The Washington herald., 1922-07-26
Points I'm l. c. C. Order.

) Points I'm 1. c. C. order.
Faced with this situation the COM
mission then ordered:
i. That railroads shall give pri-
ority to the movement Of food. feed
Tor livestock. perishable products,
coal. coke and fuel oil.
2. That priority be given inter
change and return of empty cars
intended for transportation OF these
necessary commodities.
3. That preferential movement Of
coal cars to the mines be practiced
and that cars suitable for trans
porting coal shall not be used for
taking other commodities
4. That an embargo be placed
against the receipt of coal or other
freight transported in open ton
cars suitable for coal loading which
cannot be unloaded within twenty
four hours after placement
5. That all rules, regulations and
practises of the railroads with re-
spect TO car service be suspended SO
far as they conflict with the new
regulations.
Five Glasses Designated.
The commission. an designating
the manner in which coal cars are 20
he supplied to the mines. divided
them into five classes In the first
class will be cars for such special
purposes as may from time to time
be specially designated" which
gives the commission virtually com
petite control over the movement OF
all cars. In the second class are
cars for fuel for railroads and other
common carriers, including ships
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serve the general public-street ard
interurhan railways. electric power
and light, gas, water. sewer works.
ice plants and hospitals.
In class 5 are cars given special
priority for the movement Of bitu-
minous coal from mines in Pennsyl-
vania. Ohio. West Virginia. Ken
lucky. Tennessee and Alabama to
any Lake Erie points for tranship-
ment by water to ports on Lake Su-
perior, which insures ample supplies
to the Lake regions and Northwest
before ice blocks Great Lakes navi-
cation.
Domestic Coal Fourth ClasA
The fourth class covers cars de-
voted to coal for domestic con-
sumption. while the NTH class in
cludes those for "other purposes"
Under the commissions rule no
coal cars embraced in the first four
classes can be reconsigned or di-
verted except for use in the same
or a superior class and in the or
der of priority established.
In the second order the commits
sion directs all railroads in the
nation to route all Of their freight
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rect road. thus eNpediting ship
ments and preventing congestion.
The rates applicable to trafic So
forwarded hy routes other than
those originally designated by
shippers shall be the rates which
were applicable at the date Of
higher than they would be by the
original routing.
Shippers and consignees are to be
informed OF any change in routing
Immediately.
In these general orders covering
all the roads. the same disregard
of previous contracts and other ar
rangements is ordered as in the
case Of the coal car priority regu-
lations.
InlrtN SHIPS OF Nne emergency
Fleet Corporation, with a total
tonnage of 100000. are being hastily
fitted for service. Il was announced
by Vice President Smull yesterday.
These vessels will replace the Ship
ping Board ships which have been
detained for loading coal in for
eign ports.
President Has Plan
In its effort to meet the coal
crisis the government is concen-
tratinC on supplying coal and not
on solving the coal strike itself. In
connection with efforts to the latter
end IL was learned officially yes
terday the President made a propO-
sition to both coal operators and
mine workers, comprising a mini
mum wage scale on the basis Of a
2So-day working year. The wage
scale. under the Presidents plan.
was to be fixed in accordance with
the best available Information on
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