The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-19
ANOTHER SLUMP
|. N COAL CARS N
FA|RMONT REGION
Total Dwindles to Less Than
700 on Monongah
Division.
TWENTY-S|X MINES IDLE
Slack Prices Reported tc
Have Advanced to s1.so
Mark.

With one exception today's car sup
ply on the Monongah division of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad was
poorer than on any day of the present
week. There were but SOC cars on
the division today and the placement
fell to $50 at o'clock this morning.
The most serious car shortage of the
week was Wednesday, when there
were but 629 cars and the placement
dropped to 529.
As a result of car shortage today
there were twenty-six mines idle.
while on Wednesday theer were A
down because of the car shortage that
day.
| On the Monongahela Railway the
placement at o'clock this morning
was 160 with $50 surplus cars.
Operators in the Elkins field ap-
pears to be getting adequate car sup
! ply from the Western Maryland rail-
| road.
Yesterdays Loading.
In the Fairmont region yesterday
there were 1.163 cars of coal and
coke loaded. Actual coal loading was
1,160 cars, while the coke totaled
three cars. All Of the coke was sent
went.
Eastward coal loading on the b. 6
o. was 783 loads, whiel yestyard load
ing was 159 cars.
Marine Situation.
Little has broken in the marine
strike along the coast, and from last
accounts the strike was still on. From
400 to 500 sea-going vessels are tied
up at the docks.
Shipments to Curtis Bay over the
B. & o. yesterday totaled IS cars,
which.is but eight loads less than on
the previous day. Curtis Bay ship
ments naturally have dwindled great
ly, as have the shipments to st.
Georges Pier, New York city. Yes
terday's shipments to st. Georges
were % loads.
To the Lakes.
Shipments to the Lakes yesterday
l totaled ninety-eight cars over the B.
l& o. railroad. which was the next to
the largest shipment for the week,
Tuesdays loading having been 11O
cars.
Other carload shipments over the
B. & o. were as follows: Michigan
points. %; Ohio points. IA; miscella-
neous joints, "a.
Unconsigned Loads.
Today there are fewer unconsigned
loads on the Monongah division of the
B. & o. railroad than since they be.
gan to pile up last January. They
have been cut down to 80 loads
twelve less than yesterday.
Working Conditions.
Naturally the car shortage is being
keenly felt in the Fairmont region to-
day. The Consolidation Coal com,
pany, the Jamison Coal and Coke
company. the Hutchinson Coal com
pany and other operations are with.
out cars today at a number Of the
fected by the shortage.
Mines down due to look of orders
are Sc. These added with those af.
fected by car shortage total 80 mine.
as being idle today.
1 Railroad Fuel.
Railroad fuel loaded on the B. & o
yesterday total 2s1 cars. This is run.
ming up quite lively. 1T is reported
that the B. & o., P. & R. and Bangor
and Arostock are ordering heavier re-
Gently. >
Slack Price Better.
Prices in slack are advancing, ac.
cording to reports floating over the
region because of the small amount
of prepared size coal that is being
produced due to the lull in shipments
to Curtis Bay because Of the marine
strike. Prices here are ranging from
$3.50 to $1.90 for slack. Philadel-
phia sales offices are asking 81 a tor
for slack.
Homo from Harrison.
e. S. Mccullough. commissioner oi
the Northern Coal Operators asso.
citation, returned today from Harri.
son. near Elk Garden, Mineral county
where a hearing was held with United
Mine Workers over grievance at one
OF the Brady operations. Several Of
the points have been setsled.
e. s. Mccullough and s. D. Brady
represented the operators and Frank
Drumm, president Of District 16, Of
Cumberland, William ]. Trickett, ot
Cumberland, secretary OF district 16
and Joe Lotus, of Cumberland, inter
national organizer, represented the
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