The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-10-21
Lakc Ceal Rloeked.

Virginia II is believed the coal OPP
! retore OF this field will cut a DIG
figure at the gathering.
Lake Coal Blocked.
According to reports received
here from the lake front the coal
accumulations at Lora.n. Cleveland,
AshtabuIa aud SanGusky are very
great and coal operators believe
| that II will be necessary TO cancel
service order 10, which forces coai
4 10 the lakes. This order Originally
was set TO expire on November IL
(, but nj the present time the situa
ton Mt the lake front is very baS.
4, While the coal loads are poured
I into these ports at the rate OF 81
! 600 10 5000 loads day there are
! not facilities TO unload the coal
and as a result large accumulA'
lion of huppers under load are
I standing in the various railroad
/ yards at the lake front.
! One of the difficulties that Is be.
! ing encountered is that sutfietent
! boats cannot be procured 10. maui
! the coal. There is coal needed al
I the upper end OF the lakes. but the
only boats that Will carry II are
those Chat are under contract 10
/ do SO. Frequently the boats go up
the lakes light and haul ore only
Bracket on the Job.
George Bracket, Fair Practicee
commissioner OF Northern, west
! Virginia, today went on the loo
i having his headquarters in the OF
! fees OF the Northern West virginia
I Coal Operators Association In the
Jacobs building. Effort is being
made 10 get photographers and the
work in It's entirety Will soon pc
under way.
The government authorities suB'
gested a speed up program anu
| The GENERATORS here are making
good. Already MIR. Bracket has
| received three requests for coal
| consiEnmentB aud he Will tender
assistance in order that these firms
may be supplied.
Market Conditions
Some brokers in the region nave nave
refused to buy coal for line snip
ments for more than So and the
| general fair practices movemen:
Enthusiastically has had its effect
ON the market. Export prices ap'
pear to be stable and pool ~ If
running more than pool "a. Lake
prices appear TO be $3.50.
Daily Car supply.
Empties on the Monongah diyi
sion OF the Baltimore and ONO r9ll
road today showed u decided IN
provement today compared WIFE
i Wednesday. There are a,11S emp
ties on the division and the early
morning placement is 1,025; -FOUR
teen mines are idle today because
of car shortage, but the car sup
plv is excellent for this time in the
week. Cars are classified as FOL
lows; Omen, $50 coke, 80: B. n
III X, G6; NJ. V. T., "a. Cars lei
over from the previous day were
1873. The mines along the llVlslct
ordered 1855 cars OF which ~ were
for coke loading.
Along the MOnongahela railway
in West Virginia touuy there Is
good car supply also. The place
ilent is 325, while that In the Penn
sylvar"a district Ia SAG. A. total ol
90 cars are assigned in the West
Virginia end TO-DAY. 4 fifty pei
cent. commercial run Of cars 10 eA
pected on the road on Friday:
Today there is full run OF cars
Z on the Helcn's Run and Wyatt
Bingamon branches OF the Western
Maryland railway, aggregatlng 10
A full run of empties is expected
IOT FEluuy lOdhAAS'
Daily Production.
Production was cut down some
Yesterday on the B. & o. due TO a
limited placement, but the Monon
pnhela and Western Maryland re-
famed their heavy loading and the
aggregate total was fairly strong
for the whole region as O. result. a
total Of 1898 cars OF coal and coke
were loaded, 2l5 cars Of coal and
IS cars OF coke we're loaded in the
region.
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
yesterday there were 793 cars OF
coal and coke loaded-775 cars OF
coal and Is cars OF coke. So9 a. loaa'
ing was 500 cars east and 1855 cars
west with IL cars OF coke east and
cars west. Nineteen cars OF coal
were loaded by wagon mines yes
Loading on the MonongahsIa
railway in West Virginia yester'
DAY was 331 cars Of coal, with oper'
ations In the Pennsylvania district
loading 1863 carloads.
Mines along the Helen's Run and
! Wyatt. Bingamon branches or the
Western Maryland railway on Wed
nesday loaded 100 cars OF coal
IS cars on the Helen's Run branch
and Al cars on the Wyatt-BinSa'
mon branch.
Daily shipments of the Monon'
Eah division OF the Baltimore ano
Ohio railroad on Wednesday were
| as follows: Curtis Bay, 15S cars
ST. Georges, 10 cars: lakes, 131
cara; Michigan points, 5 cars:
Ohio points, 10 cars; MIscellane.
Gus western points, 32 cars.
Railroad Fuel,
Railroad fuel loading of the B.
& o. railroad on wednesday total
ed 2S4 carloads. These consign-
ments were made yesterday: y. q
q, 70 cars; Bangor 0g S 6 Af9 2sI9sK
IL cars: Lehigh Valley, II cars;
| New York, New Haven and Hart
| ford. 70 cars; P. & R., 4S cars;
boston and Maine, Is cars; Maine
| Central, 40 cars; Erie 4 cars;
West Shore, "a cars; Central OF
| New England, 10 cars.
Embargo Still on.
The Western Maryland contin'
ues today TO have ap embargo on
coal for pier shipments OF the MO
| uongahela railway. Coke ship
Iuants have been permitted TO move
east over the Western Maryland,
however.
In UnlontowR, Pa. announce
msnt mas been made OF the sale Of
600 acres Of coal and surface prop
critics for 81 100000. The property
was sold by UnIontowu interests 10
n Cleveland, Ohio, syndicate
The holdings involved II the deal
| include 5,SR7 acres OF coal and j.
] nm nrrna of anrfnne GrnuMh IN