The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-05-01
COAL OPERATORS
URGED TO WORK
HTHE B.GO.R.R.
:. H. Jenkins tells Coal Club
About Recent Confer
ence.
CAPT. SPERRN TALKS
Car Supply Today Good
Restrictions on West
bound.
CART. SPERRY TALKS

At the Coal club meeting To-Day "
a. Jenkins, president of the Central
west Virginia operators association
told the operators that the arrange
ments for taking place Of FairmonN
district production made by the Fuel
administration and the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad we're such that if thej
would all do what they could to CO.
operate matters would be satisfactory
IN a very short time. He made 1t plain,
however, that the shipping conditions
would change from day to day ard
that II they did not all work with the
local representative Of the Fuel adj
ministration It would have a tendency
to reduce the car supply for this re-
gion.
Mr.. Jenkins said that the conference
! committee of Operators association
had had last week with Messrs. Davis
and voorhees, Of the B. & o. had beer
the most satisfactory talk ever had
with representatives OF that road.
When 1t ended the operators who were
present left feeling that the road
means to do all that 1t can from nov
on and that it would be worth the
while OF the mining industry in this
region to work with the road in every
way possible.
The orders regarding shipments
will come each day from the offices
of the Fuel administration in Wash
ington to the administrators local
office and they will be then carried
out by the local representative in a
spirit of fairness to all operators and
with an eye to the best interests Of
the industry.
Mr.. Jenkins also had a few words
to say about the meeting OF the West
Virginia Coal association which was
held at Huntington last week.
Captain Sperry, Of Clarksburg, one
of the best known attorneys Of the
Harrison county bar who was pres
ent at the lunch, also made few re-
marks today during which he took
occasion to comment upon the charge
that the local men OF West Virginia
are not doing their duty with regard
to the third Liberty loan. He said
that this attitude is very unjust be-
cause OF the fact that the mining com.
panies are required to pav war taxes
on the profits of 1917 u best year
in the history of the industry, and
most Of which profits long since were
put back into plant, out of earnings
of this year with it's fixed price and
practically no car supply. He said
that he knew Of coal operations which
at present profits could not realize
the amount of the taxes in two years
operations at the present selling price.
Nevertheless he said, the coal corpor-
atoms and the coal men are buying
bonds
Bailey Nuzum, Fairmont yardmaster
Of the B. & o. introduced by President
Fleming with the remark that the coal
men never forget friend and that
Mr.. Nuzum has always been friend.
Mr.. Nuzum made few remarks about
local shipping conditions.
Coal Notes.
There were S45 cars in the regior
today. Shipping arrangements called
for 700 Of them going east and 200
west. In the report OF the Transpor.
tation committee OF the Coal club to.
day attention was called to the restric-
tions on the shipments which are a
new thing. Attention was also called
70 the fact that numerous wrecks have
had had effect on the movement Of
coal. The wrecks as rule are due
to the bad condition OF the roadbed.
The Eakin coal land 90 acres OF
Pittsburg. Redstone aud Sewicklay
veins near Granville in Moronea!ia
county. has been sold to the Hess
Coal Company for $4,000 in the cir.
cult court OF that county. This is
$4,000 more than was originally bid
for the property by Lonis and Frank
Ladone and James a. Provins, Fat.
cite county, Pennsylvania. to whom
he sale had been confirmed by a de.
cree Of the court. Attorneys for the
Ladone and ProYins interests say they
will contest the new sale,