her fields. although the raj"
road administration reports were less
hopeful
In a s,atrirrni summarizing tho re-
s,,I1s rt his fuel rurtAilncnL order. Gr.
Garfield said:
"nur reports show that the prime
uurpnsr sought IT, bc accomplished Ivy
tr.. rcpulaiiun the numbering of ships
md The sIuplylng nr d0m"Stir cnnsun-
rrs and public utilities with coal, have
BEEN greatly served"
Ple1ty Of Bunker Coal.
Northern ports to-day DUMPED 34,o0O
inns Of bunker coal and th"cH wern 6u.-
am rn hnnd ready TOR dumping. AZ
southern unrtS iAn. 900 ions WAS On hand
and l0d,nuN more "n The way. bunKer-
iur wns hnmp"r"d t"-dny by cola
weather.
Fuel admirisi rati",r officials called at
trnttnn Tonight 81 III" fact that coal VII!
rnutiuur t. move !irSl ~ hpuaehoio
,S+.r4 piIhiIn utilities. Pablo INSTITUTIONS
and ships since hat rnrt OF the rurlnlI-
lnrnt rrd-r cTrnting rrerrr''ntia' 'iS',
rrrpuinS III force until revoked,
\ H. Smith assistant rrthr-snitratt
r.rnrtrd tn-nlgh; that In tho PITTSBURGH
ronl territory thu ear supply waa only
~ per cent normal, ohio got gralically
a full SIMPLY, hut Indiana WAS snort.
W.s, Virgini;. and Virginia oh;aineo
fewrr4 empticS than yesterday
'Thr low temperature VIII reHuls IN
increasing reports OF shortage OF cars
Mr.. smith added.
Weather Handicap.
During this past - hours Temperatures
has rungcd frnn 20 hriU" in ONO !"
from, below 10 II above III TIM fl'tS-
hurrh districts, below In central frtlh-
svIvania : above ut ~, Louis AHo LII
earn ~ uhnv. at Buffalo aud ~ tn III
above in Sew York and New England.
i Heavy SHOWS through tale noun
taius of Pennsylvania and Virginia and
,.asl 70 tidcwater." said the report. has
caused difficulties in operation OF the
switches and interlocking, with slower
train movements
The movement into New England yes
,er,iay WAS about a20h cars an increase
rr con over the proceeding day, Al
Chicago tho yards ara slowly helm.
cleared Of snow, but they had not yet
recovered from the effects Of the cumu-
lalive storms Of the past ten days.
Dressed hcrt, five stock and perish
! ablcs were moving east freely, and the
delivery ot hox cars Ia western roads
was reported increasing. Yesterday
200 cars Of coal. ~ percent lass than
normal. wuru reviewed at Chicago. In
OHIO and Indiana trains moved with
light tonnage, the movement hcing
about sixty percent uf normal! NJ
PHI lshurgh there has hrun u reduction IN
the accumulation IF casth"nnd trel6ht'
but movement is still very slow.
Labor Shortage.
Everywhere. Mr.. smith reported. inc
| shortage III labor. skilled and unsklilco'
was bacnmlnG more pronounced. men
refusing Ia work when the weather Is
| ST. cold. Locomotives were much less
| cfrr,tiy,. Under Inv temperatures.