The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-10-08

Commenting on the vast accumula-
ton 81 coal at the piers az Baltimore
TIE American Goal Journal prints the
following
THE lam ol eoal cen tlnues a. THIS
point no only are the piers all-
proaches again crowded e the liIntt.
hut there Is d large number Of loaded
cars standing at points along the line
and marked for this port, while the
mines are reporting q big production
in every region. The release Of a great
amount OF rolling stock by the steel
strike aided the mining regions TO SCI
cure in many cases one hundred per
cent. car supply. The domestic call
for fuel here is only moderate and the
export movement, which is already
heavy and would go to double the pres
ent movement II allowed, is restricted
by the fact that the two, Curtis Bay
piers and the Canton pier, at constant
capacity work, are restricted in great
er loading by the slow trimming class
Of vessels being sent In for cargoes.
Tremendous efforts were made to
clean up some classes Of coal that had
jammed the terminals and which pre-
vented the incoming of some Goals
that were wiped completely from the
tide stocks and which were badly
needed here for certain consuming in
terests. AS soon as the gaps were
made BY leading, however, they were
filled at once by the movement OF coal
awaiting chance to get into ter
minals. This gave a wider range OF
Goals on hand here.
Today's Meeting.
In Washington, D. O., this morning
the open meeting Of the National Coal
Association was held in the associa-
ton s rooms. A number Of Fairmont
operators were in attendance.
Proceedings OF the joint conference
at Buffalo, n. Y, we're presented. The
discussion of the proposed Frehng-
huysen. coal law was also discussed,
One of the scheduled features of the
meeting is a special exhibition OF 1.-THE
Story OF Coal" the educational film
of the bituminous coal industry, which
has been filmed by the United States
Bureau OF Mines assisted by The Ma
tional Coal Association.
Coal Journals Affected.
Like practically all of the weekly
periodicals in New York city the coal
have been affected and
The American Coal Journal is the only
coal trade paper to be issued in New
York last week and is one of the very
few representing any trade that has
come out anything like an scheduled
time.
lake Situation.
During the past two months there
has been big let up in the movement
OF coal to the northwest and the ship
ments up to October l, show big de-
crease compared with the same time
last season at this time.
Receipts of anthracite coal at Du-
luth and Superior up to October were
10000 tons less than they were in
1918, and receipts of bituminous coal
at the two ports show a loss Of 736,90O
tons. Most Of the docks at Duluth and
Superior were idle most of the time
last month and receipts of soft coal
at the two ports for September were
only $4,000 tons, compared with L.
697, 500 tons in September, 1918.
The docksaat the head of the lakes
up to the first of the month handled
5,514,2OO tons of soft coal, and re-
ceipts for the same time last season
were 6,251,1O0 tons. Shipments for
the latter part of the season will be-
smaller than they were in 1918, when
the late movement was heavy, and the
general opinion is that shipments for
1919 will show loss Of between 5,OOO,-
600 and 100000 tons compared with