The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-22
NOT CLEAR YET
HOW zINE SYSTEM
AFFECTS REGION
Fair4nont Coal VIII Go Both
= East and West It
Seems. x
EMBARGO EAST TODAY
Frank Haas Attends Pool
Conference Held at Cleve-
land Yesterday
EAST TODAY


The coming system adopted by the
government with a view OF bringing
about economics in transportation was
announced last night IN Washington.
The information given in Associated
Press dispatches IS not very clear.
The paragraph which seems to con
Germ the Fairmont district reads:
Pennsylvania, Maryland and
Northern west Virginia will ship
to west Virginia, Maryland, Dis
trict Of Columbia, Delaware, Penn
sylvania, New jersey. New York,
New England and Lake Erie ports
for trans-shipment only, except
that Pennsylvania mines may
ship as far west as Wellington =
and Lorraine, Ohio.
There are other mentions OF West
Virginia but If the F'airmont district
is intended to be covered in north
ern West Virginia" there is little
change. This ruling would permit
Fairmont district coal to so east and
west, which Is necessary for the pros
perity Of the region. To limit Fair
mont district coal to the east would
mean situation such as exists today
and will exist tomorrow, for there Is
an embargo on coal going east for
these two days. II Fairmont district
coal were to go east only the mines
would be idle today and tomorrow
under such an arrangement. The zon-
ing system does not go into effect IN
tE April /. however
The railroads claim that 4 Is an
utter IMP GIIity 70 ship al me coal
OF the Fairmont district east and this
embargo would appear to be positive
proof of the correctness Of the claim
In the last three months possible
ten per cent OF the Fairmont district
coal has gone west but there has been
a very poor car supply. In the last
two or three weeks possibly twenty
five per cent Of the output OF this
district has gone west. When operat-
ing conditions are bad in this dis
trict it is because coal is going east
and cannot be handled over the noun
tains and through congested gate
ways.
The coming system as reported
seems to have had worse effect OF
the Guyan field than any other in
West virginia. cutting that coal from
the tfdewater market.
The zoning system does not inter
fere with present shipping conditions
to any extent in west Virginia as fas
A.. -o-i- - ~ Tso,,9F-- E.,eI Al
mfnistrators are concerned. J, Walter
Barnes. Federal Fuel Administrator OF
West Virginia, received information
regarding the coming plan in advance
but the Official statement for publica-
ton was not issued until last night
The Possible Advance.
The advance in selling price for
Fairmont district coal is well as for
the output OF the Pittsburg, Connells'
vile. Ranawba. Guyan. Ohio and 9th
e- regions is being considered by the
Fuel Administration at Washington
and the chances are that an announce
nent OF the decisions for all these
regions will come at the same time
The promise Is that the request fol-
an advance viii be acted upon before
Coal Notes.
Frank Haas. of the Consolation
was the only Fairmonter present al
the Cleveland pooling conferences
Thursday. C. 4. jenkins, OF the
Hutchinson interests, was 4 delegate
but could not get there, delsgatine
representation TO another representa-
tive OF that company with headquar
ters IA Cleveland.
Governors OF States, ehatrmsu o:
the State Councils Of Defense and
about 800 presidents Of corporations
and other industrial leaders VIII gath
or at washington April 8 for a confer
ence regarding the AmeE4eartsrg o
ALIENS. which would considerably ak
to the labor available for coal mines
The offices OF the Coal & Coke rat
way are to be removed from EIEnl
to Charleston. The traffic offices Ar
to be moved right away and the aat
of the removal Of the general office
Is yet to be determined William n
Mortimer, special freight and passeu
ger agent, gave out this information
at Charleston
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