The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-06-22
New System Goes
Into Effect With
Beginning of Next
Week
LAWSON GETS NOTICE
Car Supply in FairmOnt Re-
giOn Expected to Con-
tinue Good.

The car supply for the mines
along the Monongahela railroad
will be one hundred percent on
Monday.
AZ last, after years OF fighting it is
safe to say that the assigned car sys-
tenn, which has been one Of the most
dcmOTalizing factors OF bituminous
coal mining, is thing of the past.
once or twice before this announce
ment has been made prematurely. but
thls time Il Il the real thing. for the
death warrant of assigned cars as fan
% the FaiFmOnt region is concerned,
vas received at the office Of ID. r. Law
son, who represents the Fuel admins
lfatiOn in the Fairmont district, in the
following telegram from the Fuel ad-
mihistFation at Washington:
Effective June "a Pennsylvania
railroad, east, and Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, east, will cancel all
assignments OF cars to bituminous
coal mines for loading with rail.
road fuel for their own lines or
foreign lines. Equal distribution
Of cars to all mines will be effec.
tive that date. Stop ell railroads
being supplied from your district.
Must receive 100 per cent. supply
ind shipments should go forward
IN same quantities as far as posi-
bic from same mines as heretofore.
AZ the offices of the Central West
Virginia Coal Operators association
he news was received with the great
ost Of satisfaction and the operators
IRE prepared TO do their part toward
making the new arrangement a sue
cess. Il Is felt that the new policy will
mean a uniformity good car supply for
the FairmOnt field. AS a matter OF
tact unofficial assurances to that ef-
feet have been received from respon-
Blble officers Of the roads that have
this matter under their control.
The car supply today is good for a
Saturday. There are 1,147 coal, so
coke and 40 privately owned cars in
the region and OF the 175 mines that
reported this morning but two were
out Of operation The loss Of tonnage
in the region today was 12,075,
New Mine on West Fork.
The organization OF a new coal COM
pany IN which Fairmont men are in.
iofostod was formed in Connellsville,
Pa, on Wednesday night which is
known as the Dawson Connellsville
Fuel company with the following Off
GERS and directors: President, Frank
a. TarF, president OF the Youghiogheny
Coal company, Dawson; treasurer, Il. d.
Henry, cashier First National Bank,
Dawson; secretary, g. E. Moore. Daw.
son: directors, II. @. Greer, Fairmont;
Frank A. TAR, Il. D. Henry Dawson;
David ScOfleld. Star Junction: NJ. j.
Roland. n. c. Hays. b. O'Connor and
John Duggan, Jr., COnnellsvlle. The
latter Il also attorney for the new cor.
ntfa6on, which has been chartered
n west Virginia with a capital stock
81 100000.
The property OF the company con
sIslB Of 100 acres OF sewickley coal,
..r and Ono-half feet in thickness and
lies On the West Fork river just above
Ih point where the West Fork and the
IyGaTlB Valley rivers form the Mo-
n60rahOla and opposite White Day
Or ne B. & OR. r. II will be operat.
~ g Q self-draining drift proposition
1nd equipped with electrically driven
achineFythFoughout. A heading has
already been driven a distance OF 200
lcis revealing excellent roof and floor
conditions and exceptionally clean
C0cl A cOnveyer will be erected
which VIII BE- q duplicate Of that at
(Contlnuel on page fOuF)