The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-05-06
We'll Known Coal Man Will
See That Clean Coal is
Shipped.
SNY7HE TO JOIN ARMY
Consols Engineer Has Ac-
cepted Commission and
Will Leave Soon.

Charles +. Ice, Tor thlTly years i"eN
Rified with coal mining in northern
west Virginia, who is viewed as one
81 the most capable men in the Far
mont district, which includes twelve
and half counties in the northern
central part Of the state, has been APP
oointed chief inspector OF coal for the
yairmont district working in con1unc,
ton with the District Representative
hf the Fuel Administration and having
his office at Fairmont.
Mr. Ice assumed his new duties May
land as fast as he can get things lined
a will appoint deputies and assign
Gheir territories.
The securing OF the services OF Mr..
ice for this important work Is very
gratifying to leading coal men OF the
district who predict that the inspec'
lion department OF the Fairmont re-
zion will be made a model for other
districts Just as the work in other de-
partments of the Fuel Administration
las followed the FailSnont lead.
The offices of the District Represen-
tative at Fairmont and the headquar'
tiers of the Central West Virginia Coal
Operators Association have been re-
Arranged with the appointment OF the
chief inspector. The large room in
Front of the fifth floor OF the Jacobs
building is now devoted to work on
reports while the office just back OF
1t. is the private room of the District
Representative, with an office back
4 Of thar which is the private room OF
the representative of the Railroad Ad'
ADMINISTRATION for the Fairmont district
and the secretary OF the Central West
Virginia Coal Operators Association
with the large room in the rear devot-
ed to the stenographers and filing.
Harrison County Notes.
The Holden property near Mt. Glare
in Harrison county has four different
openings on the twelve acre tract each
operated By a different company. All
four mines wagon their output to the
commercial siding at Mt. Clare. The
four mines load five or six box cars
D day, II they can get them.
Ross Stout, formerly sheriff Of Har-
sison county, and one OF the best
known racehorse men in the country,
has opened up forty acre tract OF
coal of his own and one and half
miles above Mt. Clare and is loading
three cars day having a tipple mine.
The Franklin Gas Coal company has
opened forty acre tract OF the Bas-
sell coal adjoining the Elkhorn Coal
Corporation Mine No. "a at Interstate
stop on the street car line and is work.
ing nine foot vein down an incline
to tipple loading three cars day
lt present with the prospect of six or
hight in the near future.
Coal Notes.
John Gordon Smythe, chief engineer
Dt all divisions OF the Consolidation
Goal company. has been appointed a
eaptain in the Officers Reserve and
will report this week. He will proba.
bly, be assigned to construction work
being very valuable man to the gov.
ernment in this connection.
The Central West Virginia Coal
Operators Association will hold a
meeting at the Jacobs building at
t0:3O Wednesday morning and coal
Operators attracted and many other
Goal men will attend the MONDAY
luncheon OF the Fairmont Coal club
that day when A w. Galloway. Distrib.
ftor Of Bituminous Coal for the Fuel
Administration, will make an address.
a. Wilson, the new superintendent
bf the Monongah Division Of the Bal.
kimore and Ohio, Luther Ford, his
ehiet clerk, John Eberly, division en-.
Bineer and ]. W. Marsh, division
freight agent, were Fairmont visitors
Saturday calling at the office of J..
Walter Barnes, Federal Fuel Admins.
! krator, and also at the offices Of the
District Representative for the Fair.
mont district, located in the Jacobs
bnilding.
The State Organization.
The new executive committee OF the
West Virginia Coal Association, which
will consist Of an accredited represen.
tative from every district association
n the state, will meet at Huntington
on June 1 to outline the plan of pro.
cedure by which the state coal asso.
citation is to be perpetuated in line
with the resolution adopted at mass
meeting of coal operators of the state
Pt Huntington April &c. The coal men
pre- determined to work along lines
where a conflict Of interests can be
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