The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-09-23

i among the coal QperatQIs ~
Iieve thai It viii be short Lied Mar.
lket prices appear to have Remained
rather firm much to the surprise 81
operators as there has been very Ut
tie softening of the market.
So far the strike has not affected
the Fairmont region. There are prob.
ably several thousands Of tons Of lon
/ sulphur coal going to the Bethlehem
and other steel plants in'the east, nul
SO far these shipments have not beer
affected.
Jamison Officials Here.
George H. Taylor, assistant gener'
al manager of the Jamison Coal g
| Coke Company, Greensburg, Pa, ant
| c. E. Cowan, chief engineer, OF the
Jamison Coal & Coke Company
4 Greensburg, Pa, are in the Fairmonl
region today.
I The Jamison officials will visit thu
operators at Pennington, Dakota ant
Monon and they are being taken aDou,,
Inv w. E. Dobbie, the acting general
superintendent Of the company IN the
West Virginia district.
Directors meeting,
Matters Of importance will be trans
acted at meeting Of the board Of
directors Of the Northern West VII
ginia Coal Operators Association OF
! Wednesday morning at 1920 O'CLOCK
in the rooms in the Jasobs Dululhs
Personal Mention.
John M. Wolfe, Philadelphia mana.
ger of the Producers Fuel Agency
Philadelphia, returned on Monday
from q business trip to New YORK cltS
and Philadelphia.
F. g. Lamb, Of Pittsburgh, OF the
| Pittsburgh Bessemer Coal company
lis in the Fairmont region today.
James P. Burns, Jr, special repre-
sentative of the Northern West var
ginia Coal Operators Association, IL
lin Brownsville, Pa, today.
George K. Bell, executive vice pres
ident Of the Northern West Virgins
Coal Operators Association, was II
Morgantown yesterday.
Regional Production.
Despite the celebration Of Emancl'
patton Day and many negro miners be-
ling off FOR the day Mondays produc'
ton was heavy. The production o.
the whole region was 1875 cars-l,5ll
cars of coal and six cars of coke.
The Monongahr division OF the Bal
fillmore and Ohio railroad yesterda!
produced 1888 cars of coal and coke
| 1882 cars of coal and six cars OF coke
ON the Monongahela Railway OF
Monday there were 278 cars or Goa
LOADED,
Daily Car Supply.
4 Empties are plentiful on the Monon'
gah division Of the Baltimore and 0hit
railroad today there being 1880 al
though the mines only ordered 1854
The placement at Z o'clock this morn
ing is splendid at LIZA. Today's car
are classified as follows: Open, l,5lS
coke, IL. There are 344 cars left owe
today from Monday.
On the Monongahela Railway toda;
there is full run and the prospect
for Wednesday is 100 per cent. also
The placement at Z o'clock this morn
ing was 266 and there are $50 cars i
lsight today for Wednesdays loading.
!. Pier Conditions.
While no embargoes have been lit
ed or there has been no radics
changes in regulations the piers thi
week are reported to have cleared u
somewhat compared with the jam c
last week, but yet they are far fror
being ideal for export business. Tn
destruction Of a portion of the pier
the Western Maryland railroad-Pol
Covington-at Baltimore has place
more coal on Curtis Bay, the B. & {
} pier in Baltimore and as a result it
with some difficulty thata Of the fut
tonnage IS handled.
Curtis Bay shipments off the B. 6 {
railroad yesterday totaled 276 CO
) loads. This is the heaviest tonnag
sent there from the Fairmont regio
since September 9, when there wer
2S9 cars dispatched . st. Georges ship
ments yesterday totaled but II cars.
Other shipments on Monday over th
B. & o. railroad were as follows
Lakes, As cars; Michigan points, 4
cars; Ohio points, SO cars; miscellane
Gus points, AZ cars,