The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-05-17
SPURT IN
Coal, SHIPMENTS
LOWEST POINTS
Total Loading on Monon-
gah Division Yesterday
Was 79O Cars.
FUEL FIGURES ALSO UP
George 7. Bell, Vice Presi-
dent of Operators Asso.
- Brings Family Here.
FUEL FIGURES ALSO UP

Westward loading of coal yesterday
on the Monopgah division of the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad was 226
cars.
Yesterdays loading. on the division
was 790 cars. This is, the heaviest
loading Of the week, with, the execp-
tion OF Tuesday, when S00Ncars were
loaded. The eastward loading yeser-
day was 573 cars. Four cars of coke
were loaded and all of Nthese were
loaded west. In the days loading one
car was loaded by a wagon mine.
Lake Loading Jumps.
Loading to the lakes jumped yes
terday to 191 cars, which is the
heaviest loading since April 20, when
255 cars were loaded. On May 2,
next to the largest loading up until
yesterday, there were 104 cars sent
to the lakes.
Other carload shipments yesterday
on the Monongah division were as fol-
lows: Ohio points. 5; Curtis Bay, 2S;
st. Georges, 8: Michigan points, 10;
miscellaneous points, II.
Railroad FneI.
Railroad fuel figures scared to 2s3
cars yesterday on the division. With
the exception of Tuesday this is the
largest loading of railroad fuel for
the week. 1t was thirty-two more
cars than the previous day.
Daily Car Supply.
Empties on the Monongah division
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
today totaled 1,767 cars. The cars
were classified as follows: Coal.
1892; surplus n. e. C. x. Is; surpIns
NJ. v. T., $50. Cars left over from
the previous day are 514. The place
ment at z O'Clock this morning was
1,0S6.
Working Conditions.
Today there are 1876 mines idle.
This is five more mines idle than yes
terday. Latst Saturday. there were
LAG mines down; two weeks ago,
14S;; three weeks ago, 159; four
weeks ago. 181.
Mr.. Bell Returns.
George 7. Bell, executive vice pres
ident of the Northern West Virginia
Coal Operators association. returned
to Fairmont last evening with his
family. including Mrs. Bell and chill
dren, Mary Lee Bell and George T.
Well, Jr. They went from Washing
ton, D. c., to Cumberland, Mds, by
auto, where the machine broke down,
and the party came from Cumberland
to FairmOnt over the B. & o. Tenn
porarily they will reside at the Coun-
try club.
Consol. Pay Day.
This is the pay day of the Consoli-
dation Coal company. 1t is understood
that right fair pay will be distribut-
ed among the men today.
United Mine Workers.
Sanford Snyder, interantional or
ganizer, is at Rivesville today.
John Custalac, district organizer,
spent the day at Ida AMY.
Joe Angelic, international organ
izer, is at Annabelle.
]. L. Ballard, international organ
izer, and NJ. L. Heptonstall, district
travelling auditor, are in the Clarks-
burg field today.
Three mass meetings will be held
in the Fairmont region tomorrow as
followsS Dartmore, Barbour county
1880 p. M; aMsontown, 300 p. m;
Grant Town, 200 p. m.
Years Coal Production.
Anthracite production in the United
States in 1918, according to final
tabulation just made public by the
Geological Survey, totaled 1921, ,157
gross tons, decrease of approximate
ly one per cent. from the 1917 output
of 77,49o,043 tons. The number of
men employed decreased from 154,174
in 1917 to 147,121 FIN 1918, loss of
nearly five per cent. The average
number OF days worked, however,
showed gain, increasing from 2S5 in
1917 to 293 or about three per cent.
Production OF bituminous coal
throughout the United States for the
week ending May is estimated by the
Geological Survey at 8,051, 900 net
tons, considerable improvement over
the figures for the preceding week, or
7,411,000 tons. Compared with the
same week last year, however, the
weeks production fell 3,324,000 tons,
or about thirty per cent. behind. For
the calendar year to date MAY 81 the
output is estimated at 4S,773,OOO net
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