The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-05-26
COAL LOADING
BUT 19 PER CENT
OFF BEST WEEKS
Total Loading on Monon-
gah Division Reached
1850 Last Week.
ANARKtD IMPROVEMENT
Lake Loading Contipuassto
Stand Up well in the
Region.
A MARKED IMPROVEMENT

Coal loading in the Fairmont region
IS improving daily Last week on the
Monongah Division of the Baltimore. "a
Ohio railroad, the total loadaHg was
1850 cars, an average 81 777 cars a
day. This is but 10 per cent less than
the average week for the last six
months Of 1918.
The average weekly loading OF the
last SIX months of 1918 were as follows
July, 1919; August, 9SS; September,
975; October, 500; November, $50;
December, 1856. This is an average
weekly total of 925 struck for the six
months regarded as being about the
businest in the Fairmont region.
Last weeks total was only 14S cars
OF the busiest of weeks. Conditions
that confronted the Fairmont field in
1918 were troublous ones due to trans
portation. The B. & o. cannot han
die its normal freight business and a
daily average OF more than 800 loads.
Coal operators are much encouraged
with last weeks conditions and the
coal business seems to be slanted up
ward as was predicted by Col. G. w.
Watson some few months ago.
Every day last week between 700
and 800 cars were loaded and on We'd
nesday the heaviest loading was exper-
fenced when 80 cars were filled. On
Tuesday the loading at 727 cars was
the highest Of the week. The totals
by days were as follows: Monday, 7SS
cars; Tuesday, 727 cars; Wednesday.
$40 cars; Thursday. 74S cars; Friday
500 cars; Saturday, 77S cars. All of
the foregoing figures represent coal
excepting s cars OF coke, which was
7. scattered over the week.
The weeks total shows an increase
OF 1850 cars over the total loading OF
the previous week and 652 cars over
two weeks ago.
The eastward loading last week was
146 cars over the previous week and
302 cars over the westward loading of
the previous week. Two weeks ago
the eastward loading was $50 and the
week fifteen cars were loaded by wag.
on mines.
Lake shipments jumped 2e4 cars
byer the previous week and 326 cars
more than two weeks ago.
Curtis Bay shipment last week slump
ed 152 cars over the previous week,
while Georges Bay shipments were off
AZ cars. Michigan points increased
their shipments IA cars. Ohio points
secured more cars than the previous
week while miscellaneous shipments
netted an increase OF IA cars.
Cleveland Conditions.
Contract boats are taking the great
er portion Of the bulk coal and wild
cargoes are scarce at Cleveland. Small
carriers have no difficulty in securing
loads.
There Is a big supply of coal on
hand. On Friday the railroads had
14,7S1 cars in transit The dock
: Bumped 2724 cars on Thursday and
2735 on Friday. Lumber traffic is
light and these lumber carriers are
I. hauling coal to the lower lake ports.
Saturdays Loading.
Loading on Saturday totaled IT'S
cars on the Monongah division which
stod up fairly well with the other days
Of the week with probably several ex-
ceptions. The loading for Saturday
was one of the best for that day of the
week for some time. Coal loaded east
ward was 614 cars and west 164 cars,
No coke was loaded. Three cars were
loaded by wagon mine.
Railroad Fuel
Railroad fuel on the Monongah di
vision tota1ed 1877 loads on Saturday
This was the lowest railroad fuel or
der OF the week. The heaviest daily
railroad fuel last week wasfon Friday
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