The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-21

at Wendell.
Lake Situation.
Demand for tonnage on the Great
Lakes is light, according to REPORTS
received from Cleveland, 70. No great
change Is expected in transportation
conditions during the next two weeks.
Owing TO the scarcity Of coal some Of
the boats are going up the lakes light.
II this condition continues an early
clean up Of the r shall have been
accomplished.
Movement Of coal has slackened
considerably and shippers say that
there is no Improvement in sight.
Loading has been light this week and
there is not enough coal going foY
ward to take carr Of the contract ton
mage.
Shipments for this month will show
a loss OF about 100000 tons compared
with July, 1918. The movement last
August was very heavy and at the
rate that coal is going forward ship
ments for next month will slump and
the movement up to September / will
show a loss compared with last sea
son.
Last week the feet took S5S,326
tons OF cargo coal and 39,S4S tons of
fuel making a total OF S9S,174 tons.
Shipments from the piers last week
were as follows: Toledo, Hooking
Valley, 1908 cargotons; Toledo,
Toledo and Ohio Central, 1891 car
go tons; Toledo, Baltimore and Ohio,
i14S,472 cargo tons; %Sandusky, Penn
sylyania, 42,072 cargo tons; Huron,
Wheeling and Lake Erie, 1851;
Lorain, Baltimore and Ohio, loo, 240
cargo tons; Cleveland, Pennsylvania.
S4,1S4 cargo tons; Cleveland, Erie.
1887; Fairport, Baltimore and Ohio,
none; Ashtabula, New York Central
$3.50; Ashtabula, Pennsylvania, 3d.
GA; Conneaut, Bessemer and Lake
Erie. 1874; Erie. Pennsylvania west
34,925, Pennsylvania east 1924.
AT Ashtabula on Thursday the tug
Dunburn loaded with coal was wreck
ed.
Ore carrying records were broken
on Tuesday at Duluth when the
steamer D. G. Kerr carried 1859
tons.
Issues Warning.
Stirred by the recent horrible mine
explosion at Wilkes Barre, Pa, on
June 9, when II miners lost their
lives in a mine while a train owns
transporting powder, W. ]. Heather
man, chief of the department of
mines of West Virginia, has issued a
statement covering the recommends
lions made by the coroner's jury that
made an investigation in the Key
stone state.
Mr.. Heatherman states the follow
ing: "1f any of you are still indulging
in such a dangerous practice (hauling
men and powder on the same trip |
request that you abandon 1t immedi-
ately and see that your powder and
other explosives are taken into the
mine in a separate trip and in a car
constructed especially for this pur-
pose"
Conditions Improved.
General conditions in the coal fields
. ,irginia have improved dur
in tn past few weeks. Smokeless
COS. s have advanced while there
is Il t-oi3Acy on the part of steam,
mine and 9. K TO do likewise. West
ward shipElHats of smokeless coal are
limited besa' Sc CT its need by the
United States navy for bunkering pur-
poses.
%Emisrants May B. Held Up.
Commenting on the difficulty that
may confront the emigrant miner The
Weekly Digest, the organ o! The Ma
tional Coal association, states the fol-
lowing: "Foreign-born miners leaving
the United States for Europe probably
will be unable to have their passports
approved by American consular Off
GERS in the les future. should they
desire to return to the United States,
according to advices from Frank L.
Polk, acting secretary of state to the
National Coal association. In his let.
ter Mr.. Polk says:
"'It is not believed that the depart
ment would now be warranted gener-
ally in refusing to grant permits for
department to neutral and friendly
aliens desiring to return to their ma
tive countries. However. alien labor.
ers who contemplate leaving the Uni.
ted States should be warned that, be-
cause OF the present strict regulations
they will probably be unable to OBJ.
tain vises Of their passports by Ameri-
can consular officers in the near flu
ture, to enable them to return 10 this
country"
Screamed to Slack.
Bunker licenses were discontinued
by the government on July Ia.
Effort is being made to have the in
ter-state commerce commission re.
strained from putting into effect new
bills Of lading commencing on Septem-
Der s. The action is brought by the
Alaska and other steamship compan-
les in the United States District court
for Southern New York.
Recently the United States War de-
partment let 80 contracts for $4,000
tons Of coal.
The shipping board has abandoned
rate control and rates to South Amer
lea and the West Indies are expected
to undergo radical changes,
During June a total of 57s,5S3 dead
weight tonnage was delivered to the
United States shipping board.
Contracts have been closed by the
Wabash railroad for the next ten
months at from $1.sS to$2.35 +. O. b.
mines.
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