The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-13
Fourteen Hundred and
Eight Cars of Coal on
Monongah Division.
CAR SUPPLY BAD TODAY
Outlook for the Remainder
Of the Week is Not
Encouraging.

That mines along the Monongah df.
vision Of the Baltimore and Ohio rail.
road wilt load coal If they secure ade:.
quate number o; empties was demon.
strated OF Monday when there were
i140S cars of coal asd coke loaded on
the division. Even at that some OF
the mines could have loaded more
carsit they had secured the number
OF empiies desired.
Mondays loading was the heaviest
daily loading since the record break
er,, 1926 cars which was established
on October 27. Yesterdays loading
consequently was the heaviest Of the
new year as we'll as the strongest
since the big coal strike broke,
OF ths 1408 cars loaded on the di-
vision on Monday, 1902 OF them were
coal and cars were cokes
Placement Poor Today.
Ten mines are idle today on the
Monongah division of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad because OF an inad-
euqate car supply due in part to the
late placements, There are 1047 cars
in the region OF which 1889 are open
tops and s coke cars There were but
rs cars left over from the previous
day. Mines along the division today
ordered 1858 cars
Unles a bunch iof empties appears
suddenly the car supply on wednes-
day will even run shorter and proba-
bly, this viii continue for the remain
der OF the week.
Daily Consisnments.
There were 1922 cars OF coal loaded
east end 1s0 cars loaded west on the
B. & q. railroad on. Monday. OF the
cars Of coke loaded on Monday
there were 4 loaded west and 2 east.
Three cars of coal were loaded by
wagon mines and 6 cars were loaded
from storage piles.
Curtis Bay shipments totaled 206
cars. this being about the wind up OF
export fuel although considerable coaI
will continue to go to Curtis Bay for
transmission by coaa-wise traffic to
New England. Other shipments were
Michigan points, 33 cars; Ohio points
Ga cars miscellaneous western points
S3 cars.
Railroad Fuel
With the loading increased in the
region on Monday the railroad fuel
consignments increased also, going tc
2S6 carloads. OF this the heaviest tor
nage-S4 cars went to the B. & o.
railroad. P. G R. received heavy
consignment while New York Central
New York, New Haven & Hartford
I.ehigh Valley and Pere Marquette
showed heavier consignments.
Jamison Officials Here.
Today number OF officials of the
Jamison Coal and Coke company are
in the region visiting the West Vir-
ginia operations. They are: George
,B. Taylor, assistant general mana
ger; C. E. Cowan, chief engineer; R
E. Jamison, purchasing agent, and
Robert P. Jamison, connected also
with the general offices, all OF Green's
burg, Pa.
United Mine Workers.
Sanford Snyder, international or
ganizer, is today taking up some cases
in Fairmont.
Edward Matthews, secretary Of sub
district 5, and John Custalac, distric,
organizer, are in the Clarksburg fields
today.
H. E. Peters, president OF sub dis
trict 4, is expected to come to Fair
mont tonight or Wednesday from his
home in Charleston.
To Return Today.
G. T. Bell, executive vice president
OF the Northern West Virginia Coal
Operators Association. will return
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