Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1906-01-26
West Virginia, Maryland and
Pennsylvania.

.,rs I'm the West VirgiHia ''a"e' "
: noted that, Notwithstanding the
General complaint as to lack OF cars
Inc railroads have been moving
more coal in the State aud also IN
and Pennsylvania than
.,er before. This condition natnr'
ally means that the railroads them
selves have consumed more coal
than usual. The production OF
grain and other commodities IN
the North west has been unusaliy
heavy, and the volume OF coal sent
TO that territory by wav OF the
Great Lakes has been materially IN
creased. An extraordinary demand
for coal has also been created by !
the widespread activity in the steel
and cement industries, which to.
gether with the railroads, have tax
en- a large part of he output of
the northern Appalachian region,
The export trade for nor'h'rn
West Virginia conl', especially, was
very active up to the latter part OF
the summer, when there a scar
city Of vessels, with II consequent
abnormal r.Se IN vessel 1reigh's.
This condition turned buyers IN
Central and South Am"ricr and IN
the West IndIps to british shippers
for their supplies. At the CLOSE 81
1905 the coal shippers Of the nor
thern part Of West Eirs'nia and
of MARYLAND and Pennsylvania had
all they could d. to take care OF
the domestic traae. The car suFs
ply in the northern part of West
Virginia was considerably better
than in parts of the southern r"r-
lien Of The State, especially Hn tn
the first of Octobrri but since that
time shippers have Ieen somew hat
pre-, sed for transportation facilities
to fulfil their actual contract obll =
CATIONS. Had it not been for tins
condition, the production in Mary
land, Pcrns, lvania and northern
West Virginia would have shown
a much greater increase in tonnage
oyer that Of 1904 than the ACTUAL
figures would indicate.
Mr Mil Robinson, OF Charleston
W Va, who keeps in constant tonc''
with the coal mining Sadnstry OF
West Virginia, states that the year
905 closed with the greatest pro-
duction that the Staate has ever
known, and with PRICES uniformly
good for both coal and coke, Not
withstanding these facts, however
two of the principal districts OF thf
State have not averaged ten work
ing days per month Oh account OF
shortage in cor supply. The increas
ell tonnage during the year is dn'
to the opening of manv new mines
and a general improvement in TIT
eouipment Of the old mines. The
opening of ths new lerFltofy ha'
.. naturally called for additional tran
8 ,ortation facilities and has aggra
waited the bad conditions that alrea
dy existed. Regarding the genera
, market conditions of the New Xiv
pv and KanahWa regions, Mr. koh
inson states that several lmnortan
!, combinations have been perfected
r and that Others are now under wa
f with fair prospects for success
e Trade lines have been expandt
: until they extend from Maine t
r Nebraska and large companIe
have become necessity for til
) prpbpr handling owes this wld
area If the growing production.
c Withthe extensions of Chesapeak
}. & Ohio Railway branches on Pine
U River. Coal Greek and Gnyan1'tt
. Riv.r new fields are being opened
!. Both kanawha and New ltIg'
: Goals will be developed by III
o Dtepwatrr-Tid, wafer Railroad. an
o the year 1906 will see number
new block coal operations on I'll
i Coal and Coke; and Kanawha ~
% West Virginia railroads.
r. Coke prices are now alta renum
w ratrve oint, and all of the avail
:" be ovens are in service. New co
B. struciipn for the year was limlt'
he to the fine plant at Page, in fayet
IS ca, cu The line of peepwatel Ia
- road,
The Chesapeake 4 Ohio Railw