The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-08
B3 MINES IDLE
ON NONONGAH
DIVISION TO-DAY
Indications Are That Pro.
duction Will be Light
Today.

: Eighty-three mines are idle on the
Monongah division of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad today because OF
car shortage. There are 10 assigned
cara in the West Virginia district of
the Monongahela railway, mad the car
supply on the Helen's Run and Wyatt
BtrEamon branches Of the Western
Z Maryland railroad has shrunk to
forty-hve per cent: Under these cir
themselves so early in the week, pro-
duction in the Fairmont field will be
on the wane this week.
As result OF the scarcity of COM
mercial coal the prices continue to
soar, much 10 the disappointment Of
the operators, who are hoping that an
adequate car supply will stem the tide
OF high prices: In quite a few cases
operators having contracts for ton
!. mage are SO curtailed in production
that they are obliged to go out into
H ten open market and buy colal at sew
eral times the prices they receive for
the contract in order to furnish the
fueI that they are obligated to supply.
Not a single car of commercial coal
. rs being loaded on the Monongahela
Y railway in West Virginia today. Every
one of the Ito empties are assigned
cars. After deducting the privately
owned coke and assigned cars there
are probably ATS cars of coal, but
fully fifty per cent of this is under
contract. with the result that com
mercial loading is cut down to less
thin ESQ cars.
On the Monongah division of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad today
there were 1877 cars, which are CLASH
ned as follows: Open, 623; coke, "a:
n. Q. C. X, six; nj. V. T., "a. The
ealiy morning placement was 6S7.
Cars left over form the previous day
wers 40. The mines ordered 1854
cars ,ot which "a were for coke load
Operations along the Monongahela
reii9ay in West Virginia To-Day have
l1uS cars, all of which are assigned
cars--S1 Canadian Pacific cars and
- New York Central cmpties. In the
pennsylvania district to-day there are
- cars placed. There were no cars
in sight this morning for Wednes-
Gay y toadlns.
Mines along the helen's Run and
Wyatt-Blagamon branch OF the West
eSns Maryland railroad today have
forty-hvo per cent run. there being
81 ompties placed. OF these sixty
yesterday and the remaining three
were left over.
Board Adjourns.
Sessions OF the JOINT board of
Northern West Virginia composed of
operators and miners concluded last
EegecinS at 3 o'clock at tho rooms of
tine cNTthern West Virginia Coal OPP
orators association IN tho Jacobs
building. Harmony filled the session.
The question of dead work and CLASH
y'cssirna IN regard to thu different la
Dor performed in and about the mines
sisa Rs;Ld Lpon iayorsIbiy. The clas-
sihc&+ica o. bumpers remains the
saR!s, the basket men not being in
cludea in this classification.
Going to Hazlcton.
Df. a. Q. Callen, of the department
Of mining, West Virginia University,
MorGantown, and thirteen mining en-
gineer students are doing their sum-
mer mine surveying in the anthracite
mines at Hazleton, This gives the
students the actual practice of mine
work.
Ore People to Pool.
According to Information received
In Fairmont today the Interstate
Commerce commission yesterday d.
rested ore interests at the lakes to
begin pooling their product at once.
The commission laid down the law
ana directed them to do so not later
ore interests the time was extended
to Friday and not later than Monday.
The ore people are the only ones
that hung back on the pooling, the
coal operators and dock managers
agreeing to do it some time ago.
To Register Kick.
Information was received here to-
day that a delegation Of Eastern Ohio
ascpel operators will go to Washington,
d. g., this week to register a kick
against assigned cars with the Inter
state Commerce commission.
Wednesdays Meeting.
Rush G, Butler, chief counsel of
the National Coal association, and
several members of the legal firm of
Butler, Lamb, Foster and Pope will
address the meeting of the directors
Of the Northern West Virginia Coal
Operators association on Wednesday
afternoon at o'clock at the rooms
of the association in the Jacobs build
ing.
at Columbus, Ohio, today and they
will come to Fairomnt with G. T. Bell,
executive vice president of the North
ern West Virginia Coal Operators as
socaition, who Is in that city today.
Mr.. Butler has been as far west as
Chicago in connection with the as
East Of Grafton.
TSs Baltimore and Ohio railroad
on nosday drew $40 loads in twenty
one trains.
Personal Mention.
c. r. Hutchinson, of The Hutchin-
son tosl company, who had been i'll
a. dis homo for almost a week, was
at his office again today.
HARRY B. Clark, OF the Clark inter.
ests, who had been confined to his
home because Of. illness is out doors
/ Daily Loading.
FaiImont region on Monday loaded
1,4s3 cars Of coal and coke-1,437
cars Of coal and 10 cars Of coke.
Loading on tho Monongah division
Of the Baltimore aud Ohio railroad
on Mom,ny; Yes low for The first da?
of tie WeeS at as4 cara. This is about
tho scaStiest MoEday loading, 0;ncr
than holidays, for a long thur. OF
tha SEA ca:s Ia.aGd theTe were 9?i.
cars OF coal and 10 cars or ccs.s,
There were 5sS cars OF coal loaded
eagL and ~ cu,1 OF oo1i loaded wcs..
Thu II cars OF c6ka wore iaAdad east
WAGON mines loaded four carE OK :Oal
MoHJaJ.
OPERATIONS along lha Mnncngabcl9
railway In West Virginia on McnGsy
loade6 5l2 cars OF coal and slosts IL