The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-11
CAR Shortage
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shortage will be felt by mid-week-
While today's car supply is q big inn
provement 1t nevertheless is not full.
run.
The total number ordered was l.
Today's placement is 1928, which
Is 264 cars less placed at z a. m than
at the same hour last Monday. Cars
left over from the previous day are -.
Thirty mines are idle today because OF
lack of orders.
On the Monongahela railway today
there were 25S cars placed at O'Clock.
There are 100 cars in sight today for
tomorrow's loading. There is a thir-
ty per cent. car supply placed today
for tomorrow's loading. All Of the 80
mines in the West Virginia district
are working
lsner's New Position.
Robert Burns lsner, general sales
manager Of the West Virginia Coal and
Coke company, with headquarters at
Elkins, has resigned that position to
accept a similar one with the Boone
County Coal Corporation, one of the
largest coal companies of the state.
The Boone Corporation only recently
increased its capital stock from three
to twelve millions OF dollars.
Mr.. Isner was district representative
of the Fairmont region of the UniteG
States Fuel administration, after Dan
r. Lawson resigned, and he is very IA
Yorably known by the coal operators
OF the Fairmont region.
Mr. and Mrs. Isner have gone to
Sharples, Boone county, where MIR. Is
ner has assumed his duties.
Embareoes Are On.
Several embargoes are on in the
Fairmont region Just now. The traf-
fic to Curtis Bay was closed on Sat
urday night, being effective today. An
embargo has been clamped on the
Central New England railroad and the
New York, New Haven and Hartford.
The belief here is that the fuel to
these companies themselves WILL not
be effective.
i Personal Mention.
! R. NJ. Hite, coal operator, returned
today from fishing trip to the South
fork branch. He was accompanied by
w. A. Wiedebusch and DR.. Shaw, of
Piedmont, They caught seventy-five
fish.
F.. c. Payne, night car distributor at
the Consolidation Coal company. re-
turned to work after having under
done an operation at the south BaIti-
more hospital.
George T. Bell, executive vice presl-
dent of the Northern West Virginia
Coal Operators association, is on a
business trip to Washington. D. c., to-
day. He left the city last night.
Arthur S. -Brobst, division engineer
OF the Jamison Coal & Coke company
in the Fairmont field, will remove his
family to Falrmont within short
time. Mr.. Brobst is a brother of
George H. Brobst, real estate agent,
and succeeded l., w. Cooper as diyi-
sion engineer in the Fairmont field on
Pune a. Mr.. Br5ost was formerly con-
nected with tho game company in
Fairmont, prior to benz located at
Grcensburg, Pa. Mr.. Cooper is now in
charge of the mining division OF ;he
West Penn Car company, Pit.su.-...,
which mines coal for It's own consump-
ton.
Albert Manka is in the Fai-non.
field for the purpose of bringing labor
ers into the field. In this regard he
has already been quite successful.
Saturdays Loading.
The regional loading on Saturday
was 705 cars. OF this sos cars of coal
and coke were loaded on the B. &C. o.
and 200 cars were loaded on the Mo-
nongahela railway. The actual coal
loading was 500 cars of coal and cars
of coke.
The B. & O. loaded 4ss cars of coal
and 6 cars of coke, while the Monon-
gahela railway loaded 200 cars of oa,.
On the B. G o. railroad on satur-
day 47S cars of coal were loaded east
and 26 cars loaded west. OF the six
cars Of coke loaded four were loaded
west and two were loaded east. A car
of coal was loaded by wagon mine.
Saturdays Shipments.
Curtis Bay shipments on Saturday
were So cars; ST. Georges, 10 cars:
Michigan points, 8 cars; Ohio points,
10 cars; miscellaneous points, 13 cars.
uneonslsned Cars.
Seven unconsigned cars are on the
Monongah division today. These I'M
consigned cars hav0 been strung aloug
for three DAYS