In the midst of the conference yesterday, officials attending the conference yesterday pledged themselves to the utmost cooperation on their part with each other and with the general public that the greatest efficiency in transportation be realized. It is the plan of the committee to secure the maximum service out of the present railroad equipment of the railroads, with the cooperation of the shippers. The committee will discuss embargoes, should the freight situation reach so congested a state, but the actual work of putting in force such restraining measures will be left entirely with the individual railroads.
While railroad officials said yesterday that they believed Richmond had been fortunate for some time, and far better off under existing conditions than many sections of the country, they urged shippers to the utmost endeavor on loading and unloading cars quickly. Conditions are, and have been for some time, extremely serious in the North and East and in New England, but local shippers in only a few lines have been affected by the embargoes declared against such points. The local railroads only declined shipments when they would not accept by connecting lines. 