The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-01-23
FAILURE ENDS
5 DAY PERIOD;
CRISIS NEARS
Transportation and Coal
Situation Alarming in
Entire Section.
CROPPING THEIR WAY OUT
All Plans Suggested Have to
DO With Relieving Car
riers' Burdens.
CROPPING THEIR WAY OUT
Sn.cl1i Dsspnfch 10 THs Srs.

WAsuINcroH. Jan. co.--The trans
portat.on and fuel crisis is as alarm
ing tonight at the close Of the Fr,el
Administrators Ave day Industrial
shutdown as it was OF tie eve OF the
first day. New drastic measures OF al
most every form and description were
urged upon Dr.. Harry A. Garfield. Fuel
Administrator, to-day. when It became
apparent the severe weather had de-
feated his pan FOR ayertins a fuel
famine.
All plans suggested had to do With
relieving the freish. burdens OF the
railroads. a problem that Direc.or-Ger-
eral McAdoo alone has the rowcr to
pass upon. Late this afternoon the
Fuel Administrati tion asked Mr.. McAdoo
to order railroad embargo on all
freight. except food and coal, In the
Eastern district. Mr.. McAdoo said lie
had no use for the word embargo that
he did not favor shutting down when
speeding up was possible, ana that he
would make no decision IN the matter
until late tomorrow.
l.. y. Hurley, chairman OF the United
States shipping Board. placed before Mr..
McAdoo a statement Of the needs OF the
ship building yards. Hisstatenent showed
many yards had been tied up BY cold
weather: that others were In sore need
OF coal. and tina; everything possible
must be done to expedite the movement
of ship building supplies. II the shipping
Roard's programme of production is not
70 receive 4 serious setback
l-u.l NdmiuistrattOn's statement.
The Fuel Administration statement
of results achieved by the five day shut
down said
Reports TO the Fuel Administration
indicate the prime purpose sought 10 be
accomplished by the regulation. the
numbering of ships and the supply of do
mestic consumers and public utilities
have been greatly served. Large num-
hers Of vessels have been given the nec-
cssary fuel for their transatlantic voy-
age Fewer than eighty remain a,
Northern Atlantic ports to-day, where
a week ago I2i were awaiting. Mean
tine many vessels have arrived, received
buukers and left.
M Northern ports 3i.oo0 tons OF bunker
coal wcrc dumped to-day FOR ships use
These ports had on hand 10000 tons
ready for dumping. The ships tina. have
situation generally by taking freight
from the crowded tid"watcr terminals.
M Southern ports there arc now
150, 900 tons of bunker coal on hand and
100000 additional tons are within a
short trans sportation distance. moving
rapidly toward thc ports"
Perhaps thc most optimistir man IN
Admin stration circles was pirector-,;en-
cral McAdoo Rc insisted that, wit.
good weather the roads would have re-
covered normal transportation powers
in the las iiNe days When told the
Fuel Administration was urging freight
cmbargoes he said
The word embargo is not 20 my
liking never favor shutting down;
believe in "A policy OF going ahead.
don't like to stop: favor speeding w
to meet the emergency. We have had
the worst weather in nifty years during
the last four weeks. Something had to
be done no doubt.
But the railroads OF this country will
handle ali the freight offered them once
they get their lines clear. I have not
the slightest doubt they are equal to
tho burden the war has placed on them.
several plans have been placed be-
fore me and tho Fuel Administration ha 5
named men to confer with representa-
tiyes from my STAN relative to new
orders preventing cross hauling Of coal
I believe a lot of needless coal hauling
can be don" away with.
PIRuS when Weather Clears.
when tho weather clears and We got
straightcncd ont n bit am going to TAX.
all the traffic possible from tho Pcnnsyl.
NanIa lines and route II over the New
York Central and other roads. The con