The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-29
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OF the United States Railroad admin
istration, will meet the operators.
Car shortage, 1t is presumed, will be
dwelt upon extensively.
Daily Production.
Fairmont region on Wednesday pro-
duced SIG cars Of coal and coke-507
cars OF coal and cars Of coke
Mines along the Monongah division
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad on
Wednesday produced 42S cars OF coal
and coke-414 cars of coal and 9 cars
OF coke.
Operations in the West Virginia
district OF the Monongahela railroad
loaded SO cars of coal This is 8 cars
more than the early placement ran
yesterday. Mines in the Pennsylvania
district loaded 1853 cars of coal on
Wednesday.
Daily consisnments.
Coal ltllded east OF the Monongan
division Of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad totaled 376 cars while there
were 80 cars OF coal loaded west. or
the 8 cars Of coke loaded there we're
z cars loaded west and 2 cars load
ed east.
These consignments were made yes
terday! Curtis Bay, 20 cars; Michigan
points, 9 cars; Ohio points, 16 cars;
miscellaneous western points, Is cara.
Railroad Fuel.
Railroad fuel consignments off the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad on We'd
nesday aggregated 1873 cars. B. & o..
fuel totaled 70 cars on Wednesday.
Maine Central is receiving good sized
consignments this week. Practically
all of the other railroads ordering fuel
here are receiving consignments of a
very greatly reduced tonnage.
New Superior Loading.
Two cars Of coal a day is being load
ed by the new operation. of the New
Superior Coal and Coke company
along the Baltimore ana no RAJ. rOu,t
at Shinnston. Thirty miners IL, tm-
ployed there.
United Mine Workers.
Ira Marks, district board member
and John Custalac, district organizer.
is in the Morgantown fields today.
Sanford Snyder, international or
gantzer. Is at Eyerson tday;
Edward Matthews, secretary OF sub
district 4, is at Glen Falls today.
SOnSoi OIIiGe9 Closed.
Out OF respect for Col. Jere H.
Wheelwrtght, late chairman of the
board of directors of The Consolida-
ton Coal Company who died in France
but who is being buried today in Bal
timore. the offices of the company in
the Watson building were closed all
afternoon. Offices in the Pennsyl-
yania, Kentucky and Maryland divi-
sions and the corporations general
offices in Ne wYork and Baltimore
were also Closed. Officials and min.
ing men from all over the country
are attending the funeral today.
Funeral services were held this az
ternoon at Emmanuel Episcopal
church in Baltimore. Burial will be
in Greemont cemetery where tho body
will res besid ethat OF his wife, who
died three years ago.
The active pail beartrs will be fol-
lowing officials CT the Consolidation
Coal Company and subsidiary COM
panies: Frank R. Lyon and Brooks
Fleming, tr., of Fairmont: F. w. Will
shire and W. NJ. Wiltshire OF New
York; E. M. Mancourt, of eDtroit; S.
D. Camden, of New oYrk; George NJ.
Alexander. of Fairmont; W. L. An
drews and J. Walter Lord, of Raltl-
more and Graeme Turnbull, of Mon
treal.
The honorary pail bearers will be
Col. G. w. Watson and Gen. Samuel
McRoberts, of New York: S. n. War
field, Senator John Walter Smith and
H. Crawford Black, of Baltimore; Sem
ator ]. N. Camden. of Kentucky;
George w. Fleming, of New York;
Walton Miller Fairmont; Edward
Saunders, Jr., of st. Paul; w. x. Field
Of Pittsburgh; Percy B. McLaren and
Captain Raj PaT, Of Baltimore; Ed