The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-09-05
Piers Are Tied Up Tighter
But Lake Business
Helps Some.
BIZ 0. CAR SUPPLY FINE
Monongahela Railway is
Short Due to 5000 Cars
at Lakes for Ore.

Coal production in the Falrmont
region promises to fbe heavy this week
DESPITE the fact that the period coYl
cred is only five days, Monday hav-
ing been observed as Labor Day gem
orally over the region. Coal and coke
production for the first four days
of the week total SS49 cars on the
Monongah division of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad. OF this 1884 cars
were coal and 15 cars were coke.
Empties are plentiful this week ano
if the supply continues as it will no
doubt will there will be fully 5000
cars Of coal produced during the pres
ent week IL the figures are not bit
stronger.
Coal movement was heavy on the
M. r branch of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad yesterday, there having
been between 400 and 500 cars. Rail
road men say that the month of Sep
tember started off with more of a
gIngery movement than any month
Of the present fiscal year. In Sep
tcmber last year there were 24,SSS
cars Of coal produced or an average
Of 975 cars a day over rs day pc
rlod no observane of Labor Day TAX
ing place. During the first week Of
September, 1918, the mines of the
Monongah division loaded 5599 cars.
Already the extensive coal move
ment is being keenly felt in the Fair
mont yards, which has been very
busy place these days. While the
Fairmont yards are blocked in way
yet so far the railroad has handled
the situation pretty well. There ap-
pears to be a deluge of through
freight. expedite freight and steady
flow of heavy coal loading, the ef-
fects of the rush being particularly
noticeable here today.
Movement as a whole has held up
especially we'll east of Grafton and
operators generally have extended
the credit for the strenuous effort
made by the B. G o. to c. W. Gallo
way, Baltimore, federal manager, who
seems to hate made things hum
since he assumed charge of the east
ern lines OF the B. G. o. Yesterday
the B. & o. moved 1902 cars east Of
Grafton. On Wednesday the move
ment was big drop at 439 while
Tuesday the movement was 1915.
Daily Car Supply.
Empties on the B. & o. today total
ed 1902, while the mines ordered
1896. The placement at o'clock this
morning was 1912. Today's cars are
classified as follows: open, 1885;
coke IT, Cars left over from the
previous day were 1856.
On the Monongahela Railway today
the car supply is 40 per cent. No
mines are idle, however, because OF
car shortage. The placement this
morning at Z o'clock was 210. There
are $50 cars in sight today for Sat
urday's loading, and the percentage
tomorrow will hardly run more than
30 per cent.
German to Help.
Information has been received here
that Manager German, of the eastern
car pool, with headquarters in Pitts
burgh, has promised to try to give
the mines of the Monongahela Rail-
way a better car supply than they
have been getting recently.
The shortage on the Monongahela
Railway is due at the present time
to the great need of cars to carry
ore along the lakes Recently 5000
cars were sent to the lakes in order
to alleviate this strained situation
there.
Regional Loading.
Fairmont region on Thursday load
ed 1,441 cars Of coal and coke, OF
which 1,4S5 was coal and 6 coke
The B. & o. yesterday loaded 1925
cars Of coal and coke. Total coal was
1,217 coal and coke. Coal loo ded
east was sSS cars, which was low be-
cause of embargoes that are clamped
on various piers. Westward loa ding
was 229 cars, which has been rising,
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