The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-12-09


NOVEMBER
B MONTE
L. 5ALTiM Q Re- ND OHIO sgslNEss
8 VERY q iEANt'ysSI IN FREiGtATs
i LAST MoN-T +
81 ont 5itlsi
passed was ne bannl er Il ont Sof
slocal la&yard When the conpariso
n below are perused one can sre:liily
tund erstan d $wh decide dIy3neces.
II y Essary for he Bal alttmore and II Ohio Is
Il Increase t31e room and install modern
improvements. Below. " give the
hfpment for Noyembe ser. 903 ana for
the CORE pond ing month or the pre-
syious year:
November, eo4
tSs Received rom Wheeling division
East. loads, .92I empties.8
Delivered to same -sG5 loads S; II
ffssempties.
0 Resolved from Wheeling division
West 1,s74 loads, I; enlpties.
Del e. liyered to same, 5,5Sa loads, aS4
empties.
Received from +. !, n & i. division,
,Q695 load s. I3 i cmpties.
5so 1iyeresl to me, O. loads :.2eoslI
sempties.
Received from branch j, .. ~:
loads S. emptfeg.
Delivered to sam i i % load $G. 749 |
.emptfes.
II Received from Paw bran nch, s 1sssEE
loads enpties.
Delivered to same As loads 27a
empties.
rhis MAKES a total Of 29,915 load
and 29,923 emptles handled through3
the local yard, and OF these 2059
loads were weighed over the scales
here, reqlltring d 81; 1; hours ot ara
engine service.
on er1be er,#feos.
81 eGeiged from Rhsal In
East, ,5sG loads ,s24 empti les. t5
Delivered to- same :456 loads, sS5Shs
empties.
y oAt4s ~ File6iII atllFlSQ1lsst
Vest. ,4sS loads. 38,297 emf pties IS
Delivered to@samet 5, II 8: loads. 600
smpties. e
Received from 81, e r branch, j. i.
..2G7s loads, 2s6 empties.
Delivered to same, ,O9s loads,sE Es
80 emDties.
Received from N. r. branch. 1860 & I
Dads. "A empties. IS
Delivered TO sam 1.1c9 loads .9t
,53'7 empties IS
Received from Paw Paw branch, 1 =
94 loads, II e1npties. ss
Delivered TO same y is loads, 207 S:
mptfes. s IS
Total handled through yard, 25,SS9 Is
,ads and II, ,272 emptes. with 1O01 ss
ads weighed over the scales aft this ssl
lace, and requiring 43 hours OF llsaA! s..
ard engine service. The increase o$
rth Year IS 4, ,o2C loads and f2,C5 p p
npties. t7l ssr
The Biggest Day sl'f
By far the largest mum ber# Of loads r =
er weighed in the Fairnont yard 2AG oe
as sent over the scales yesterday " v
the tWenty=four hours ending last sI 81
ldnight, GSI loads Of coal and coke Io Esot5
loaded within the radius of very ~
" miles Of this city, were brought t:
to the local yard. zs5l n
Previous to that, $40 was the larg- 8 g
days work completed by the scale ss1l. 81
avs, and every one is aware that
IS yard is always a busy place. SO. 5Le1 81
erefore. the entire yard force Is 5se44
oud of the performance: This feat lsl n.sl
s accomplished simply because - -
ge engine is now used for scale -
rk. thus allowing more cars to be ma ma
we'd at one weighing and saving s. hes
time that it takes to run around ogcc oe,gcc
rack; motto mention the benefit I in sai nei
itching. Engine 1912 is now as. t7Re, ne
ned to the scale work. replacing nor not
! 1603. which goes in for much q
eded repairs 81: sssis
Charles H. Riggs a brother Of the to3s e9t$s
,eral yardmaster, and IA second edl. ~ ~
q of that gentleman as to railroad ane sEI'Re
has been appointed as. ian Ian
amt night yardmaster His rail. t1e
d experience covers 10 number of sSltls Gns
rs Of practical work having seen 1tsl actl
vice on the Wheeling division and To-! To-!
a time "a conductor insthe yard at sI Is