The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-11
Operators Beginning to Feel
Easy About the Region
al Shortage.
COST STATEMENTS GO
Operators Requested to Ship
Coal to t h e
West.

fhe car supply in the Fai7mopt dis
4rict today IS the best it has been IN
months. between $500 and 1900 cars
coming ito the region on sunday. The
cars were not distributed so as to give
a hundred per cent run at all the
mines, hut the major part of them are
going at full tilt today, with the outs
look faToriaS a continuance OF full
Coal operators OF this district nov
view the regional car shortsge"
question as settled. as there are as
SGrances that It will be made up as
rapidly as possible, and the run OF
cars last week aud at the. opening OF
this week indicate that there need be
no further uneasinsss on hat score.
8. & o. Rus<lias.
An idea OF the activities on the B.
Z Q. eastward is given in the follow
taE item from the AartiEshurg jour
nal: Zeal is being shipped through
tEis cItE from fields on the Baltimore
and Ohio at an unprecedented rate.
and it is Believed any shortage that
might exist IN eastern cries soon vii
SteS SIfeEed. z sao1r III re- F'atrnopt re-
son 71eEe,a train averaging 75 cars
has been passing through every 80
minutes. In normal times coal trains
were moved at the rate OF one every
two houds. The coal ira fic now is
being moved With Eve times this rap
l3;ty."
The cost of production satem ents
Of ccal operators in the F'air1aont DIS
triet must be got OH to Washington
tonight. There car be 20 further de
ISy The matter of granting or re-
fusing an advance in seil!J% price of
coal IS likely to come up in Washing
ton any tine possibly before the mid
die OF this week. The cost sheets
which have been prepared will be
sent IN tonight and those not ready
vii either 20 later or rot at all. The
work OF preparing these figures has
been held back some by decays which
could not be blamed on operators.
such as the failure OF the blanks to
come for week or SO. However,
there can be no longer delay even II
rome OF tho operators do no9 set Yep
rssentatfon.
Two federal indictments :or alteS-
I'd prohteering in coal. the first in
ais district since the PRESIDENTS reg
aIations fixing the price for fuel went
into effect. have been returned
ksainst the Orr Coal Mining company
Se CIarksburg.. and James NJ. Orr,
Z areStdep1 OF the company. l &c charge
salgainst the company IS asking bigger
prices for biGum1nous coal than those
fixed by the President. while the
charge against Orr is conspiracy to
ask higher prices.
IS Coal Notes.
The coal going east has consested
t5e. ShippensburG gateway again and
there are something 1000 csrs there
row. Philadelphia is another point
on the Baltimore and Ohio which is
croRded at this time. In order to re-
here the congestion east, Fairmont
FseicQ operators are being advised By
tie District Representative" of the
Fuel AdministTatfon to ship vest as
farsas possible.
TIE Federal Fuel Administration
81 Washington is living lot OF at
Eentfo INTO the proposition OF Clean
coal and the chances are that an
Inducements Will be made IN a few
sSs which Will be of Importance to
trade. The coal mined in the inn
edIzEe vicinity of Fairmopt IS
slnong the 4sc1eanest" produced in tN>
0rId, but there are mines IL what
the goFeFument has designated as Ne
Eairmop9 district wnere there night
sc complaint on this score.