The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-10
They Will Discuss Opera;
ton, Transportation and
Rulings. :.
TRANSPORTATION FIRST
National Association is
Working Out a New Tax
Scheme.

A call will go out today for meet
ing of the Central West Virginia Coal
Operators Association to be held at
the Chamber OF Commerce rooms in
the Watson building on Friday, Dec
ember IA, at which operating problems
will be discussed and government reg.
ulations explained by officers Of the
body who have made thorough in
vestigation. The principal topic to be
considered, according to the call, are
operations, transportations and gov
eminent rulings and Secretary d. h.
Lawson stated this afternoon that
transportation was the most import
ant Of the three.
The coal operators Of the Fairmont-
Clarksburg region understand that
there is going to be revision Of the
excess PROFITS tax. It is understood
here that the National Coal Associa.
ton will submit recommendations to
the board appointed by Secretary
McAdoo on excess profits. The Pitts.
burgh Dispatch of today carries a
story to the effect that bill will be
introduced at this session of con-
gress, providing for a revision Of the
methods Of taxation, including coal,
but the story referred to is thought to
be the probably action Of the Nation
al Coal Association in making sug-
gestions regarding excess profits.
A recent article in The Baltimore
Sun regarding the activities OF the
subcommittee Of the general operat-
, ing committee OF eastern railroads
stated that the general transporta.
ton situation was improved in the
Cumberland territory and is quite as
misleading as The Pittsburgh Dis
patch article. "All old loads are prac.
tically cleaned up and the yards are
in good shape" says the article, while
T. E. Boggess, assistant secretary
Of the Central West Virginia Coal
Operators Association, was in that
neighborhood on the day before the
articles wa swritten and found the
Cumberland yards full of loads. AT
Rawlings station he found train set
off in the east bound yards, and the
west bound yards also full OF loads.
He estimated that there were five
! miles Of loads between Keyser and
Piedmont on the sixth instant. The
statement was made in that article
that the car supply was ninety per
cent. on the seventh of December
when it came nearer being ninety
percent. off. Tho claim of ninety
! percent. supply was entirely errone.
Gus and the Central West Virginia
Coal Operators Association has taken
UP the matter will, the Baltimore &
Ohio.
The pooling system worked out at
Pittsburgh by the operating commit.
ties Of eastern railroads is reported
10 have gone into effect today and in
such event 1t is hoped that the car
supply will be improved at least from
ten to twenty percent. Z
Coal Notes Z,
The Coal Trade Journal Tells OF an
inspector making an investigation at
Fairmont, one day recently reported
that he counted IS open.top cars
loaded with stone. iron. sand, ashes,
ties. pipe and grindstones. Some of
the cars, he stated. had been there
from four to six days. waiting to be
unloaded or forwarded.
The Employees Magazine OF the
Davis Coal and Coke Company, pub.
fishes an honor roll in two classes,
one containing the names Of miners
who have mined enough coal in a
month to make their earnings amount
to $500 or more, the other having the
men whose earnings were from s175
to $500 in the month. The December
number Of the magazine shows 40
men in the first class, and "a in the
second class.
On Saturday afternoon the charter
Of the Atlantic Coal Company. of
Fairmont. was received from Charles.
ton for record in the office Of the
county clerk. The capital is 800, 600
and $500 is paid in. There are 100
shares at 500. The stockholders are:
Phil. S. Bentel, Fred Smith, w. A.
Small, X. A. Rock and Attorney
James A. Meredith.