The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-10-09
3NEVS VIEWS AND STATISTICS SUPERINTENDENT

coal market is an assured thing.
Prevailing prices according to re.
ports today were from So to 81 and
some brokers claimed that as low
as $3.50 had been paid to mines.
Western line shipments have
been hit and eastern consumers
have eased up in their shipments,
With the excellent car supply dur.
ing the week another factor OF
causing the bottom Of drop out Of
prices was created.
Daily Shipments.
These daily shipments were
made OF the Monongah division OF
Curtis Bay, 1873 cars; st. Georges
16 cars: lakes, 1876 cars; Ohio
points, II cars; miscellaneous west
ern points, 80 cars; Michigan
points, 8 cars.
Railroad Fuel.
Railroad fuel loading yesterday
totaled 246 cars on the B. & o. rail
road. Consignments were as fol.
lows: B. & O., 81 cars; Bangor &
Arostock, 10 cars: Boston &
Jersey, II cars: Lehigh Valley. IL
cars; Maine Central, "a cars; New
York, New Haven and Hartford. 2
cars; P. & R., IS cars; Erie, -
cars: West Shore, "a cars: Cen
trail OF New England, Is cars.
New Coal Movement.
Action TO satisfy demands for do.
nestle coal in various states was
taken yesterday by the Interstate
Commerce commission in an order
requiring railroads east Of Mon
tana. Wyoming, Colorado and New
Mexico to furnish coal cars TO
mines in preference 10 any other
use.
Formerly orders of this charac
ter applied only east OF the Mis-
Sissippi river. The present order.
the committee said, would run un-
til further notice, but be relaxed
as the situation warranted.
The committee also ordered all
outstanding permits for use of coal
cars for other freight cancelled,
but announced that arrangements
to continue the movement of Ger.
tain essentials, such as sugar beets,
to factories would be made.
Working in conjunction with coal
operators and railroads, program
has been formulated, the commits
sion said, which is expected sub.
stantially to meet domestic coal
needs. 1t Is planned to transport
approximately 2,100 cars daily for
this purpose for Indiana, Ohio,
Michigan, eastern Kentucky, east
ern Tennessee. western Pennsyl-
vania and West Virginia. Atten.
ton is also being given TO needs
for domestic consumers In other
states, the commission added as
public utilities and institutions
have accumulated some stocks OF
coal under the commissions prior.
ity order. That order has been SUI
perseded by new regulation which
the commission announced will
care for special cases OF real emer.
gency. After October IA, prefer.
entail car supply for public in
situations will be afforded only
upon approval OF the commission.
East Of Grafton.
On Friday the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, drew rs trains east
of Grafton in which there were l..
ia loads of which 400 loads were
coal. The western movement was
TAT of which 147 loads were for
the lakes.
A total of 10 trains were moved
east OF Grafton on Thursday in
which there were S22 loads of
which 343 loads were coal. The
western movement was 644 cars OF
which $50 loads went to the lakes.
Personal Mention.
II. c. Plato. traffic representa-.
tive OF the Sandusky Cement com.
pany, Cleveland. is in the region.
T. L. Cordray, OF the Wllcord
Coal company. is on a business trip
to Cleveland and Detroit.
United Mine Workers.
Ira Marks, district board mem
Der. Is in Pennington today.
John Custalac. district organizer,
is In the Clarksburg section.
G. F. Keeney, Charleston, presi.
dent OF district II, left here today
for Thomas from which place he
will go to Indianapolis on Sunday.