The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-20
pEBARpELEBEN GETS BUSY

DEBARDELEBEN GETS BUSY
 Immediately upon hearing of the or der Transportation Manager Henry T DeBardeleben of the Warrior river sec ton of the Mississippi-Wa water ways got in communication with Di- rector General M. J, Sanders of tha system who took the matter up with Regional Director Winchell. Mr. Winchell promptly ordered the embargc lifted.
 Mir DeBardeleben yesterday received the following telegram from Mir. San ders
 "WincheII wires following; Have
 instructed southern traffic routed
 by shippers Tuscaloosa and barge
 lines should he so promptly for
 wnrded.'"
 Mississippi- Warrior tariff IT, issued October 4 1919 and effective October 29, specifies the rates, rules and regu- lations governing switching, drayage handling and other terminal charges al Mobile, Tuscaloosa Holt. Rivervew and Cordova.
 The rules applicable to shipments by way of Tuscaloosa are as follows: WATERWAYS ABSORB CHARGE
 The waterways will absorb
 switching charges of the Tusca-
 loosa Railway and Utilities com
 paay, published in tariff of that
 line on file with the interstate
 commerce commission. on carload
 traffic originating at or destined
 for points beyond Tuscaloosa, de-
 livered to or received from connect
 ing carriers.
 "On less than carload freight
 interchanged with rail lines at Tus-
 caloosa or Holt originating at or
 destined to points beyond, the
 hauling charges of the Tuscaloosa
 Railway and Utilities company of
 cents per 100 pounds (minimum
 charge on each shipment 25 cents)
 between Riveiview and Tuscaloosa
 will be absorbed by the water
 ways"
 These tariffs apply to all roads touching the Birmingham district or the Warrior river and have been on file in the freight traffic departments of the Alabama Great Southern, the Southern, the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic, the Louisville and Nashville, the Frisco, the Seaboard the Central of Georgia, the Illinois Central and the Mobile and Ohio ever since the date of tleir publication.
 ESCAPED HIS NOTICE
 When MT. Steels attention was called to these tariffs yesterday he stated that they had escaped his notice and that he discovered them only after the embargo order had been issued
 The second movement of steel, 500 tons, from Birmingham to Mobile, by the rail and water route, left Tusca- loosa yesterday and a shipment of $40 tons of steel rails from the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company mill loading on barges at Tuscaloosa. The barges are expected to get away from Tuscaloosa tomorrow. This shipment was refused by the Alabama Great Southern. and the Louisville and Nash vile took it to Tuscaloosa.
 The Warrior river management was compelled to refuse a shipment of cars from the Kilby Car and Foundry com pany of Anniston destined for Cuba yesterday on account of no rates hay- ing been published
 The shipment was offered the War rior service, and Traffic Manager Theodore Brent was asked to publish a rate covering the shipment.
 He wired Chief Engineer Charles F Wood yesterday that no export rates for shipments of this character had been published for the reason that no application had been made for them
 Application will be made at once, it was stated yesterday, and it is possi- ble that within the next few weeks. at the latest, rates applicable to ship- ments Of this kind may be published