The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-07-29
COAL CLUB WILL
MEET At COUNTRY
CLUB THIS WEEK
J. B. YOhe, Regional Distri-
butOr, Will Be a
Guest.

Inc FalrmOnt Coal CluD VIII uOld
its regular weekly meeting at the
Fairmont Country Club at $50 Wed
nesday evening. and the meeting will
be a very important one, as j. b.
Yohe. formerly general manager Of
the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie railroad.
and now regional distributor in the
Railroad administration, and General
Superintendent Obey, of the Monon-
gahela railroad, will attend.
Taylor County Coal Sold.
W. NJ. HOrner, l.. W. Garrett and
Others. Of Clarksburg, have purchased
the WhitescaTver estate, large
tract Of coal owned by the late Geo.
NJ White Carver, Of Grafton, at the
time of his death, and will operate it
at once, This tract is ideally located
on Cove Run, a few miles south OF
Grafton, near the railroad, with q
large frontage on the railroad. The
mines will be nearer to Grafton than
to MOatsville, where there is so much
activity planned that it will be one Of
the business centers of that part Of
the state in a short time.
Miners Queerly injured.
Two miners employed by the Quail
lty Cement Company at Star City. be-
low Morgantown, We're struck by
lightning and seriously injured while
standing in the door of their home
Both were shocked into un ,OrsciCrs-
ness, but recovered after an hOul OF
two. The electrical storm was one
Of the most severe that has been
known in that section for a numbcr
Of years.
Coal Notes.
The new owners of tho Tralnor
mine on Coon's Run plan soma ir-
provements in the ICar futre and
propose to build up the property ID
many ways.
The car supply in tho Fairmont-
Clarksburg region last week was as
follows. which is far from good: GMn-
day, 1854; Tuesday, 931; Wednes-
day, 1895; Thursday, 1,125; Friday,
1890; Saturday. SIS.
The car supply today is good.
Many District Representatives.
J. Walter Barnes. federal fuel ad-
ministrator for West Virginia, has
dealings with more district rcpresen-
tatives Of the Fuel administration
than any other state fuel adminiatra-
tor. This developed at the recent
gathering Of coal operators AZ Hunt
ington. where J. d. a. Morr(E. dis
tributor for the nation, and 4. W.
Galloway, director OF bituminous dis
tribution. were prominent. Tho Pc
culiar geographical situation OF West
Virginia accounts for this. Besides
dealing with A. l.. Howe. district rep
resentative at Blueheld. a. II. Land,
district representative at Hunting
ton; W. d. Zimmerman. district rep
resentative at Charleston, and D. r.
Lawson, district representative at
FairmOnt, Mr.. Barnes deals with dis
trict representatives in Ohio who
have the PomeToy fields Of West Viz
ginia and the northern Panhandle,
with one In Cincinnati having charge
OF Kentucky points and one in Mary
land who handles the eastern Pan
handle.
There are only fourteen Of the IS
counties in West Virginia which nave
coal shipped into them, explains ].
Walter Barnes. Jc'bral fuel admins
traitor for West Virginia, so the work
Of the county fuel administrators In
West Virginia is not so Important as
In other states where every county
gets coal shipped a.. There are
some counties in West Virginia where
coal is used hardly at all. The major
ity OF these coun1es have natural gas
in abundance. but few OF them are
counties whereTOod Is used as fuel.