The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-09-08
.NEWEIPORTGOAL
EXCHANGE HAS.
been SUGGESTED
Some Fairmont Firms Are
Expected To Be Inter
ested In 1t.

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! Naturally the car supply in the
F'airmont region Is holding up
well today because the large &C.
cumulation Of empttes OF the past
few days could not all be loaded
| on the MononEah Division OF the
| Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
"A total Of 1903 empties are on
| the MonongAh division Of the Bal.
timore 6 Ohio railroad today ana
the early morning placement Is
very favorable at 1909. All mines
are working today on the division
and there Is a better turnout OF
miners than yesterday following
the holiday. Operations no doubt
will be working full force by
Thursday although cars may not
be as plentiful as yesterday and
today. The cars today are class
! flied as follows: Open 2146; coke
! 81; B. M. l. x. 104; NJ. V. T. 20.
Cars left over at the mines from
! Tuesdays placement were 375 The
mines today ordered 1893 OF which
81 were for coke loading.
| virginia district Of the Mononga-
hela railway is right fair at 332
although not quite as strong as
i yesterday. In the Pennsylvania
district there are 352 cars placed.
! OF the 1872 cars placed In the West
Virginia end today there are 1875
assigned cars. There Is O so per
cent commercial run OF cars in
sight for Thursday loading.
Full run OF empties on the
Western Maryland lines warrants
good production on the Helen's
Run and Wyatt.Bingamon spurs to.
day.
From what could be learned from
Baltimore the wage conference be.
tween the coal operators and rep.
Workers of America did not get
stood that Frank Keeney, Char
lesion, president OF district /, was
tied up with work and could not
reach Baltimore In time. The ses.
sion yesterday was naturally ad-
journed. 1t Is understood that Mr..
Keeney arrived in Baltimore early
this morning and It is expected
that the conference will be under
way today.
The impression here is that the
conference will not last long and
the day wage rate probably will be
adjusted In day although 1t may
require a longer period Of time.
New Export Exchange
A movement Is now on foot In
New York City to organize a new
export coal exchange at Atlantic
ports. 1t will probably be known
as The American Coal Export As
ISOLATION and the suggestion COMES
from the New York Wholesale
Coal Association.
The probabilities are that a mum.
Der OF Fa1rmont concerns will be
interested in the formation OF the
new export coal exchange or at
least some Of their eastern export
connection will be linked up with
1t.
Shamrock Fuel Co.
On Tuesday the Shamrock Fuel
Company composed Of Morgan.
town interests began to load coal
from its new operation at Hoult.
One car was loaded but the mine
VIII nave Scar a day develop.
East Of Grafton O'V on Tuesday
there were twelve trains run on
the B. & o. railroad, there having
been 637 loads drawn Of which 33i
cars were coal. To the west there
were 472 load drawn off the diyis.
lon while 5 cars Of that were NOV.
ed to the lakes.
Market Conditions.
The market today appeared to
be fairly firm although there may
be chance of 1t sOftening later
IN the day. The heavy flow Of emp.
ties may cause an ease up In prices
lnasmuch as line shipments are
said to be fairly well caught up.
Exporting permits appear to be
parceled out rather sparingly on
the b. q Q: although on the Monon-
gahela railway they are little
freer.
Serving Subpenas.
Government men continued to.
day in serving subpenas In the
Fatrmont region today. They ap.
pear to be OF various dates, rang.
ing. from September 81 to 27th,
which would indicate that there
will probably be considerable time
spent by the government in hear.
ing witnesses on the coal situa.
ton. From what can be gathered
few II any subpenas have yet been
served in the Clarksburg section al.
though this may develop later.
Tho Lake Situation.
Receipts at the lake front are
said to be heavy these days al.
though the Labor Day holiday.
caused an ease up in movement.
Boats will probably be delayed I'm.
less the car supply Is better this
week than 1t was the latter part OF
last week.
The steamer G. W. watson,
which was ashore near Ashtabula,
was released Saturday night ana
/! will be locked at Lorain today. It
is thought that she 10 badly dam
! aged forward, as she was leaking
in the fore peak and No. tank.
Coal Going Forward.
Davis B. Donaldson, Fairmont
representative OF the Arkwright
Coal company, who has Just arrived
from the lake front at Cleveland,
says that the coal tonnage Is going
forward rather freely. OF course
recently the Fairmont region has
not been sending much coal to the
lakes.
IL In City Today.
]. NJ. Orr, Clarkaburg, Of the Hud.
son Coal company, Is in Fa!rmont