The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-13
SHIPMENTS TO
CURTIS BAE.ARE
YEAR'SHEAV|EST
At 274 Cars Largest Curtis
Bay Consignment of Coal
Year Loaded Yesterday.
LOADING HOLDS UP WELL
More Than 300 Cars Load
ed Every Day of Pres
ent Week.

Curtis Bay shipments yesterday Oft
the Monongah division of the Balti.
more and Ohio totaled 274 loads. which
is the heaviest consignment to that
port Tor the present coal year. On
June s the shipment to Curtis Bay
was 236 cars. which was the previous
high shipping record to Curtis Bay
for the year.
The heaviest loading to Curtis Bay
in May was June 13, when 1853 cars
were loaded for that point and NAV 2.
when liz loads were sent to Curtis
Bay. ''
The big boost in Curtis Bay shin.
ments show conclusively that foreign
trade has entered the region. Quite
a little of this business has been Sc
cured by the larger coal operators and
a number Of Brokers are placing or.
ders here for foreign countries, it is
understood.
During the present week the ship
ments to Curtis Bay have been run
ming strong, there having been a total
of S7S cars loaded for that point dur.
ing the first four days Of the week.
This is an average of 219 cars daily
over the four day period.
Loading Continues Strong.
Loading on the Monongah division
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
continues to hold up well and yester-
day S67 cars Of coal were loaded. This
makes total loading. of 3,432 cars in
the first four days of this week-an
average of S5S cars daily. The daily
average loading of coal during the first
four days of the week was S56 cars.
The total number OF cars of coal load.
ed during the first four days of the
week were S,427. No coke was loaded
yesterday.
Eastern loading continues to be very
heavy. Yesterday on the Monongah
division 773 cars were moved east
two more than yesterday, which was
a very heavy day for the eastern load
ing. This is the heaviest eastern load
ing since May 5, when S15 cars of coal
were loaded in that direction. The
eastern loading on June reached the
700 mark and 1t remained within that
range since. The railroads have no.
ticed the increased loading to the east,
which has been gradually swelling.
This is believed will continue as the
industrial plants of the eastern cities
resume full tilt operations until it will
be with difficulty that the railroads
will handle the coal tonnage.
consoI. Pay Day.
Today the Consolidation Coal COM
pany is paying its employees for the
first half of the month. A good sized
pay will be distributed as working
conditions have improved at the Con-
sol. mines recently and the miners
were at work steadier than for some
time.
Lake Shipments of.
Nothing has broken in the lake ship
ments out of the Fairmont region that
would indicate any Improvement. Yes
terday there were SO cars sent off the
Monongah division for the lakes.
During the four days of the week
thus far 234 cars have been loaded for
lake points. This Is an average of
but 56 cars day. Yesterdays ship
ment was the lowest since June z,
when but Z cars were loaded for the
lakes.
Other Shipments.
JULIET OA NhC NAoAASh6oh
division yesterday were as follows:
Michigan points, 1; miscellaneous
points, 81; Ohio points, 3.
UnconsIened Cars.
Today there are 457 unconsigned
cars on the Monongah division. Four
teen of these were added yesterday.
Daily Car Supply.
Empties on the Monongah division
today number 4,29S. Cars left over
from the previous day are 649. Today
the cars on the division are classified
as follows: Coal, 4,157; coke, z; sur
nus M. v. T., 125. The placement at
n o'clock this morning was 1888.
Coal May Be Too High.
Some apprehension was expressed
by the coal operators attending the
meeting OF the West Virginia State AS
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