The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-24
There Are go Cars on B.
& O.-Just Sc Better
Than Yesterday.
63 MINES IDLE TODAY
Thousand New Coal Cars
Expected on B. & o.
Next Week.


the marine strike and the car shortage
business in the Fairmont coal region
today is being reduced to a fifty per
cent. running basis. There are total
OF 53 mines down today on the B. & o.
railroad.
On the Monongah division of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad there are
53 mines idle because Of car shortage,
which is the most serious shortage of
the present coal year. Wednesday
with 40 mines down had been the high
est mark for mine idleness due to car
shortage until today.
Cars on the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road today are bit stronger than yes
terday, but the additional ones over
yesterday totaled but Sc cars. Total
empties on the division today total
go, which were all placed a: the mines
at Z O'Clock this morning Cars left
over from the previous day total eigh-
ty-nine.
Empties placed on the Monongahela
railway this morning at o'clock were
124. Surplus empties today total $50.
Eight mines were idle today.
conso. officers Here.
Today managers of divisions of the
Consolidation Coal company are con-
ferring with F. r. Lyon, vice president
who is in charge of operations at the
Watson building, this city. Those
present today are as follows: G. NJ.
Gillette, Frostburg. Md, manager of the
Maryland division; j. G. Smith, Jen-
kins, KY, manager of the Elkhorn di-
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manager Of the Miller's Creek diyl-
sion; S. S. Steinbach, Somerset, Pa,
manager OF the Pennsylvania divi-
sion, and c. H. Tarleton, Fairmont,
manager of the West Virginia divi-
sion.
New Cars Will Help.
1t was learned today from B. & o.
officials at Grafton that the Monon-
gah division would receive 1000 of the
new coal cars, which the government
recently turned over to the railroads.
1t is expected that these cars will be
received by next week from Ohio. If
these are received next week as con-
templated it will help matters greatly
! in the Fairmont region providing no
charge is effected in the situation at
Curtis Bay.
The Marine Strike.
Nothing new has broken in the ma
rine strike although the reports ar.
current from New York city that a
settlement will soon be effected.
Conditions in the Fairmont region
have not been benefited any by such
reports as only yesterday embargoes
were clamped on St. Georges Pier and
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adelphia.
Yesterdays Loading.
Loading on the Monongah division
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad yes,
terday totaled 571 loads, OF this all
was coal except one car loaded with
coke, which was sent east.
| Coal loaded east on the Monongah
division was 40 cars and west 1oI
cars.
On the Monongahela railway yester-
day 179 cars were loaded. Regional
loading yesterday went up to 75O loads.
Curtis Bay Falls.
Daily the tonnage to Curtis Bay
drops several cars until yesterday the
aggregate loaded for that pier was 27
loads. The highest of the present
week was on Monday when 81 cars
were loaded. st. Georges shipments
were II cars yesterday. Other carload
shipments off the Monongah division
were as follows: Michigan points, 16;
Ohio points, g.; miscellaneous points,
28.
Lake Shipments.
Lake operations have not been af-
fected by the marine strike as yet and
coal is slowly going forth to Lorain
from the Fairmont fields Forty-nine
cars were sent to the lakes yesterday
on the 'Monongah division.
The lake movement this week is jusl
slight bit better than last week. For
the first three days OF last week the
total lake shipments were 245 cars
against 257 for the first three days of
this week.
Compared with last season the first
three days of the third week of July
totaled 456 cars and the first three
days of the fourth week of last July
totaled 226 cars.
The lake season last year, however.
was only at its height in August. Then
as high as 366 cars were loaded in one
day. This is within rs cars of what
was loaded all last week.
Railroad Fuel.
| Railroad fuel shipped of the Monon-
gah division yesterday totaled 175 cars,
which is drop of from so to rs cars
OF the daily run. Railroad fuel busi-
ness like all others In the region is af-
fected by the serious car shortage.
Railroad loading generally was cut
down and it is reported that the B. &
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