The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-05-27
WELFARE PROBLEMS UP
Experts viii Talk About
Pressing Engineering
Problems.

Ttwo Fafrmout men ar0.on Lne pIV
ram for the twenty.second annual ses
Sion of the West Virginia Coal Mining
institnte which will take place at tneI
Nederick hotel in Huntington Tues
dav and wednesday Of next week. =.
II Tarleton, head Of the West YIN.
einta division Of the Consolidation
Coal company, Is down for an address
m :sTbe Storage Of Coal In Relation
N IN Uniform Production" at the morn
ing session Of the second day and Jose
w w Reid. director Of safety Of the Con-
soiidation company will make an 40,
dress on Organization Methods ana
Results Of Safety Departments az, az .ns
afternoon session on the same gay.
The opening session Of the institute
Tnesday morning will be devoted %
consideration Of welfare problems ana
there win be addresses BY Dan Sewers;
ssnnerintendent s Of the welfare work ol
tSe portsmouth Solyay Coke company
At Edeerton. and by ". A. Craven, sn
perintendent Of the Pocahontas Coai
cnmnany. Of Arista At the afternoo!a,
session Of the opening day there VIII
he | an |important discussion on the rela,
tion percentage Of extraction Of eoal
area area 10 the cost Of mining. Among
those who will discuss this problem;
so s imnortaut In determining thu cost 0!
nrodnction will be R. F. Carson, OF
Hnntington: ". E. Fohl, Pittsburgh,
and 4. 3. Claggett chief engineer Oh
ths I Pocahontas Coal and Coke com
nany With headquarters al. Blneneat
~ Lake Erie MoEmg Coal
After having been In force tof az
veeks the embargo on the receipt Of
freIeht Shipments has been lifted on
the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie rail-
road. Reports received this morning
by Thomas D. Connell. freight agent
NJ the Monongahela railroad, indicate
that the congestion which made the
embargo necessary has been greatly
relieved. It is expected that 2 mark
cd improvement in the coal situanon
will result from the action OF the
Lake Erie officials.
Regional Statistics
Eighty-seSen mines are idle In the
Fairnont region this morning, seven
omre than were in operation yester-
day. Five hundred and etghty-tWo
cars were loaded on the Baltimore
and Ohio yesterday, Of which NUMBER
one hundred went to Curtis Bay,
three TO St. Georges pier and four
hundred and twenty to various other
points for domestic consumpoon-Fo
ty-fiye cars were loaded west to mis-
cellaneous points.
Tventy-one trains, consisting OF
nine hundred and eighty-si1 cars,
went east from Grafton yesterday.
OF the sixteen hundred and SIX cars
ordered for loading in the region this
morning. five hundred and eighty-two
were placed at seven o'clock on the
r, 4 o. One hundred and ten cars
have been placed on the Western
MarTland end none on the Mononga-
hela railroad. Tomorrow the West,
ern Maryland will have one hundred
and fen cars on the Helen's Run and
Bingamon branch:
Personal Mention.
E S. Mccullough. labor commits
sioner OF the Northern West Virginia
Coal Operators association. returned
his morning from the EIkins district,
where he had been in conference with
officials Of the United Mine Workers.
W. K. Sckaefer. traffic represent
tattiye oi tie operators association,
has returned fron q three days In.
spection trip through the Fairmont
region. -...,.. =,
the aB!timore and Ohio railroad, at
baltimore, T. v. Reddy. fuel cnper-
visor at Pittsburgh. and ]. z Seotten,
fuel supervisor at Grafton. were In
Fairmont last night.
Directors to Meet
A meeting Of the board Of directors
OF the Northern West Virginia Goa!
Operators association has been called
by eGorse T. Bel executive vice pres
dent, for Mopday afternoon, May 81,
at two O'Clock.