The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-30
COAL OPERATORS
CONTINUED trom paga ene.,


Continued from paga eue.,
luction instructlong Executive Vice
President Bell to proceed to take up
with the proper authorities the prop
osition OF having the Greensburg
group abolished. Fairmont operators
claim that Il is unjust to them. De-
spite the distance operators along
the Greensburg group enjoy Is
cents-a-ton cheaper rate TO Phila-
delphia and Baltimore than the Fair
mont operators have.
Recently Mr. Bell and Mr.. Andrews
went to Philadelphia and had the
coal and coke territory trunk line
committee ignore the extension of
the Greensburg group. The P. R. R.
wanted 10 place five additional mines
on the Turtle Creek field.
Mr.. Bell presided over yesterdays
committee meeting. Members who
attended we're: W. Andrews, F. ].
Patton, j. NJ. Orr. C. D. Robinson
Daniel Howard, George Peddicord and
A. P. Brady, who appeared in place of
his brother, S. D. Brady. who is the
Chairman of the committee.
A brief meeting of the board OF d.
rectors was held yesterday after when
the various matters taken up by the
transportation committee were ap-
proved.
Tuesdays Production.
Coal and coke production in the
Fatrmont region yesterday totalled
1893 cars. The actual production was
1888 cars. There were 6 cars Of coke
loaded.
On the B. & o. yesterday ss4 cars
of coal and coke were loaded, SsS
cars coal and cars of coke. There
were five cars Of coke loaded west.
and one east. The B. & o. loaded
1874 cars of coal east and 155 cars
OF coal west. One car was loaded
by a wagon mine.
On the Monongahela Valley Rail-
way yesterday there were ISL cars
of coal loaded
Railroad Fuel.
Shipments of railroad fuel off the
Monongah division continue to be
heavy. Yesterday 315 cars were
loaded. This is 161 cars shy of Mon
daywh ch was very heavy ship
ment. B. G. o., P. & . and New York,
New Haven & Hartford appear to
have been the principal recipients Of
tonnage in yesterdays shipments.
Uneonsisned Cars.
Soon a gentle adieu will be said
to unconsigned cars In the Fairmont
region. Today they are at their low
.est-only eight. Just one wallop and
they will be wiped out Of the region.
Today's Car Supply.
Indications are that a serious car
shortage will strike the Monongah >di.
vision tomorrow. Today there are
but S96 cars on the division and the
placement is 1856. Eighteen mines are
idle because of car shortage. The cars
on the B. & o. today are classified
as follows: Coal, $50; coke, II. Cars
left over from the previous day are
126.
Cars On the Monongahc'a Valley
AWAY are also short. Today two
mines are down because OF car Short
age. There is forty per cent ca.
cupply today. The placement at Z
o'clock this morning was 107. There
are 100 cars in sight for tomorrow.
East OF Grafton
Yesterday the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad drew 1913 loads east of Graf
ton. The B. & o. continues TO keep
up its movement OF freight over the
mountains at good rate.
No Embarsoes Lifted
Although reports have been re-
ceiYed that the marine strike has
been ended up until noon today no
embargoes had been lifted. Curtis
Bay, Port edmond and Greenwich
Pier are still under the ban.
On special permit yesterday the B.
d o. moved ~ cars to Curtis Bay,
which is almost half of that moved
on oMnday. st. Georges shipments
yesterday were 81 cars.
Lakes Are Stronger.
Shipments to the lakes this week
are stronger than for some time and
II the tonnage continues strong there
should be from ZOO to 800 cars ship
ped there for the present week.
Other carload shipments on the B.
q o. yesterday were as follows:
Michigan points 80; Ohio, 10; mis-
cellaneous points, "a.
United Mine Workers.
morgan u. Lewis, international or
gantzer, today is in the Morgantown
fields.
Joe Angelic, international organic
er, is in the Clarksburg fields today.
Sanford Snyder, international or
ganizer is on business in the Clarke
burg fields today.
John Custalac, district organizer.
! today is at McWhorter
j. L. Ballard, international orgauiz-
er, today is engaged in conference at
Century.
John w. Brown, international or.
ganizer is again in Kingwood lection
for the day.
H. E. Peters, district organizer to>
day is working in the Clarksburg
field.
Late yesterday afternoon c. F..
Keeney, Charleston, president of dis
trtct II United Mine Workers, and
H. E. Peters, district organizer, re
turned from a trip to Charleston.