The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-28
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Daily Car Supply.
Today there are S24 cars on the
Monongah division of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad. This 81 So cars
less than yesterday. Today's place,
ment dropped to STA and as a result
five mines were down because of cal
shortage. The loading will not be es
oecially heavy today and the cars
while short at some of the mines will
not be as seriously missed as on 6
full working day.
With Sunday to aid them the B.
o. will no doubt have sufficient car'
on the division on Monday.
The cars today are classified al
follows; Coal, 1928; coke /; the place
ment at z O'Clock this morning wa!
574. Cars left over from the previou!
day are SO.
unconsisned Cars Lees.
Unconsigned cars on the division TO
day are down to 14S. This is the low
est number since last December wher
they started to pile up in the region
A week or ten days should clean ny
all of the unconsigned cars in the re
gion.
Yesterdays Loading.
Cars loaded on the Monongah dlvis
ion yesterday wers717. OF this II;
was coal and 4 Mere coke.
The eastward coal loading was 6S'
and the westward coal loading was 81
| cars. Four cars of coke were loaded
west
Curtis Bay Heavier.
Loading to Curtis Bay yesterday to
tailed 210 cars, which is the heavies
for the present week. Wednesday wa
close second with 20S cars.
Other shipments yesterday totalet
as follows: st. Georges, 10 cars; LAX,
shipments q cars; Michigan points,
cars; Ohio points, 5 cars; miscellane
GUS points, 43 cars.
Railroad Fuel.
Railroad fuel loaded on the Monon
gah division yesterday totaled a21
loads, which compares favorably witt
the daily loading of the beginning o
the week.
This weeks loading Of fuel will rul
almost as heavy as last week II no
heavier. The first five days Of las
week total 1852 cars against ITO.
the first five days of this week.
Lake Situation.
Coal is moving more freely on thu
Great Lakes. Three cargoes Of Goa
cleared at Ashtabula, o., on Wednes
day.
Field Winds Up.
Today the legal division of the
United States fuel administration
wound up its work In Fairmont which
was in charge of III. E. Field, formerl.
of the district fuel representatives Of
J fee in this city. The division will
cease to function after Monday.
Since Mr.. Field has been at worl
here he has traced between It's ant
200 lost cars. Shippers have been 10
Gated except in % instances wherI
they cannot be located.
Mr.. Field has several proposition
under consideration but has not ye
decided which he will pursue.
consoI Pay Day.
Today is pay day with the Consolida
ton Coal Company and the indication
are the miners will receive fat envel
opes. The Consol operations hay,
been working steadily and the condi
lions generally are tended toward i'm
provement. This is the pay to cove
the last half of May.
Mr.. Jenkins Home.
G. H. Jenkins, treasurer Of the Hut
Crimson Coal Company, returned thi
morning from Philadelphia, where h,
attended to matters for the firm. HI
reports business as being brisk.
United Mine Workers.
Morgan L. Lewis international or
ganizer and Isaac Scott, internationa
travelling auditor are today in tn,
Morgantown fields.
Sanford Snyder, international organ
izer returned today from the Phil
ippi fields.
C. F. Keeney. president of distric
II, United Mine Workers. returneC
today to Charleston. Mr.. Keeney wtl
address Fourth OF July gathering q
Kingwood next Friday.
John Custalac, district organizer, Il
at Rivesville today.
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