The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-27
Some Big Contracts Let at
n and Along the Govern
81 ment Price.
0UQ.0ON|S ENCOURAGING
Trade Bureau Will Begin
It's Operations Wednes-
day Of This Week.

ua VI lHS WeeA.
EncouragiSg sales Of coal have been
heoRsuma.ed within the past forty
eight hours Ind this more than any
thing else vii put heart into the coal
trade because in enc instance coal was
isold seventee4 cent? in excess Of the
government pride, effective February /,
land the other was big Goptract. for
coal at the government fgure.N
Berwin-w -wDite Coal Company aon
Saturday sold to Brooklyn UtilifS
Company 10000 tons Of Pittsburgh
steam coal from their mines in Central
Pennsylvania at $3.12 a ton. seventeen
cents in excess of the government
price. This is effective February l.,
after which time the price regulation
Of the United States fuel administra.
ton Is non-eftective.
/ Following op the heels Of this infor.
nation was the handling by a local
coal company Of q contract this morn
ing for $4,000 tons Of Fairmont run
of-mine coal at the government price
$3.50 ton. The beatty Of It Is that
the contract ls elective tooay end snip
menus st1st ~ once, winch means ac-
tlon ana not promises.
In view Of all that has transpired
the coal people in the Fairmont re.
gion believe that everything will come
along nicely II all the operators sit
tight and take things easy until the
temporary luil Is over. Big business Is
in sight for America must replenish
practically the bulk Of the entire
! worlds ccal needs. r. *; i-s.:
Trade Bureau "Wednesday.
Announcement was made today At
the offices Of the Northern west Wiz.
icinia coal operators, Association that
the trade e,bufeau OF the association win
commence its work In the Jacobs
Building or Wednesday. +
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NO conference on.
According TO the Information receiv-
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dsfinita S ,1 Information i natl - m this @ matter maj .as
has been received in Fairmont up un-
,til noon TODAY
on Saturday It sent to the Railroad
4 Administrator concrete statement
] Of the plans and ARRANGEMENTS the
committee feels SHOULD be followed by
1.-THE Railroad Administration, in order
to insure regularity and equality Of
employment among the various mines
and districts so far as practi ticable.
This communication will embody the
views gathered by the committee from
1.-The full and free discussion OF this
subject at tn, meeting OF J4nuary 70
4 of the Board cf Directors and advisers
4 from the various fields. The Director
General has been asked by the com
mittee ,or another meeting this week
ION the basic policy which must be de-
itc,ded before details can be arranged.
East a. Grafton.
r.e+ ~ crafton Yesterday on the
p.,tireor. an, ohio RaiIroad 75s loads
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