The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-02-25
CAR SUPPLY IS A
B|T|MPROvEDBUT
BAD ENOUGH YET
81 More Cars Than Tues
day and 437 More Than
Last Wednesday.
9G MINES IDLE TODAY
Operators Along Mononga-
hela Hedge on Unload
ing Cars of Stag.
So MINES IDLE TODAY

Car supply on the Monongah divi-
sion Of the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road today showed somewhat of an
Improvement over Tuesday. There
are $50 cars in the region today, which
is only 81 cars more than on Tuesday,
but 437 cars more than last Wednes-
day, when all records of poor car sup.
ply were swept aside when the total
in the region dropped to 252, while
the division has a rating of 1,706.
Ninety-six mines are idle today
against 1876 yesterday.
&While the car supply is slight bit
better today than on Tuesday the early
morning placement is poorer than 1t
! was yesterday. There were 564 cars
placed at the mines by o'clock this
morning, which is a drop of 2S cars
over yesterday. Today's cars on the
division are classified as follows:
Open, 672; coke, II. Cars left over
from the previous day were Is.
In the West Virginia district of the
Monongahela railroad early this morn
ing there was a placement of 256,
while the cars in the Pennsylvania us
trict totaled 261. The indications are
that there will be 20 per cent. car
supply on Thursday. 50
Daily Production.
Coal and coke production in the
Fafrmont region on Tuesday totaled
79S cars-784 cars of coal and IA cars
of coke.
Mines along the Monongah division
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad on
tuesday produced 5SS cars of coal ana
coke-574 cars Of coal and II cars of
coke. There were sos cars of coal
loaded east and IA cars of coal loaded
west. OF the IA cars of coke loaded
there we're eight cars loaded east and
six loaded west. Six cars of coal were
loaded by wagon mines on Tuesday.
Operations in the West Virginia dis
trfct OF the Monongahela railroad on
Tuesday loaded 210 cars Of coal.
There were 245 cars of coal loaded in
the Pennsylvania district.
Daily const9nments.
These consignments were made of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad on
Tuesday: Michigan points, IL cars;
Ohio points, "a cars; miscellaneous
western points, 2s cars.
Railroad Fuel.
Railroad fuel shipments off the Bal
tfmore and Ohio railroad on Tuesday
totaled III cars. The principal con-
signments of railroad fuel yesterday
were secured by the Baltimore and
Ohio, Bangor and Arostock, New York
Central and Philadelphia and Reading
railroads.
East of Grafton.
East of Grafton on Tuesday the Bal.
timore and Ohio railroad drew $50
loads.
"Flu" Hits Mine.
Thirty per cent. of the miners EN-.
ployed at the Tunnelton mine Of the
Clark interests are down with the
i ftf1u." This together with the poor
= car supply has crippled this operation.
On Trip to Region.
Robert T. Magee, New York, repre-.
sentfng the Knickerbocker Fuel Cor.
poration, was in Fairmont yesterday.
Other coal representatives in the re-
gion are: K. D. Bailey, Philadelphia,
manager Of the Wentz Corporation:
T. e. Murphy, Baltimore, Of the Con-
solidation Coal company. C. Brett.
weiser, coal operator, of Barbour
county, was in Fairmont on Tuesday.
Are Not Cooperating.
Quite number of mine operators
along the Monongahela railroad have
failed to signify their intention OF
helping the P. G L. E. railroad in un-
CONTINUED on pexe tuar.l