The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-01
PERCENTAGE PLAN
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NSW a. 4AC " Nal 6llOTIdRG,
Some hopes Of an improved car
supply are entertained in reports en-
lnating from Baltimore to the effect
that the dumping of loaded coal cars
ts proceeding steadily at Curtis Bay
since the settlement OF the marine
strike and that many of these emp
ties Will be back in Fairmont proba-
Oily by the beginning Of next week
Operators. at least are hoping that
THESE reports are correct az the caa
shortage is Gripping coal production.
rms is true also of other coal regions
z In the country rs very few have cscap-
ed the effects of u car shortage.
would be a lot worse # it we're not
for the 1900 newly constructed coal
cars the B. G. o. received from the
United States railroad adrrn'stratir
OF the 1890 new cars that the d. & o.
had stenciled to Its credit 1000 of
these c"'s have been loaded along the
Monongah division during the past
few days. Last night a train of emp
ties carried so of them irto tho Fair
mont region. tn ~ ARRIVING hero fr ~
Wheeling.
Today's cars are classified as IL
lows: Coal. GAL; coke, Q. Cars left
over from the previous day total 60
July Production.
Despite all OF the car shortage and
handicaps OF July the production at
1904 cars was the Target of the
current year on the Monongah divls-
ion OF the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road Up until July the heaviest pro-
ductlon was in May, when II, $50 cars
were produced. January was strong
at 17,473 cars. June production was
15.111 cars.
Comparative figures show that the
tothl lond.n gof coal ard coke in May
was the greatest up until July. In
July 1880 more tons OF coal were
produced than in May. The coal ton
mage for other months were: January,
s4s.4oo; May s74,s5O; June, 1885,
500.
The month Of July Etar.ed in with
n whiri mad on July /. ib6t cnrH wcro
rradGeed and on July 9, 1905 cars
zero loaded at the mines, During
the seseRd week production ran
e'reHs With total Of COOS. That
-'sa!='a production ran like thisi talY
Z, 1923 esrsi July r, 1904 earsi july
:" 1890 ears duly %, 1918 earsi July
Il. b=iI taiY i2, $40, The third week
'9sst mes 1854. The heaviest days
rradgeti1n that week was on July IL,
v'hen the aggregate was 1893 cars,
Predsetloa's acme vas on July 81,
vhen 1a97 ears w:ro loaded, Tho
regieH's leading would have boon.
very much heavier had decent car
supply boon furnished,
During July 1870 cars of coke were
loaded. this being practically three
times that loaded In Juno when there
were but ii carr loaded Eighty-tw1
cars Of coke were shipped west and IS
east. Tho fact that tho ateel business
Is picking up in oyldont by the west
en- shipmontu which go largely to the
steel mills in Ohio.
Ono Of tho best evidences OF how
the coal business Is picking up can be
cleaned by glance at the loading
figures. In June 1851 cars OF coal
were moved east and last month it was
1920 cars. Not only were the 1904
car sloaded moved, but whole lot of
unconsigned cars were al=0 dislodged
from their moorings. On the west
ward movement in July S,042 cars were
loaded against 2,42S in June. The
loading figures for May were 1901
cars east and 1926 cars west.
Wagon mine business picked up
some during the past month as there
was a tota lof II loaded.
Thursdays Production.
Because OF the poor car supply the
production on the Monongah division
{, Is being greatly handicapped. Yester-
day there were but 5S5 cars loaded on
the B. & o., which was the poorest
loading July &c, when but 1884 cars
were loaded.
There were $50 cars of coal loaded
and cars Of coke. Coal loaded cas-!
totaled SIT cars and west 81 cars.
Lake Shipments.
n, AS the week wears on the lake load
ing Is scaling downward and yesterday
the B. & o, loaded but 80 cars for the
lakes. This is about half of what was
loaded on the previous day The week
started in with a squirt of 16S loads.
The first four days of this week leads
the first four days of last week by IS
cars.
Other carload shipments yesterday
were as follows: Michigan points, IL;
Ohio points, s; miscellaneous points, 5.
Curtis Bay Looms.
Although no embargo has been lift
ed on Curtis Bay the shipments on
Thursday were heavy to that point.
There were 1872 carloads sent there.
This Is about Sc per cent. OF the nor
maj shipments to Curtis Bay prior to
the strike.
While Curtis Bay shipments are go
: ing up st. Georges are coming down.
NSYesterday there were Is carloads OF
coal sent to st. Georges. This is only
from one-half to third as much
as was sent there during the early
part Of this week.
Working Conditions,
Naturally car shortage is cutting
some figure in working conditions wheu
almost one-fourth of the mines are
down because of 1t. There are only
81 mines idle today because of the lack
OF orders, which has been the lowest
for some time. Operators are bend
i'd every effort to secure cars so as to
give the miners plenty of employment.
United Mine Workers.
Today ] Il. Ballard. international or
ganizer, is in Harding.
Morgan L. Lewis. international or
ganizer. is in the Philippi section to-
John custalac, district organizer, is
In the Clarksburg fields today.
United Mine Workers will hold a