The New York herald., 1922-07-21
READY WITH MOTORS
IF TIEUP HALTS FOOD
Truck Supply System Adopted
in October Can Be Used
at Once.

The Port of New York Authority
adopted a plan last October to supply
the people Of the metropolitan district
with the essentials of life when there
was a threatened suspension Of rail-
road transportation at that time. This
same plan will be put into effect in
case OF an emergency arising out Of
the present shopmen's strike throughout
the country.
Gen. George w. Goethals has con-
sented to be chairman Of a committee
to mobilize available transportation
facilities to bring foodstuffs and other
necessities of life into New York and
New Jersey should the railroads cease
to function at any future period. Major
Elihu c. Church of the Port Authority,
who solved many difficult problems Of
transportation while attached to the
A. E. F. In France, will act as chief
of staff to Gen. Goethals.
The same organization formed last
October will be ready to function when
called upon. 1t is divided into four
groups: First, certain officers of the
army. Of the National Guard and of
the State Constabulaiy; second, repre-
sentatives of the State Department of
Foods and Markets. the United States
Department of Agriculture Department
of Markets of the city OF New York.
the Chamber Of Commerce and Board
Of Health: third. trade interests. rep
resented by retailers. wholesalers and
warehousemen; fourth. railroad officials
and representatives Of telephone and
telegraph companies.
The bulk of the work Of supplying
the metropolitan district with foodstuffs
would fall upon a motor transport d.
vision of the emergency committee II
the railroads are tied Up. The plan Of
operation Is as follows:
l. Wholesalers are to locate and buy
supplies.
2. The wholesaler. having purchased
his supplies. will notify the coordinating
section of the emergency committee con-
cerning the quantity. location and ma
ture of the commodity bought.
3. The coordinating section will then
allocate certain available trucks to
bring In these supplies on a certain
day. The truckmen who may do the
hauling will receive red tickets giving
them access to the reserved highway
and containing full instructions concern
ing the point and hour at which they
are to start. the route they are to take,
the destination and the supplies they are
to bring back. The roads so selected
would be reserved for this traffic and
policed.
4. The wholesaler would be told the
day on which his supplies were to be
sent for and would be directed to have
them on the roadside at the hour when
the trucks would arrive, so that the
trucks would be loaded promptly and
returned without undue delay
Wholesalers and others who attempted
to profiteer In case OF an emergency
would not have their goods brought In
by the transport division. and could
keep an absolute check on profiteering
from this source. The plans adopted
last October are somethink like those
carried out by the Service of Supply Of
the A. Il. r.
IT do not believe that the people Of the
metropolitan district would suffer a
great deal from the effects of a sus-
pension OF railroad transportation. "
said Major Church. Last October we
adopted a plan which could be put into
effect with little difficulty. We hope
however. that such an emergency will
not materalize"