New-York tribune., 1918-01-25
7 .. A. Morrow to Have
Charge Of New Method
Of Distribution
He Will Rule From
Mine to Consumer
Plan to Relieve Shortage
Expected To Be Ready
Within a Few Days

W - T. u n.
Morrow, who has had years of expert
encc in the coal business, was appoint
cd by Fuel Administrator Garfield to-
day to head new division of the fuel
administration. 1t will have exclusive
charge OF all movement of coal from
producer to consumer.
The new division. it was stated at the
fuel administration. will facilitate the
introduction Of the new plan Of partial
decentralization of apportionment and
distribution without ovcrburdening the
present organization.
Mr.. Morrow will have charge of the
zone scheme Of coal distribution eX-
pected to be made effective within the
next few days.
He will further supervise all budget
ing and statistical work. as we'll as
pools and other transportation matters
He and the bureaus reporting to him
will have no connection with the fixing
Of operators base prices or retail
prices. nor will he have authority or
supervision over state administrators
on matters other than apportionment
and distribution.
Has Had Much Experience
Mr.. Morrow has been assistant sec
retary of the Federal Trade Commits
sion, commissioner of the Pittsburgh
Coal Producers Association and re-
Gently general secretary of the National
Coal Association, representing the BIZ
luminous coal operators of the country.
Continued decentralization of railroad
transportation throughout the East to-
day prompted the railroad and fuel ad-
ministration officials to hasten plans
for developing zone distribution sys-
TEN for coal. 1t was stated that some
definite announcement may be expected
within few days. The principal feat
ures OF the plan will be put into effect
immediately, and it will be improved as
fast as new short routes can be de-
veloped
Officials to-day expressed the belief
that the proposed system will prove so
effective in eliminating long and cross
hauIs as to render another serious
coal shortage this winter impossible.
With an embargo on general freight
still in effect to-day for Eastern trunk
lines, and the effect extending west
ward, railroads were able to Intensity
efforts to move coal and food.
Zone System for East Only
Conferrees of the railroad and fuel
administrations on the zone distribut-
ing system agreed on adopting as q
basis for their calculations the sugges-
items of the defunct Railroad Nar
Board. A number of notifications were
made. however, and the operation of
the scheme, it was said, will be limited
to the East.
Unler the plan certain mining dis
trlcts will be assigned a specific terri
tory to which their output shall go. and
the railroad routes will be prescribed.
New England will be served largely by
water carriers from Hampton Roads,
Baltimore and Philadelphia. New Eng
land will get its emergency coal sup
plies from the Cleartield, Latrobe,
Greensburg and other Central Pennsyl-
vania regions.
The Atlantic Seaboard, as far South
as Maryland, will get coal principally
from the Central Pennsylvania mines.
Maryland will get coal mainly from
the Myersdale district of Southern
Pennsylvania.
Western and Northern New York and
Southern Ontario will be supplied prin-
elpdlly from tnc Clear1elQ ana Reyn-
oldsville districts of Western Penn
sylvania. The Pittsburgh district
mines will send their output mainly to
the Lakes for the Northwest and to
Northwestern Pennsylvania and North
eastern Ohio.
To the Pocahontas, Tug River and
New River districts of the extreme
southern part of West Virginia will be
assigned the supply of Virginia, North
Carolina and half of West Virginia, in
addition to New England water trans
portatton channels. Mines near the
West Virginia boundary
will send coal to Ohio, Northern In
diana and Michigan. The same terri
tory also will be served by the Kama
wha district.
Ohio Districts Work
Southeast Ohio districts will supply
Ohio and Michigan exclusively by rail
South Kentucky mines will send their
output through Eastern Kentucky
Western Ohio and Indiana. Indiana
production will be for that state
Northern Illinois and Western Michi-
gan. Iowa, Missouri, Northern Arkan-
sas and Illinois will rely on the Illinois
producing districts mainly.
Wiggin's Night Work