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THREE RAILROADS
Order Affects Pennsylvania, 3.
& 0. and Reading.
WILL LAST ONLY FEW DAYS
No Shipments Except Fuel, Food and
Munitions to be cepted-Coai Sit
uation FORCES Step.

No Shipments Except Fuel, Food and
Munitions to be Acoepted-CoaI Sit
uation FORCES Step.
Washington, Jan. 2S-Director IN
eral McAdoo authorized an embargo
on all freight except food, fue! and
war munitions. on the following
roads:
P nnSylvania lines east of Pitts
burgh
Baltimore and Ohio east of the Ohio
river.
Tn Philadelphia and Re. ding rail-
way.
Action was taken on recommends
ton Of \. II. Smith, assistant director
general in charge of trGnsro talon
in tbs east. No reference wa, made
to tiio recommendation for an em5ar-
go sunni ted by Dr.. Harry A. Gar
field. Tie fuel Administrator
"On account of the extremely Sc
we're weather which hes particularly
affected operation Of railroad c"oss.
ing the Allegheny noun; aims" said
tn, railrC2d Administered on announce
ment. s.irector Gene al McAdoo has
authorized the embargo for the pur-
pose Of enabling those lines. which
are the heaviest bituminous carriers
to continue specializing upon coal, for
the double purpose of supply ng the
acute conditions in New England and
TIE harbor OF New York and else.
whore, and in the provision OF empty
cars tor mines and coke own.
"This embargo is a temporary one
Il should last but few days if the
weather moderates.'
The practical effect OF the order
will not greatly change conditions o.
the last few days. Loca! embarg2es
alrea1y have been declared BY many
eastern roads. railroad administra
ton officials said These hove been
made on the initiative of ind ,vidual
railroads, with the general approval
of Mr. Smith.
In many cases also an embargo v'r-
tually was in effect because severe
weather conditions prevented rail-
roads supplying cars to shippers.
An embargo an everything but food,
fuel and munitions has been under
consideration several days. Up to
the last minute Mr. McAdoo did not
favor a general embargo. He believ-
ed railroads soon could move the en-
tire volume of accumulated freight.
This hope was shattered by the con.
tinuation of bad weather and snow
almost everywhere east Of the Mis-
sissippi, with the consequent break
down of locomotives.
4 threatened serious coal shortage
in New York also is said to have
fastened the decision.
Indications are that hard weather
will continue throughout most of the
| week Railroad administrator Off
Gals intimate they look for little i'm
provenlent in the transportation stu
alton before Saturday
| Early reports showed that !irI At
| the embargo order, deluge OF traf.
| fc might have been expected from
| the manufacturing plants, reopened
after the five-day suspension period
| Many industries, it was expected.
would continue to operate on partial
| time as a result of the embargo order.
| This will tend to save coal further
| for domestic use and bunkerlng Of
| ships.
| Fuel administration officials were
pleased with the embargo. The P. R.
R. carries about IS per cent of BIZ
| luminous from the Appalachian dis
trict. Moving nothing but coal, food
and essential war material. officials
said the Pennsylvania can supply i'm
mediately territory short all the win
| ter.
| DR.. Garfield and Mr.. McAdoo went
over details of the plan for regional
| distribution Of coal. The plan will
probably be put into operation soon.
1t would eliminate cross-hauling of
coal and do away, to a large extent,
With extremely long hauls.