The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-01-03
Field Distributor Already
Has His Eye on Thirty
Cars.
REPORT $50 CONTRACTS
President jenkins and Field
Distributor are in Wash
ington to Report.

DR.. H. A. Garfield, Federal Fuel Ad-
ministrator, will classify the $50 con-
tracts which have already been report
ed to D. r. Lawson, recently appointed
Deputy Distributor for the Fairmont
district ana give him further instruc-
tons at a conference to be held in
Washington this week. C. H. jenkins,
president If the Central West Virginia
Coat Operators Association, and Mr..
Lawson left last night for Washing
ten and are not expected to return I'M
RI Saturday. Mr.. Lawson says that
+he reports n contracts received today
show 30 cars daily Of free" coal fuet
ret contracted for in advance) and that
he expects complete reports to show
100 cars of such coal. The first CLASH
6catiou of coal will be for railroads,
second for munitions and the rating OF
essentials following those two classi-
fcations lie with the powers at Wash
ington.
G. II. jenkins thinks that the Fair
mont district was signally honore6 IN
:he appointment of Mr.. Lawson as the
first, OF the Deputy Distributors, meth
-od-whfch Will be put into effect all over
the coal sields if found to work out sat
iSfactorily. He attributes this recog-
milton to the fact that the coal opera
tors of the twelve and half counties
in the district are so well organized
the Central West Virginia Coal Opera
tors Association having the largest
membership of any in the country. al
though the Pittsburgh organization out
Goes it in tonnage.
The pooling arrangement which FOL
lowed the organization OF the Coal
Slippers Terminal Pooling AsSocta-
ton at Cleveland. has not been put into
eject as planned owing to the govern
ment taking over the direction OF the
railroads. He thinks the pooling sys-
TEN will go into effect within few
days.
Coal Notes.
The offices of the Central West Viz
6inia Coal Operators Association are
ow located on the top floor of the ia
ccbs building where there will be room
a-plentv for D. r. Lawson and his dou-
bic force of clerks.
Coke operators of the Connellsville
region are meeting Warren S. Blau-
welt, of the United States Fuel Admin
istration at a conference in Cnlontown,
Pa, this afternoon.
Creditors of J. V. Thompson meet at
UniontoEn today having devoted yes
terday to affairs of Isaac w. Semans.
an associates of Mr.. Thompson, and an
rouncing an order for the sale Of his
properties, which are valued at 81
zoo 900. The amount expected to be
raised by the sale will pay more than
ralf of the Indebtedness of Semans, IN
Guiding notes endorsed byJ. v. Thomp-
son. The Senans properties are IN
Pennsylvania. including S.2S5 acres OF
coal in Washington county.
Richmond is suffering for coal and
J. Walter Barnes has been busy today
arranging to get fuel there. having had
a wire from DR.. ]. H. McClung. county
chairman OF Nicholas county. F. n Al.
derson. one Of the members OF the coal
committee Of that county.
The car supply in the Fairmont DIS
trict has been very poor so far tins
week and the shortage today is the
greatest since records have been kept:
one hundred and thirty-two mines viii
lose 42,700 tons today