The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-11-12

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made by the H. ]. Booth interests
! Pittsburgh glass manufacturers, to
load coal at their coal tracts near
Morgantown. Recently the Booth
interests secured 100 acres Of land
! on the east side of the Monongahela
river and opposite the coal land,
ACQUIRED within the past few
months. 1t is understood that
loading plant will be erected there
and the coal will be conveyed from
! the mines across the river in
; cables. This will enable the load
J ing of the coal on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad and on boats ut
the river front IN addition to the
Monongahela railway. The build
ing OF the plant is under way now.
The Booth glass interests con-
sumo approximately 10000 tons OF
coal a month and already they have
ordered 100 privately owned cars
toG convey the coal to the various
glass plants In the western part OF
Pennsylvania.
During the latter part OF August
the Booth interests purchased the
plant of the North Fairmont Coal
Company in which was included
332 acres OF Pittsburgh gas coal.
This acreage was backed up by 1929
acres of coal, which the concern
secured from The New England
Fuel and Transportation Company
this week.
Clarkshurs Congestion.
Reports from Clarksburg early
this Afternoon Indicate that the ac-
cumulation OF coal loads in that
section has not cleared up any.
Many mines 1t is claimed cannot
get cars placed due to the accumu.
lation OF loads on their sidings. The
operators there have asked the
Northern West Virginia Coal Oper-
ators' Association TO Investigate
the matter SO that actual facts
might be secured and that no un-
Just complaint be made against the
B. & O.
= There are reports current that
some OF the coal has been under
load since early in the week and
thus far has not heen, moY9d IL MS.
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rather seriously
More :WRapnero Quit.
The recent drop of coal prices
has put more wagon mines out OF
the running, according to reports
from Clarksburg. Fully dozen
more OF such mines are closed down
in addition to the SO or more that
! were reported down at the end OF
last week.
The wagon mines have been un'
able to dispose OF their coal and the
box cars are standing on sidings
under load Nothing short Of cold
spell, which will stimulate buying,
will prevent this coal from remain.
ing there for an indefinite period OF
time.
Daily Car Supply.
On the Monongah division of the
B. & O. railroad today there are
1901 emptIes Of which 725 were
placed early. The mines ordered
1857 cars OF which 26 were for
coke loading. Cars are classified
as follows: Open, 694; coke, 26:
M. v. T., So; B. NJ. l. X, 246.
There were 1866 cars left over from
the previous day.
Along the Monongahela railway
today there were 29S empttes placed
In the West Virginia district OF
which ia were assigned for rail-
road fuel loading. Emphes IN the
Pennsylvania district today were
2S9. The probabilities are that the
car supply on Saturday will be
somewhat limited.
Mines along the Helen's Run and
Wyatt -Bingamon branches OF the
! Western Maryland railway today
have TO empties. These mines eX'
pect a full run on Saturday.
Operations along the Charleston
division OF the B. & o. railroad to-
day have 115 empties all Of which
are placed. The mines ordered 300
cars.
Opening Coal Mine.
Dorsey Cork, an oil operator, Is
launching into the coal business
and is opening mine ut Mt. Clare,
Harrison county. It is Pittsburgh
coal. The mine will load a small
tonnage at first but eventually will
produce from 400 to 500 tons. The
mine will start to load coal on De-
cember 1.
3. q o. Movement.
East Of Grafton the B. & o. rail
road moved twenty-six trains on
Thursday in which there were j.
1873 loads drawn. OF that there
were 829 loads Of coal. West there
I were 11S loads moved OF which 40
cars went to the lakes.
Market Conditions.
Little change was noted In the
coal market today. II anything the
market was just a slight bit firm
er. Coal sold from $4.75 to 80.
The greater portion sold at the
lowest figure quoted. Some lake
tonnage was selling at $3.50 ton,
which was the prevailing figure al
though in some instances it was
at the general market price, $4.75.
One firm sold 100 cars of lake coal
at IS.
From information received there
annaaPH IN ba an accumulation OF