The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-05-07
| AXE EARRING
TRADE OPENED UP
With BIG RUSH
Over Nineteen Hundred
Cars Were Shipped
From This Region.

Despite the lull in the coal business
recently it is understood that more
than 100000 tenszaf coal have been
loaded atthe 1oReF aiSe ports for ship
ment to Canada and upper lake points
over the amour. that was loaded at
the corresponding time last year. This
really is remarkable considering the
fact that the loading at the lakes has
been on practically but two weeks.
This information covered point UP
until the middle of last week.
Since the lake business opened up
the Fairmont region has seen 1882
cars, the Consolidation Coal company
having been the chief shipper of the
region.
Yesterdays Loading.
Loading on the Monongah division
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad yes.
terday aggregated $50 cars. This was
just four cars more than on Monday.
While the loading is considerably
off the normal loading of the division
1t nevertheless shows an improvement
when comparative figures are applied.
Last Tuesday the loading was 653
cars. Two weeks ago it was 597 cars
and three weeks ago on the same day
it was 562 cars.
The loading east yesterday was S77
cars, which is fall down from Mon
day when it was S15. The coal loaded
west totaled 102 cars against 100 on
Monday. Two cars of coke were load
ed and it went west. One wagon
mine loaded a car of coal yesterday.
Unconsigned cars on the division TO-
day totaled 1872 loads, there having
been 210 added yesterday.
Yesterday there were n cars sent
to Cuprtis Bay. To st. Georges there
were sent 81 cars, while the Michigan
points received 13 cars. Three cars
went to Ohio points and seven cars
were shipped to miscellaneous points,
Working Conditions.
There are 141 mines idle today on
the division. This means one more
operation worked than yesterday
Last Wednesday lat mines were idle;
two weeks ago there were 17S down;
three weeks ago, 152; four weeks ago
$50.
Daily Car Supply.
Empties on the Monongah division
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad to.
day total Its. There were $50 cars
left from the previous day. The place.
ment at z o'clock this morning was
1,196. The cars in the region today
are classified as follows: Coal, 1922;
coke, 4; surplus M. v. T., $50.
choppers" Are Scarce.
Slack has moved out of the Fair
mont field rather rapidly during the
past week or two. Demand for hop.
pers" to load slack is noted at some OF
the mines along the region.
The empty cars on the division are
dwindling daily and 1t Is expected that
before long there will be scarcity OF
cars.
After noting the fact that 1000 cars
of coal are moving out of the Fairmont
region and expecting full operation
of the mines in the Georges Creek re.
gion in the near future. The Cumber.
land Times states that sidetracked and
embargoed coal cars are on the move
Until recently only between 200 and
500 carloads per day had rolled east
over the Cumberland division. Extra
crews are expected to be called out be.
fore long. Increased traffic of mer-
chandise, from the west to the east
has been noticed recently.
United Mine Workers.
Isaac Scott, international travelling
auditor, and Sanford Snyder, interna
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