The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-08
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the Northern West Virginia field.
Recently the Pennsylvania Rail-
road made application to extend
the limits of the Greensburg group
so as to take in seven mines locat-
ed on an extension OF its Turtle
Creek branch. Upon learning OF
this application. the undersigned
appeared before the Trunk Line
Coal and Coke committee of Tie
United States Railroad admins
tration and vigorously protested
against the proposed extension. At
the conclusion of the hearing on
the subject, the committee re-
quested that a written statement
Of our position be filed. For your
information, a copy of the state
ment filed is hereto attached"
Railroad Fuel.
Railroad fuel jumped yesterday to
521 loads. This is the heaviest daily
loading of railroad fuel during the
present coal year. Prior TO yester-
day 295 loads appears to have been
about the heaviest daily railroad fuel
loading.
Heavy daily railroad fuel loadings
on the division were as follows: April
4, 24S cars April II. 231 cars; April
%, 226 cars; April 80. 226 cars; May
8, 292 cars; May 10. 295 cars; June
4, $50 cars; June is, 295 cars.
II is apparent that the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad is receiving ship
ments on the contracts, which 1t re-
Gently let, but refuses to announce pub
licly.
1t is understood that the tonnage Sc.
cured by the B. & o. yesterday was
something short of $50 cars. OF the
daily orders, which the B. & o. an
= before putting the ban on rail.
- fuel figures, the heaviest order 1t
placed in the Fairmont region during
Eae present coal year prior to yester-
day was lis cars.
Pitcairn Starts.
Export business received enables
the Clark interests to open Pitcairn
mines yesterday. These operations
were run steadily until recently on
railroad fuel contracts, which have
now expired. The business is some ex.
port coal orders, which were received.
According to reports a number OF
other mines in the region have or will
start operations within the next few
days, Today there are So mines down
on the Monongah division.
Car Supply Good.
There cannot be any complaint
made against the car supply offered by
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad this
week. Monday started with 2,503 cars
and today there were 2,040 cars in the
region. The indications are that the
car supply will hold up fairly we'll
for the next few days at least. If heavy
loading Continues as was experienced
yesterday it will exhaust the supply
considerably, but today's loading prob
ably will not reach more than $50
loads.
Today's cars are classified as fol-
lows: Coal, 2,O1O; coke, 5; surplus
M. " T., %. There were 355 cars left
over from the previous day. The place
ment at z o'clock this morning was L.
474.
Heavy Lake Shipment.
Lake shipments yesterday were
heavier at 1873 loads than any time
since May 16, when the Monongah d.
vision loading to these points totaled
191 cars.
The heaviest lake shipment-of July
previous to yesterday was on the Cd,
when the total sent to the lakes was
lit loads. The heavy lakeward load
ing days of June were as follows:
June %, 179 cars; June 80, ia cars.
Curtis Bay shipments yesterday
dropped to 140 cars, which is about 90
loads less than were sent to that point
last Monday.
Other shipments were: Michigan
points, 10 cars; Ohio points, cars;
st. Georges, Is cars; miscellaneous
points, cars.
Unconsigned Cara.
Today there arg POI unconsigned
cars on the division There were but
80 cars of yesterdays heavy loading
that went on the unconsigned list.