CAR SHORTAGE
IS MOST ACUTE
New York, May 20 The car short
age coupled with labor disturbances
on the railroads is rapidly creating
an acute situation here, it was said
by business men, who asserted that
building operations were being seri- j
ously affected. The Merchants' As- j
sociation yesterday announced that a '
number of additional manufacturing j
establishments had been forced to
close because of lack of raw materials
and others would close perhaps every
day from now on unless something
drastic was none to relieve the situa
tion. One large contracting firm report
ed that five out of nine building op
erations had been halted because of
inability to secure ' supplies and cited
the fact that they have waited two
months to get a carload of steel
from Youngstown, Ohio, and one
month for a carload of bricks from
Trenton, the latter place just a few
hours run from New York.
NEW TRAILERS
REACH CITY
Six new trailers at a cost of $2,000
each arrived in the city yesterday and
will be added to the equipment of thti
municipal garbage collection appara
tus according to an announcement
made by Health Officer 'Dr. William
H. Coon today.
It is plannedd Iby the Health De
partment to gradually do away with
the old horse-drawn heavy iron tyipe
of vehicles and substitute the new
trailers. This last Shipment com
pletes the lot of 22 now being used in
the collection of garbage.
