The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-10-04

boats On The waiting list AZ Cleveland
as there are II some ports on the lakes.
Last week the ilepl load Ted y VI tons
.of caFgo ana with q. ai3 tons Of fuel
The docks handled 62s GIL tons.
According % tatement received
by the Tomlinson GO. yesterday, re-
ceipEs'oi anthracite coal at Duluth and
Superior up To October / were l0S,aQe
tons less than for the same time last
season and receipts OF bituminous eoai
show a loss Of 736,700 tons.
SaWard,s Journal states the tolloW-
ing: "Retail dealers, especially IN the
interior, are fearful that they wiz NOT
be able to get their stocks for the vim
Ter. In the smaller towns they sus-
'pect that the dock companies will IA
Vor the Twin cities and let the country
points wait. A general survey Of sup
plies through the state Of Minnesota
does not point to any general short
age Of fuel, but It does indicate the
chances favorIng anthracite being all
gone before the winter is over"
The Winter Traffic,
Although the coal movement on
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad east
of Grafton has been 100 per cent dur
ing these days Of ideal railroadmg,
operators of the Falrmont region ask,
Scan the B. & D. keep it upf" 1t Is
the opinion of some operators that 1t
cannot and they point to past winters
to back 1t up.
Wheeling, general superintendent
was in Fairmont, on September Is.
and he said: II do not think that the
Baltimore and Chin railroad was
ever better prepared to handle coal
than at the present time, contem-
plate no difficulty in handling the
coal traffic the coming winter unless
on account of severe weather condl-
tons"
Want Referee Retained.
In a petition filed in United States
District court the Piedmont Coal com
pany, purchaser Of the Josiah v.
Thompson estate, contests the effort
Of persons representing themselves
as attorneys for the creditors" to have
the Proceedings taken out of the hands
of William R. Blair, referee in bank
ruptcy, who has so far handled the
case.
The answer of the coal company
oharaCterizes the effort to have Blair
removed "as unsafe" and denies that
the petitioners asking for the change
are attorneys for the creditors, as is
set forth in the creditors petition.
New Production Record.
A new record in production Of BIZ
luminous coal for the year was es-
tablished during the week endins
September 2O.aecording to the United
States Geological Survey, the output
(includlng Ignite and coal made into
coke) being put at l1,25S,O0O net tons,
This was an increase over the proceed
ing week which set the record up to
that time for the year-of 10000 tons
or is per cent. The average produc-
ton per working day was $4,000
tons, more than 71,000 tons greater
than during the corresponding period
Of 1917, though still far short OF the
record output of year ago.
at is interesting to note" says the
Survey, "that the present high-feyel
Of production, when the rate per day
has set a new mark for the year three
/ res. in succession, occurs in a season
Mi. h Mas distinguished for consist
eat,y q sc output in 1917 and 1913
me - ,wo years have witnessed In
the Guy AUTUMN a period OF favor
able opsr1t rg conditions which have
made poss o. tle extraction of large
tonnages of caai.
Production of anthracite during the
week ending September 20 is estimat-
ed at 1,S4S, 900 net to. S, being the first
time during the year that production
has equalled that Of the corresponding
period Of 1918.
Screened to Slack.
Reports are exaggerated as to the
number of foreigners leaving the
United States says the commmissiener
general of immigration.
Arthur H. Stors, former manager
1of the Delaware, Lackawanna 6
l-Western coIleries, Scranton, Pa, wal
found dead in Pelham, N. Y, recent
lily. -,
Herbert H. Taylor, president OF the
National Coal Association, is mem.
Der of the committee of Illinois, whicl
has a drive on to raise $1,000 900 fol
the Salvation Army.