The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-10-18
AIR.. PRACTICES
5IjlEIIhITTEE TO
EEL COMPLAINTS
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Ii pursuance OF this It will
try to Iron out the complaints 10
4 i5b MAJ at the conference on Tues
DAY ID Wheeling.
Sss453 ,this Term Of federal court III
Wheeling, which begins on Tues
[ day, there will be no special grand
8 irify . because District Attorney
atker realizes that the operators
Il 81 Northern West Virginia are gem
4 eFatlSs ynaklng an honest effort To
rediica5 the price of coal. although
sit Is a difficult task to perform
4 when moral suasion and persua.
x Sion are the only forces that may
be employed by the coTnmttee'
Tie only reason that the confer
aIlce ID being held in Wheeling ID
shecarse Mr.. Walker will be there
"a connection with his court du-
"A Operators who know the lay OF
the land realize that the price OF
other commodities are and they
iilid erstafid, too, that the govern
nent means business this time.
additional assistant district attor-
y news have been added to the De
partfnent OF Justice and prosecu-
lions will follow violations. The
next time the entire industry Will
not be summoned to appear before
4 grand jury, but only those that
I. have violated the Lever act
Directors Meeting.
q Directors OF the Northern West
Virginia Coal Operators Associa'
4 Ion will meet on Wednesday AT
lgernoon at 2 O'Clock instead Of Tues
dny at the rooms OF the Northern
West Virginia Coal Operators AS.
ISOLATION. President Fleming urges
all the members to attend because
4, OF matters of Importance cominS
mp for action.
Last week total OF S,519 cars
& OF coal and coke were produced IN
the f'airmont region. This COZ consist 81,
ed OF $3.50 cars OF coal ana l39
cars OF coke.
E Mines along the Monongah diyl'
s sion OF the Baltimore and OHIO ralt'
4 road last week produced 6,I65 cars
az coal and coke, which is just 13o
cars shy of the previous week, but
$40 cars heavier tl:an two weeks
AGO. Last weeks production was
3l1 cars shy of the corresponding
week Of October, 1919, the coal pro
duction running 425 cars shy while
: EQ6NEOh6 3PEOuuSIAOA 4oS1 "A 49,
1OS cars heavier. Eastward last
7. week there were 1000 cars OF coal
loaded while westward there were
1856. Coke loading last week was
Z agslight bit heavier to the east than
usual at So cars. To the west there
I, were 81 carloads of coke moved.
7SS(1ntte aSboOat was noticed in wagon
coal loading last week on the Mo-
nongah division, which scared 10
So cars, almost 10 cars heavier
/ than usual.
Operations along the Mononga'
laiieIa railway last week loaded 2,O9l
GAYS 81 coal, which was 146 cars
Stronger than last week and there
shy sets new weekly loading rec
ofd-an average Of approximately
so cars Of coal day i'll the west
Virginia district. There were 1885
cars Of coal loaded in the Pennsyl-
Yania district last week.
"A total OF 663 cars OF coal were
sioaded last week on the Helen
Run and Wyatt.Bingamon branches
! Of the Western Maryland railway.
Daily Car Supply.
A total Of 1,738 cars are on the
Monongah division of the Baltimore
y and Ohio railroad today. The early
.morntng placement is 100. The
mines along the division ordered
e7S6 cars Of which &c were for
coke loading. Cars today are elias
$slfied as follows: Open, 1881:
coke, SO; M. v. T., SO; B.. NJ. |. X,
rs. Cars left over from the previ
Gus day were 176. All of the mines
are at work today along the dlvl'
sion.
railway in the West Virginia dis
trIct Today number 1926. while those
IN the Pennsylvania district we're
There Is a full run OF cars along
the, Western Maryland spurs today:
numbering between IT'S and zoo
empties.
Robert Grant, Boston, president,
I a1dsJ. ]. MCSWeney, Baltimore, and
~. "A Alden, Boston, another Off
ciRl of The New England Fuel and
< Transportation company, arc here
son, general superintendent OF the
operations at Grant Town and
townsville. While in FatrmOnt
they are registered at Hotel Far.
mont.
III D. II. Gilbert, OF the Davis Coal
/, company, Morgantown, returned to-
T day, from New York city.
~ Market Conditions.
The coal market continues to be
soft as, to. line shipments and TO
takes especially, which has drop
ped5to $3.50. The agitation against
high prices has not stimulated the
market by any means and coal opr
orators are anticipating even lower
& price levels on line shipments than
those now existing.
a. and o. Movement
Is Twonty-nine trains were drawn
east of Grafton on Sunday in which
1929 loads were included and OF
that number 81 loads were coal.