The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-09-05
Piers Tied un Tlaht.

terday was west.
Piers Tied up Tight.
Little Goa Lis going to the piers
these days and in some instances en-
bargoes are being drawn tighter In
the case Of South Amboy, N. ]. per-
mits may be secured from R. V Mas
sey, general superintendent OF the
P. R. R, New York city. Some Of
the Consol mines are shipping coal
to these points Embargoes have
been extended today so that Port
Richmond, Philadelphia, is tied up
tight. The clamp is still on Curtis
Bay, there probably having been
about 16 cars privileged there from
the region yesterday. ort Reading,
New York City, shows some signs Of
opening slightly. Arlington, New
York City and st. Georges New
York City are open slightly, but the
shipments are. very much curtailed.
Thursdays Shipments.
One Of the pleasing aspects of the
shipments on Thursday out Of the
region was the large tonnage that
went to the lakes for a change There
were los cars sent there yesterday.
On Tuesday the lake loading was 1o2
cars With the piers tied up the
operators sought lake usiness more
generally. Business conditions as a
whole nthe region are fine and in
quiries and orders are quite numer-
ous
Shipments to st. Georges yester-
day totaled cars This is the first
coal that went from this region to
that pier since August %, showing
plainly how things were tied up
there. Miscellaneous shipments
jumped to 1O3 cars yesterday, the
heaviest in this classification for
some time. Other shipments yes
terday were as follows: Michigan
points5 cars; Ohio, 16 lars.
Railroad Fuel
Railroad fuel loaded on the B. & o.
yesterday totaled 316 cars. The B.
& o. is receiving heavier shipments.
P and R. shipments yesterday to-
tailed 62 cars, and shipments as a
whole are running about 20 cars a
day above that secured several
months ago. Washington and South
ern secured 8 cars yesterday, while
1t usually before received but one
carload Of fuel daily. ew York Cen
trail and New York, New Haven and
Hartford shipments are running
steady.
Home from Pittsburgh.
S. D. Brady, of aFirmont, is home
from a business trip to Pittsburgh
Export Man Here.
George c. Grolock; Of the Philadel-
phia sales office of The Hutchinson
Coal company was in the Fairmont
region yesterday and today as the
guest of G. H. Jenkins, secretary and
treasurer of the Hutchinson Coal Co.
Mr.. Grolock yesterday visited the
company's operations Erie Nos / and
Q and Lauraless, Harrison county,
Mr.. Grolock is acticely engaged in
the export business, making all of
the shipping arrangements for over
seas. trade.
Slack Pile Afire.
Employees Of mine 40, Consolidation
Coal Company, at Viropa, Harrison
county, yesterday afternoon had a
line of hose playing on slack pile.
It was burning slowly but little
slack was burned, Spontaneous COM
bustion caused the fire.
United Mine Workers
Sanford Snyder, international or
ganizer, is at Erie mine, Harrison
county, tonight.
]. L. Ballard, international organ
izer, is at Elkins. today.
John Custalac, district organizer,
is at Mcwhorter on business today
q. F. Keeney, president Of dis
trict II, United Mine Workers and
H. E. Peterson district organizer,
left last evening for Charleston.
Nick Aiell, district board mem
Der, is at Century today
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