The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-27
GAR SHORTAGE
AGAIN 'CR|PPLES
GDALPRODUCT|0N
Early Placement This
Morning Drops to the
604 Mark.
Observation-Disclosures
Reports Show B. & o. sys-
tenn Generally Has Been
Short on Cars.

Car shortage OF serious nature de-
veloped on the Monongan division of
the Baltimore and OHIO railroad to-
day, when the total number of cars
dropped to 7S7 and the placement fell
to 604. The total number Of mines
idle on the division today because OF
car shortage is 65.
Todsy's cars are classified as fol-
lows:- Open, 727; coke, 10. There
were 1910 cars ordered by the mines.
There were 102 cars left over from
yesterday.
The Consolidation Coal company
today has twelve mines actually down
and other operations which do not
have full run of cars. Other mining
companies are affected likewise. The
week began fair, but the evidence OF
day. General indications are that the
region cannot make any showing COM
pared to last weeks grand total II tn.
car shortage continues.
While in Washington, D. c., G. T.
Bell, executive vice president of the
Northern West Virginia Coal Opera
tors Association, picked up some fig
ures that show that while all roads
are shy on coal cars that the B. & o.
Is especially so. For the week end
ing August 2 the eastern railroads OF
the country received a 80 per cent.
car supply. That week the b. G. o.
secured but an 81 per cent. distribu.
tion. For the week ending August .
| the same railroads had supply OIL
81 per cent. The B. & o. railroad that
week had an S4 per cent. supply.
Only fifty per cent car supply Is
on the Monongahela railway today.
There were 176 cars placed at Z O'Clock
this morning. The indications are thar
thirty per cent placement will be
made today for tomorrow's loading.
There are rs cars in sight for tomor-
row.
Regional Production.
Yesterday there were 1,179 cars o.
coal and coke loaded in the Fairmont
region. or this LIZA cars were coal
and cars coke.
The B. & o. railroad loaded $50 cars
of coal and cars of coke. Coal load :
ed east was 942 and west 4S. The five
cars of coke loaded went west. Two
cars of coal were loaded by wagon
mines. The Monongahela railway load
ed 1874 cars of coal.
Tuesdays Shipments.
Curtis Bay shipments dropped yes
terday, totaling only 139 cars; st.
Georges shipments also dropped there
having been "a cars. Other ship
ments yesterday were: Lakes, l car;
Michigan points, cars; Ohio points,
Ii cars; miscellaneous points, 20 cars.
Railroad Fuel.
Shipments of railroad fuel off the
Monongah division yesterday were 2S5
cars. This is only &C cars off Mon
days shipments, B. & o. and p. C r.
shipments are running heavy.
Railroad Movement.
East of Grafton yesterday the B. &
o. moved 1902 cars. On the F., M. &
P. and Connellsville line yesterday
there were 102 coal loads diverted.
Beat Last Year.
Loading on the Monongah division
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad last
week-the third week OF August-was
heavier than the corresponding week
OF August, 1918, last week leading by
23,700 tons. Last week $4,000 tons
of coal were produced while during
the same week last year 309, 1000 tons
of coal were mined.
Last week there were but 81 cars of
coke produced against 172 the same
week last year.
The regional production last week
was 4O5,5oo tons Of coal and 81 cars
of coke.
Is In Baltimore.
John A. Clark, Jr. OF the Clark coal
interests, is in Baltimore today on a
business trip.
Ordering of Cars.
In reference to ordering of cars the
Northern West Virginia Operators
Association through its secretary has
issued the following letter:
In the last few weeks / have no.
ticed, particularly on the Monongah
division Of the Baltimore and Ohio,
that great many cars are held over
at the mines. Investigation develops
the fact that while some of these hold
over cars are due to late placements.
a very large percentage Of them is due
to operators ordering more cars than
they can load. The attention Of mem
bers is called to the fact that the prac-
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