The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-11-16
Ninety Three Mines On
Monongah Division
Idle Today
1557 CARS MONDAY
Market For Fairmont
Region Coal Was
Firm Today

Empty supply In the falmOnL
region is today starting to feel the
effect OF the preferential wholesale
hard coal movement to New York
city, Boston and the East, and as
a result there are but 73S cars on
the Monongah division of the B.
& o. r. X. and niney-three mines
are idle.
At first it was thought the gen
cral accumulation Of coal loads on
, the division was a factor and per.
/ haps Is far for the time being, but
/ today information was current in
the region that the ?. & r. and c.
of n. J.-among tho chief empty
| feeders of the Farmont region
were not turning over the empties
after the coal in them had been de-
livered along their llnes.'
With the present situation on
the car supply for the present week
is rather uncertain. Today's cars
are classified as follows: Open,
632; coke, 81; B. M. 1. x, so:
NJ. v. T., rs. Tho early morning
placement fell to G25. Cars left
over from the previous day were
215. Based on the early morning
placement today's commercial cars
will probably not exceed 225 cars.
The mines along the division or.
rered 1,649 cars Of which 81 were
for coke loading.
Placements along the Mononga'
hela railway today were 26S IN
West Virginia and 573 in Pennsyl-
vania with 115 assigned cars in
West Virginia. There will be some
cars on the line on Wednesday, but
the outlook Is uncertain.
One hundred and fifty empties
are placed along the Helen's Run
and Wyatt.Bingamon branches OF
the Western Maryland railway to-
day. Wednesdays supply Is uncer'
| tain.
Today the operations along the
Charleston division Of the B. & O..
R, Il. have total Of 1875 empties
all of which were placed at Z
o'clock this morning, The mines
ordered 800 cars.
Traffic League.
Several matters OF interest 70 the
coal operators will be discussed
at the quarterly meeting OF the
National Industrial Traffic league,
which will meet in New York city
on Thursday and Friday. One OF
these is that when there IS a read
iustment of rates on lake coal car
goes that dtfferentials are not made
so strong against Ohio. Western
PENNSYLVANIA and West Virginia
Operators realize that when the
coal business becomes normal that
the mines of these states VIII not
be able to compete with the opera.
tions OF Illinois and Indiana and
they want to take time by the fore
lock and discuss this point before
,readtustments, which are sure to
come, are made.
Operators are also interested In
the new railrad act which permits
a plan of consolidation OF railroads.
They want either the p. & L. E. or
P. Il. r. to assume whole charge OF
the Monongahela because under the
present joint ownership the car sup
ply, movement and other matters
are vexing problems, and 1t appears
nothing can be worked out very
satisfactory to those concerned.
G. T. Bell, executive vice presi'
dent of the Northern West Vir'
ginia Coal Operators Association,
| will leave FairmoRt tonight for
Washington and thence for New
York city to attend the traffic
meeting.
NJ. r. r. Case Saturday.
Before the Interstate Commerce
commission on Saturday next the
operators along the Monongahela
and Morgantown and wheeling
railroads will present their case
against the P. & L. Z. and p. R. r.
The operators are to induce the
railroads to make up certain car
shortages accrued while the lines
were under government control.
Among the operators VINO are ex'
pected to attend are: S. D. Brady,
c. D. Rbinson, B. M. Chapman, Nor
gantown; E. L. Speaker, Morgan
town; Thomas W. Arnett, V. =.
Cooke, Clarksburg, and Samuel
Purseglove. Morgantowh.
G. T. Bell, executive vice presi'
dent Of the Northern West Virginia
Coal Operators Association, Will
present the operators case.
8. & o. Movement.
Today there are approximately
1900 loads tied up on the Monon'
gah division Of the B. & Q. Il, Il.
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