The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-06

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George Deis1 lsli e ,. Coz.
i deVe1oDed Il he mectinie q Tie,
E2iEmont Cad Glul6 to0Sy TIT rails
roads arO securing IIore coGl Ron tha
Fai4mont district than they actually
require and e s. claimed that tie PlIils.
adelphlR z Reading vas found turn.
ing 100seaTS over 70 industries along
IT'S line. This Is very serious matter
at this time and one which VIII Be
emphaSiEedo 20 the authorities IN
Washini hon II the rUmor proves 20
be well founded. The report Is given
cre6enee here as there has been ani
extraordinary demand for railroad fuel
for some time such an insfstens De.
naand that It was impossible ALMOST
% ret cars for commercial purposes.
Il the FaIirQads have resorted to these,
underhanded schemes to get coal 9t
EoVernmenffprice for industries along
the linz which may have had contracts
At . higher price IL means an MUS
.tIce 90 coal operators not only IN the
Fafpnout district but AL over ths
country and it goes without saying
that sue course VII not be count
tenanced by the government:
A. Isle White, OF CIaTksburg, one
~ -the speakers at the Coal club
nneeting today. openly charged that
4Se railroads. had used assigned cars
as a club over the heads OF operators!
= G LYON. OF the Consolidation, made
the ooint that the regional car short
age" was working a hardship on MIN
ers and coal people which would re-
duce the sale Of Liberty Bonds anf
war Savings stamps and lead to theft
hcinx turned into the banks by WORN
ara in order~to live. which he felt
Sbonld be emphasized in kilograms "a
Mr. NcAdoo. In commenting upon
+bFe suggestion A. Brooks Fleming
Jr- the president. made the alaTmtns
statement that one single company
1enorted that $4,000 in Liberty Bonat
and war Savings Stamps had alread4
been cancelled. cashed in or attecteq
nv the failure OF the mines to work
Coal Notes.
Robert Grant, president OF the NeN
England Fuel and Transportation com
nanv- is in Fairmont, coming IN last
Saturday. He plans to leave tom9ti
row for washington. Mr.. Grant has .
nrosoerous coal town Of 1000 popuIe'
ton in Marion county named IN h4s
honor. -.
effect Jan. II vas suspended IN an
states east of the Mississippi river
excepting Pennsylvania, Maryland
| West Virginia, Ohio. and eastern Ken
tuckv yesterday This order effects
coal supplied for domestic consumers
cantonments, public utilities ana nos
p'! Tbe Fuel Administration has fixed
new selling prices for the KenoVa ana
Thacker fields Of West Virginia. rals,
ing the price from g to $3.50 q ton
ana the advance does not require aIly
part to be paid to miners IN increased
"1 xecordir to a deed filed, for record
! IN the office of the county clerk q
Harrison county the Pitcairn SoG
comoany has sold to the Harry B. Sol
and Coke company the PittsburS ven
of coal underlying 443 acres OF lang
and three trarts of land IN Zee Sin. ~.
ere-egatine 164.57 acres in Clark dls
tTiet. The consideration was $2G0'VVS,
o. the purchase price IS was paid 2no
fhe remainder is represented IN ~
promissory notes OF $4,000 eacn' o9s
heinz due and payable every 50
| months. The adjoining tracts arc =
D. Jarvis. Raymond and stout, tns
p II. Goodwin heirs. Lorinda NutteE
A S. Nutter. B. D. Stout, ]. J. Duncan
| and the ]. J. Davis estate