The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-03
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a0s cars or 1914 care more than In Sep
embef, which totaIed 100 carloads.
The real ordering Of coal began in
September and, in September and oc-
tobef az more cars Of coal were or
defed than during the months Of May,
June, July and August combined,
Ohio point Shipments in october to-
taled 1s2S7 cars or ssh cars more than
n September Not until September
did the Ohio sections begin to secur9
shipments Of any account
Miscellaneous shipments last month
totaled 1901 cars or eight cars less
than September. Miscellaneous ship
ments in September and October num-
beted 2,00t loads. IS
During the month of October there
we're 25,324 coal loads, which is the
heaviest Of any month Of the present
fiscal year, September having previ-
ptsly been The leader with 22,9S4 as a
total This was also true of western
coal loads which totaled 4,274 car
loads, September formerly leading
VII I 3, ISL cars as total.
abroad shipments were 6,629 cars
or 305 cars heavier than, in Septem-
her, which aggregated 1924 cars. 9th
er heavy shipments were May, 6,124
cars; July, 6O99 cars.
During october there was a daily
nveragegof 1853 cars on the Monon-
gah division Of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad and average daily placement
OF 1,25S. The cars ordered daily aver
aged 1000 cars. The daily coal pro-
duetion averaged 1,142 cars day on
the Monongah division, while in the
entire region the cars averaged 1883
cars. The daily production average
for the Monongahela Railway last
month was PA cars.
Weekly Loading.
On the .M0nongah division Of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad last week
there were 6,S57 cars of coal and coke
loaded in five days, Saturday the first
day to be affected by the strike, being
excluded. During the week there were
80 cars of coke produced, 27 cars be-
ing loaded east and sixecars west
The loading last week totaled 6,S57
cars or 524 cars Of coal and coke more
than the week ending October 4; 2S1
cars heavier than the week ending 0c-
tober is, but 624 cars less than the
week ending October rs. the heaviest
week of the present year, and but 566
cars shy Of the week ending October
ii.
During the week these shipments
we're made: Coal loaded east, 1888;
coal loaded west, S95 cars; cars load
ed by wagon mines, 8 cars; Curtis Bay,
1,453 cars; st. Georges, 235 cars;
lakes, 125 cars; Michigan points, 100
cars; Ohio points, 1866 cars; miscel-
laneous points, 274 cars
Production on the Monongahela
Railway last week was 1854 cars of
coal.
Saturdays Production.
Due to the strike only 20 cars Of coal
were loaded on the Monongah diyiz
sion of the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road on Saturday. These mines are
non-union and are along the Grafton
and Belington branch OF the B. & o.
railroad.
1t is understood that six additional
small mines will work today in
Northern West Virginia Five of
these are on the NJ. & X. branch and
one on the Morgantown and Wheeling
railroad Today there will be fifteen
mines working,
On the Monongahela Railway on
Saturday there was no production al
the twenty mines in the West Virginia
district. There are at the present time
140 empties on the road in this state.
All of the non-union mines between
Brownsville, Pa, and the West Vir-
ginia state line were working today.
There are sixty mines in this stretch
of 35.3 miles.
No Coal to Baltimore. 1
c. w. Galloway, Baltimore, federal
manager of the eastern lines Of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, has is
sued notice to coal shippers that no
coal can be shipped to the port OF Bal
timoreJ AS practically no coal is load
ed now on the Monongah division ex-
port business is of little concern just
now,
Today's Car Supply.
Today there are 2,033 cars on the
Monongah division of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad. They are CLASH
fled as follows: Open, 2,02S; coke, 5.
Only "a cars we're. ordered by the
mines. The early morning placement
was 100. Cars left over from the
previous day are 1,475.
Geological Survey. A
The record output established ~
the bituminous coal industry duriAg
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