The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-12-27
BIl..!lAS !. VACATION
BEINGEETENDED
1T MANY MINES
Coal Production Easing
Up,in Face Of Poor
Market
PLENTY OF CARS TO-DAY
Production in the Region
Last Week Was
6333 Cars
.PEENTY OF CARS TO-DAY

A4nSSst 100 mines in the Fair
81 ifofit & region are easing up today
fIyyiarrAngement in many instances
etSif& the miners a number OF COM
paufes decided to knock the day
andRgiye the men another days va
catlpn.
Blffty.one mines along the Monon'
"a IS division of the B. & O. r; r.
sgefe not working today III addition
W kte 100 or more wagon mines
long the division, which have been
,.lossd down for more than u week.
seyenteen operations ere@not
goTIying today along the western
SSiaTyland branches. AAlong the Mo-
q iZahela railway with several eX'
S,es0ti ions the mines appear 70 have
worked today in the West Virginia
] :endf In the Pennsylvania district
tensmines were idle today.
"a. indications are that operations
fhe next week or more will ease
The price of coal is u way on
db about the only mines that care
Work at this stage are those that
well fixed with contracts. This
h generally true OF the larger COM
I 5Iaf1fes! some mines under develop
4 men insist upon working although
lie Sprica Of coal Is such that the
.d dentand is so limited that the oper'
atoT cannot get a sufficient profit
Ut spot prices to warrant any pro
dlcton.
Cars Plentiful,
Bmpties are very plentiful in the
y lion today. All OF the railroads
have placed big brace OF them
3 laving had several days accumula'
on on hand.
Along the Monongah division OF
sstl,s SB. 4! q, r, r. today there aFe s
IS aempties Of which number l.
8219 are placed. Operations along
hs .diyislon ordered 1924 cars.
" Clafs9 are. classified as follows:
jJb6ns s,779; coke, 90; NJ. V. T.,
~ .SsB, M, /. x. 254. Cars left over
4 y ON the previous day we're 3O6.
Generations along the Mononga'
hela railway in West Virginia to.
faSy3 have SS7 empties placed OF
witch "a were assigned. Along the
gantown and Wheeling railway
y 5days there are IFS empties placed.
~ SGuUP peISCSAt" StAA SuPPty
cted for Tuesdays loadtng. In
thGs Pennsylvania district there are
am empties placed.
Today there are IT'S empties
5l6ced along the Helen's Run and
fvyatts sBingamon branches of the
eyE aseern Maryland railway. A 100
Ssr cent, car supply Is expected Tor
TuesdRy's loading.
For the first time for a long time
here .ss q 100 per cent. car supply
along the Charleston division OF
lB. s& o. R.. r. There were $50
Il iefduties Of which 23O cars were
$biaead. The operations ordered
lS280 cars.
Operating Force Meets.
Af The Gore, Clarksburg, this
4 a ftefnoon al! 1870 o'clock there was
Injecting Of the operating force
% The Hutchinson Coal. company.
Y nh general sup erintendent, super
intepdents, assistant superintend'
anta mine foremen, tipple men,
firS bosses, electricians and all
y6npany men were in attendance.
I# Daily Shipments.
BSiIy shipments OF the Mouon.
division Of the B. & o. r. R.
!. IN Friday we're as follows: Curtis
= bay. So cars; Michigan points, 2
\ cafS; Ohio points, 2 cars; Ipis-
cellSneous western points, 81 cars,
~ Railroad Fuel.
Railroad, fuel shipments OF the
slSdon6ngah division of the B. & o.
RI Il, on Friday dropped down to
170 cans. Consignments were as
follows: B. & o., IS cars: c. Of
N: I, 4 cars; Lehigh Valley, 20
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