Bisbee daily review., 1918-01-23
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Fuel Administrator Asks Di- rector General of Railroads to Ban Certain Classes oe Freight From Railroads.
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, WASHINGTON. Jan 22.-AR urgent recommendation that an embargo be declared for few days on acceptance by the railroads of any freight except coal and food was submitted 10 Direc- tor General NcAdOo tonight by the fuel administration
 This action is imperative. Adminis' tratOr Garfield said. to assure adequate movement of fuel during the balance of the week. when the general trans DOrtatiOn situation east rOf the Missis- sippi threatens to become worse daily owing 10 the prolonged strain on rail roads of deep snoES anG intensely cold weather
 Tonight the five-day period of in- dustrial suspension ended. and with the resumption of manufacturing to- morrow. railroad officials look for a new flood of traffic which the rail reads cannot handle until norman weather is restored
 McAdoo Not Favorable
 Director General McAdOo was not inclined to look with favor on the embargo appeal He held that under government operation and consequent pooling of facilities. and short haul routing. the railroads would be able to clear all freight without priority and without embargoeS- o2l and food already have preference over all other classes of freight. he pointed out
 NIT. NcAdoO promised. however, to study closely Dr. Garfield's figures showing how coal production had been curtaile6 in recent weeks. and to take whatever action seemed best Mean while he and Dr Garfield set about devising a scheme by which fuel will be transported from mines to cOnsum- CTS over the shortest pOSsibel routes By this means. it is planned to save many thousand miles of needless hOul- ing and devote locomotives and labor thus conserved to transporting greater quantities to regions where coal short age threatens to become more acute.
 A committee of two officials from the railroad and fuei administrations will work out a plan. which will be based on a division of the east into districts. each of which is to get its coal from a specially designated min ing area Howard Elliott. president of the New Haven and A c. Guthefn. an official of the interstate commerce commissions car service bureau will represent the railroad administration on this committee
 Need New Psan.
 The necessity for some new method of dealing with the coal transportation problem was emphasized by scores Of reports that weather conditions were as bad or worse than at any time since the unprecedented period of cold and stormy weather started two weeks ago Heavy snow throughout New York and New England. in Pennsly- vania. West Virginia and elsewhere. made traffic movement extremely slow and cut the supply of empty cars 10 coal mines far below even the late sub normal supply.
 The bright phase of the situation was a report of Fuel Administrator Garfield that ships were being bunk cred more rapidly than last week. and that coal was going in sufficient Quan- titles to domestic consumers These were the main purposes of the indus trial curtailment order of five days ago. Dr Garfield said. and consequent ly the result of the industrial suspen- sion was satisfactory
 In a statement summarizing the re suits of his fuel curtailment order. Dr. Garfield said:
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 Our reports show that the prime purposes sought to be accomplished by the regulation. the bunkering of ships and the supplying of domestic consumers and public utilities with coal. have been greatly served
 Local officials of the fuel admins tratiOn in all parts of the east. re ported that consumers on the preferred list in the industrial curtailment order were being given the full benefit of the coal moving in to the consuming territory.
 As a result of the patriotic coop eratiOn of American industry. capital and labor. the way has been cleared for the prOmtp hunkering of ships which long were tied up at Atlantic ports. waiting to carry yitally needed supplies 10 the American forces abroad and to the nations associated with the United States in the war
 Fuel Moving
 Fuel administration officials called attention to the fact that coal will continue 10 move first to household users. public utilities. public instsu- tions and ships since that part of the ourtailment order creating a prefsrea- tial list remains in force until revoked q was veident that the fuel admin stratiOn was disappointed in that the