The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-12-23
General Let-Up at Mines
Until After Janu-
ary 1, 1921
Miners being PAID
Coal Companies Provide
Workers With Christ
mas Funds

| EnpLleS on Lu6 mouOu6du AAhH
sion of the B. & .. R. R today
dropped to $40 OF which S25 were
placed at Z o'clock this morning.
The operations along the division
! today ordered 1923 cars Of which
| 79 were for coke loading. Cars to-
day were classified as follows:
Open, 769; coke, 79; B. NJ. I. X,
I79E M. v. T., Is. Cars left over
from the previous day were PA. AS
a result Of car shortage today there
were 42 mines idle.
Along the Monongahela railway
today there were 302 placed In the
West Virginia district OF which
there were ITO assigned. In the
Pennsylvania district there were
464 empties placed. Along the
Morgantown & Wheeling railway
today there were 100 empties
placed.
Car supply on the Helen's Run
and wyattB.ngamon branches OF
the Western Maryland railway to-
day was ragged. There we're but
, 10 empties and these we're left
overs" from Wednesday. The emp
ties failed to arrive due to crews
Ibeing outlawed under the 16-hour
law.
A total OF 40 e1npties were on
the Charleston division Of the b.
& o. r. R. today. All Of the emp
ties were placed by o'clock this
morning. There were 800 ,empties
ordered by the operations along
that division. Sixteen empties were
placed along the Buffalo Creek G.
Gauley railroad.
Daily Production.
Fairmont region on Wednesday
produced. 1888 cars of coal and
coke-1,266 cars OF coal and %
cars of coke.
Mines along the Monongah d.
vision of the B. & o. R. R, on We'd
nesday loaded 773 cars OF coal and
coke-751 cars OF coal and % cars
of coke. Coal loading to the east
was 710 cars and west So cars. The
coke loaded was 16 cars west and
| 6 cars east. No coal was loaded
by wagon mines yesterday.
Operations along the Mononga-
hela railway on Wednesday load
ed 40e cars OF coal In the West Vir-
gfnia district and 307 cars in the
Pennsylvania district.
Loading along the Helen's Run
and Wyatt.Bingamon branches OF
the Western Maryland railway on
Wednesday totaled lis cars OF coal,
of which 6S cars we're loaded on
the Helen's Run branch and AZ
cars along the WyattBingamon
branch.
A total Of 16o cars OF coal was
loaded on the Charleston division
OF the B. & o. r. R.
Daily Shipments.
Daily shipments of the Monon-
gah division Of the B. & o. r. r.
on Wednesday were as follows:
Curtis Bay, ia cars; st. Georges,
26 cars; Michigan points, 20 cars;
Ohio points, cars; miscellaneous
western points, 36 cars.
Railroad Fuel.
There were AL cars Of railroad
fuel loaded on the Monongah divi.
sion Of the P. & o. R. R. on We'd.
nesday. OF this there we're 14S
cars received by the B. & o. r. r.
and 263 cars by foreign carriers.
Consignments were as follows:
B. & o., 14S cars; Bangor & Aro-
stock, 4 cars; Delaware & Hud-
son, Z cars; Central OF New Jer.
sey, 16 cars: Lehigh Valley, 29
cars; New York Central, z cara:
New York, New Haven & Hartford,
SO cars: P. & R.. SO cars; P. R.
R, z car; Boston & Maine, Is
cars; Maine Central, 36 cars:
Erie, s cars; West Shore, 19 cars;
Central Of New England, 10 cars.
Mining Conditions.
II Is reported that forty-five
mines are not working today large.
ly due to the lack OF orders. The
wiser operators are not loading
coal these days unless they have
orders. Loading up cars and per-
mitting them to stand on the sid
ings has the effect not only Of
demoraliEing the market but also
puts the operator under the penal.
ty of demurrage and receiving cars.
Where operators permit dead"
loads to accumulate the railroads
WIN no doubt but It at mere sum.
There Is a tendency all over the
region to ease up work more or
less on Friday and continue easing
up until the first Of the year. Pool
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