The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-09-17
Railroad Employees Are
Gathering Data for the
Director Gen. Office.
Survey IS SWEEPING
Includes Industries, Public
Utilities, Consumers and
Retail Dealers.

Commercial bituminous coal stor-
age and requirements of the United
States are being surveyed by the Uni
ted States Railroad administration ac-
cording to information CLEANED here
today. The general impression here
Is that Director General Of Railroads
Hines Is making an effort to secure
figures Of his own rather than depend
on those submitted by the United
States geological survey or the Ma
tional Coal Association. In other
words he is measuring up the coal
transportation job that is before him
this year without depending on any
other source. The reports are expect
ed to be filed Thursday and submit
ted to Washington offices at once. 1t
i will require some time to compile the
statistics.
4 The data for the reports must be
procured by the employees Of the Vari-
Gus railroads. Among the questions
that are asked are met tons on hand
September 1, 1919, in industries, pub
lie utilities and other consumers in
Guiding retail dealers?" Other ques-
lions on the blank are: met tons re-
quired September 1, to December 81,
1897" and met tons required Janu-
airy / to March 81, 1920?" The report
will include only commercial coal con-
sumed as such at points where report
ed, and does not include railroad fuel,
I coal transshiped by water for con-
sumption beyond or export coal wheth-
er shipper to Canada or overseas.
There are columns, however, that pro-
vide for coal consumed in by-product
plants and where coal is received by
water for local consumption. Retail
dealers and consumers are also in
cluded.
Ii is understood here that the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad is collecting
its data by motor car.
Tuesdays Production.
Coal production in the Fairmont re-
zion on Tuesday was 1881 cars of coal
and coke.
There were 1,107 cars of coal and
five cars Of coke produced on the Mo-
nongah division of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad on Tuesday.
On the Monongahela Railway yes
terday there were 14s cars of Goa.
loaded.
Daily Car Supply.
Cars on the Monohgah division of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad today
Is holding up we'll although one mine
IS chalked up as being idle because Oh
car shortage. There are 1903 cars OIL
the division. There were 1906 order
"a BY the mines. Today's cars are
classified as follows: Open, 1892;
coke, IL. The placement at o'clock
this morning was LOB. There were
IA cars left over from the previous
There is 100 per cent. car supply
On the Monongahela Railway today and
there viii be full run on Thursday
also. There was a placement of 262
This morning at O'Clock. There are
225 cars in sight today for Thursdays
loading.
Tuesdays shipments.
There were 97S cars of coal loaded
east and 129 cars of coal loaded west
yesterday. One car of coke was load
ed east and four cars west.
Curtis Bay shipments jumped to the
2o7 carload mark on Tuesday, almost
double that Of the previous day. 9th
er shipments were: st. Georges, II
cara lakes, So cars; Michigan points,
1s cars; Ohio points, "a cars; miscel-
laneous points, 16 cars.
Railroad Fuel.
There we're 2S6 cars of railroad fuel
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