The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-08-31
A:asM:ncaEasEi
] coal TOlnEI sl|
TO Be enormous
August Figures on the:
N. &W. Nearlyl
3,25O,OOO
The DAILY CAR y
INCREASE BIC

"ehelu' w. va, August 81 .--.#
To-Day Is the last day of August and q
WITH the end OF the month the Nor X
ok and Western Will nave estaba \
lShed new coal carrying record.
Inc new record mark for coal shin !;
'nenttS, which is not expected t,nE
tand long as tonnage is constantly
'ncreaslng' Will reach nearly pii-1
Ion ana three-quarters tons of coal.f
lhe month will be the biggest
month the road has ever had by5
-htousaniis Of tons. In addition to,
MS new record for car movement
VIII nave been established. The
tally average number of cars hand
ieu VIII be nearly 200 higher per
day than was ever moved heretofore
IN the Pocahontas division, on whicht
hVlSlon the greater part Of the tom
mage handled by the Norfolk ana
western originates. The enorm Gus
Increase in tonnage is not confined
o any one district Of the field, but is
general, even tho Clinch Valley ter
:'llory sharing in the new record
lot improving except on prepared,
jlZcS, which cannot be furnished. III
they could be supplied the marked
or them would perhaps diminish. |,
The Coke Outlook. i
The outlook in the coke MARKET,
Tue to the building OF by-productl
oVens, is not promising by any,
Means, and the shipments of coke,
Ire way below what they formerly.
we're. There is considerable sDlinti
coal on the cars waiting for ship,
nent to the lakes, while in the.
Cllnch Valley region reports sem to
state that the Clinchfield Route is
having considerable trouble in get-t
ing rid OF cars which are loaded,
and standing or the lines of thet
company. The southern market.i
due to causes which were unfore-i
cen, has taken 4 slump and pur-
chasers are mott over eager to takef
coal, with the result thai demurragel
charges will shortly .eatt up what's
ever profit there might be in the cara
goes which, att the current prices, iss
said to be very small.
IOcahontas Slack Il Drug.
Pocahontas slack is almost a drug
on the MARKET, there being practi-s
;alIy no demand for it, with the rel
suit that prepared Goals cannot. ben
made and mine owners have to sit1
idly by and watch fancy prices being"
quoted without their being able toS
ID h~
wants. In order tot meet fxedE
charges and competition coal has tut
be mined and Ill the more so nowI
that fixed charges have increased
due to the installation Of new euuip-l
ment. There is considerable criti-
cism Of the Pocahonttas coal opera.,I
tors by mine operators in other dis,
trlct5 because Of their activity in
putting coal on the market. These,
criticisms may be merited to cer-d
tain extent, but the coal operators inS
this section are all men who have
mad long experience in mining arr
every stage Of the game, and nearlyS
al or them are practical miners andy
live on the job instead of directing}
the foremen from distant cities. The
result It's that this constant knowl-|
eoSo OF conditions, coupled with az
thorough understanding of all thaaS
problems which come ND enabIee]
them to meet competition and makeN
q small or large profit where mines
III other sections Of the country are
at loss what to do to make cent.