The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-12
District Representatives
Have Been Ordered to
Employ Inspectors. e
A'AD00 ANSWERS VIII
Fuel Administrator Barnes
to Confer With County.
Administrators East.

The United States Fuel -Administra-
ton has announced the organization
OF an inspection system TO enforce the
mining OF clean coal and under the
new ruling coal condemned by the
Fuel Administration for lacking prep
/ aration or because it contains nigh
percentage OF impurities will be sofa
at fifty cents ton less than the gov
eminent price for the mine.
The inspection system Will be opet'
| ated through the district represents
tives Of the Fuel Administration in the
various coal fields and authority was
given them to appoint a sufficient num-
her of inspectors with the issuance OK
the order. which went into effect yes
terdav. Inspectors are authorized 70
/ condemn at the mines any coal loaded
in railroad cars which N their JuoS-
ment is not properly prepared. Inc
operator has the preference OF repre-
pairing the coal under the ban or the
consignee shall be permitted to deaucI
| fifty cents ton from the authorizes
price OF the grade OF coal with WHICH
the car is loaded
More From MeAdoo.
William G. Mc-Adoo, director genera
of railroads, has assured the Fairmoht
| chamber. OF Commerce that the IRE
cional car shortage in the Fairmont
region will be cured" oscar A. Price,
private secretary to Mr.. McAdoo, wiFeo
the local Chamber of Commerce:
your wire relative discrimination
car supply Baltimore and Ohio against
Fairmont district at hand and IN reply
advise that Baltimore & Ohio is now
so distributing cars as 10 cure exist
jnr. shortage against Fairmont region
as a whole"
The regional car shortage" is rap
idlv being made up, too. so that pro-
Iesrs arc going to Idr. McAdoo from
other mining regions. complaining or
Discrimination at this time. There
we're 100 cars in this region MOI
day and l 800 today. The telegram 10
MI. RTcAdoo from the FairmoDt Cham
Der OF Commerce read:
"Our attention has been called to re-
cent communications between you ana
the banks OF Marion county. The SUD
! iect about which you have wired anu
written these banks is the most vltal
one known to this entire valley. 1t Is
with a feeling OF the greatest conf
I dence that We observe your interest," III
| the matter OF unjust car dIscr1m1na-
! ton by the Baltimore 4 Ohio Ta;ifoa1
against the Monongah division. ana
| the fact that you have instructed that
! the operators in this locality be gwen
/ immediate relief stimulates US more
than anything that has happened
since the determination has been go
ing on. We would like to urge that
YOU have the shortage and cars to
which the region is rightfully entitled
| sent to the operators daily in quantl-
| ties p.oportionate to ability to load.
This is a matter of vital interest to all
I business in this section OF west VIZ
Sinia. and with present conditions
which have existed for some months,
perceptible depression exists in al
lines Of our industries.
Barnes Goes East.
]. Walter Barnes, Federal Fuel Ao-
nninistraror OF West Virginia, leaves
tonight for Martinsburg and will hare
| a conference with chairmen Of county
coal committees OF that district tonaor-
row. Those expected to participate
are w. T. Crimes. of Mineral county
V Z. johnson, OF Morgan: B. ]. Baker
Of Grant; George w FS8er, OF Haf-
dy; H. L. Snyder. Of Ja0etson, and l..
V. Thompson, OF Hampshire.
More Office Room.
The Hutchinson Coal company is
taking over the SUITE Oh EoonS III tLiS
Jacobs building. which was recently
vacated by the Hammond Fire Brick
company and will move the purchasing
department up there from the third
! floor Of the same building. making the
entire fourth floor the Hutchinson OIL
fees. The new suite has three which
are being fitted up for NJ. c. Tough. :.
G. LanIam and C. II. Funk, who make
nm the n1rchaSiney department
Coal Club Tomorrow.
Tomorrow the weekly Coal club
lunch will be held and a number OF in
teresting matters are expected to
come up.