The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1919-03-14
The Sun.
WASHINGTON. II. C.. March

thousand five hundred and eight
mines the country over with pro
ductiun ul l.s33.5lj net tons. and
present ,aprolty of g.3Sj.li7 net tons.
during the week tnded February I'D.
show the mrcs were operated during
Z, wee at jl.J Jer cent of their full
time. ~ compared with 5l.3 per cent
during the week preceding The lussr,
1i full time recorded during the week.
of February 22d iotnl,d ~ iS.5 per
cent rs compared with il.1 per cent
during The wuo week oi last yarr
Duung the current week ear shortage
losses were 10 per cent Of full tuc
whii" lack of mJrke' brought about
lusscs of ll.2 per cent ~ compared
with ear shortage Losses during the
week of February 23d ct 1918 1T - }
per cent, aud losses on acrohnt OF lack
OF business of 90 pcr cent losses IT
full time attributed 10 all other fac
tors were slightly less than last wear.
For tho first time during the past
six weeks Improvement occurred In
the output Of bitumincus coal. during
the week ended March lst. prcliminnr,
estimates placing tho produ ton at
.h.OSa,nOO not TONS, compared with
.I1l5,OOO net tons during the week
ended February I'D. lr an incrcn,r uf
- per cent This increased output,
however, h 3,jlO,GnO net tons ur -
per cent below the output of the wrrL
,f March I. 1918. Tho a,engr pro.
duction per working dny during the
.Clrrcnt week N estimated at i1is,-
Wp net TONS ~ cpnf ARID with $50
Up net tons for "a" coal year tr .lltc,
and l,115OOO net tons for 'hr same
period Of last year. fottl production
for jbhc coal year 10 date comes 10
5z5,5lT.0OO Mt ions, a1t ~ NV nut
~, lGs,OiO net tons or approximately
4 per cent IN excess Of the output Tor
the period April /, 1917, la March I.
1915.
Production of anthra,i.c N the
Iritcd States during the week ended
March lot a. estimated at i.iO2,O,D
net tons. and while n slight ,lcrrcrsc
compared with The production of Feb.
runry I'D. falls far behind production
during the corresponding week at las;
year when the output was recorded at
| ,D36,OOO net tons. For the coal year
Ia date, production of anthracite IL
estimated At S7,i22,0OO net tons ~
against 0l,l73,0O0 net tons for the
eleven months ended March I, 1918.
Output Of Coke.
Production of beehive coke IN the
United States during the week ended
March lst II estimated AZ t3G, 800 net
tons, aa against il5,612 net tons dur.
ing the week ended Februn-" 22d,
ana 62l.iS2 net tons during The cor.
responding week IL 1918. During the
current Wook production IN pcnnsyl.
yania, West Virginia, Virginia aud
Kentucky fell behind that Of the
week preceding. while production In
the other states wis In excess. Com
pared with the same week of 1915,
however, the current weeks produo.
tion in al states falls tar behind. The
daily average per working dny during
the week of March lst is estimated ~
T2,121 net tons, and IS Considerably
lower than the daily average for tho
same period of last wear, estimated al
$3.50 net tons. Pennsylvania N the
lone state reporting production for
The calendar year a. date IN excess ot
last year,
Bilumlnous Goa, shipped {, Nov
England during the week ended March
LIST, is estimated ut 23S,Ss5 net tons,
and ls "a slight decrease compared Wiih
the week preceding. Shipments by
rail were in excess of those of the
week preceding, while idrwalcr ship
ments. tell approximately $4,000 net
tons or no per cent behind No ton
mage was loaded al Baltimore during
the week.
Shipments ot bituminous coal from
the. N,rth Atlantic ports ard llamp-
ton Roads Ia all points during the
week onaed March lst are estimated
at 5O1,1s2 net tons, decrease com
pared with the week Of February nd
of 2i,7lb net tons or AZ per cent
The coal moved from New York and
Philadelphia, estimated at 3S5,2l7 net
tons, was 46,2ij net tons ar 1872 per
cent behind the week of February
22d, while the tonnage moyc1 from
Baltimore ana Hanf't, Road ex-
oeoded that of the preceding week,
Carriers reports for the week end
ed March lst show that improvement
occurred In all districts with the Cx-
rrp,ion OF Central ami Western Penn
sylvmIa and Southwestern Virginia.
The decreases that occurred In these
fields were slight, while the Increased
l0adln" which occurred ip Ohio
amounted to seven hundred aud fifty
eight carloads or % per cent I'm the
southern West Virginia iiold 10 1886
carloads or no per cent and IN the
Illinois, Indiana and Western Ken
lucky fields TO 2,Uj carloads or Q pcs
cent.