The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-29
.P.R.R. FUEL ORDER
.ST|FFENS MORALE
in FA|RMONT FIELD
Frank R. Lyon and Brooks
Fleming Promoted By
ConsoL Directors.

Letting of railroad fuel contracts at
figures above the former government
price in Western Pennsylvania by The
Pennsylvania railroad company yester
day has done more than anything re-
Gently to stabilize the coal market in
the opinion Of Fairmont operators.
This indicates that the operators are
Sitting tight" In the Keystone state
and that they are getting decent prices
Is due to the fact that they ara unit
in advancement of the coal trade.
On the other hand there Is belief
that the Pennsylvania railroad is en-
deavoring to take care OF the coal op-
orators along Its lines, but this cannot
be said OF the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road which has resorted to various
means to beat down prices and con-
ceal facts and figures from the opera
tors Of the Fairmont region.
Some Of the coal operators in the
Falrmont field allege that the 3. & o.
Is concealing the figures because 1t is
impossible to determine whether the
railroads are giving Fairmont It's pro
porionate share Of the business. Much
adverse comment has been heard on
the B. q o. withdrawing the figures
In regard to the railroad fuel.
The average price paid for coal by
the P. r. r. in its last contracts was
$2.36-one cent above the former gov.
ernment figures. 1t is for high grade
fuel and is Pittsburgh coal similar to
tho ENnirno 0nt vein with y,oue,ii1l,, tho
exception OF one Of two instances
which may be Freeport coal, these bids
being $2.10. One contract for 1850
tons daily was placed at $2.35 and an
other for 1000 tons daily at $3.50.
It Is interesting to note that the big
gest operation in the world. The Pitts
burgh Coal Company clings to fair
price-S2.25. AS whole prices are
firm in Western Pennsylvania.
The daily tonnage and price net per
ton (. o. b. at the mines Of the sue
cessful bidders are as follows: Arm.
strong Coal & Coke Co., 425 tons, $3.50
Bygate 275 tons $2.S5: Conmaugh 200
tons, $3.50: Cochran 1000 tons $3.50.
Greensburg Coal & Coke Co., 500 tons,
$2.35; Croft Coal Company, 200 tons,
$3.50; Keystone Coal & Coke Co., $3.50
tons, $2.35; Logan 1900 tons $2.40;
Mt. Pleasant BY Coal Co., 500 tons,
$2.10: Pittsburgh Coal Co., 1900 tons.
$2.35; Pittsburgh P. G., 500 tons, $2.20;
Rimerton Coal Co., $50 tons, $3.50;
| Shoemaker 75O tons $240; A. X.
Wright 1000 tons $2.40.
Lyon Promoted
Directors OF the Consolidation Coal
Company at their meeting in Baltimore
yesterday elected Frank R. Lyon of
Fairmont. a vice president and has
placed him in charge of all the opera
toms OF the company. Brooks Fleming
Jr., has been made assistant to the
president and will probably assist Mr..
Lyon in the company's operation which
include mines in Maryland. Pennsyl.
vania, Kentucky and West Virginia.
For six years Mr.. Lyon has been
general manager of the company and
his promotion followed years Of sue
cessful work. He is a native OF Penn
sylyanla and made his first appearance
/. in the coal business nineteen years
ago with w. D. Althouse IN Somerset
county. When the Somerset Coal
Company was formed he became super
intendent OF mines and later assistant
general superint In 1905 he
took charge Of the Consolidation Coal
Company's mines at Frostburg, Md. In
1907 he became general superintendent
Of the Somerset Coal Company. be-
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