The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-11-22
SOME COAL

SONE COAL
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fully 200 empties. All of the op-
erations have sufficient cars today.
Along the Charleston division OF
the Is. and O. r. Il. today there
are 14O empties and all OF them
are placed. The mines ordered
325 ears.
Is. aud o. Movement
The Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road during the past few days
made a good showing in cleaning
upvthe accumulated coal loads,
This morning there were probably
500 east bound coal loads UnmOved
while there were 500 west bound
coal loads yet to move.
On Saturday there were twenty
trains drawn east Of Grafton by
The 3. and O.. R. R. in which. there
we're S78 loads Of which 500 were
To the west there were IT'S
IUduS uAONSN VI "AAAAh CS N4"HNH
went to the lakes.
Twenty-six trains were operated
east of Grafton on Sunday In
which there were 1887 loads of
which $50 loads were coal. West
ward there were 26O loads Of
which $50 cars went to the lake.
Last week the B. and o. moved
1891 30 { OAp lands noGf 0f
which 5123 loads were coal.
This would mean a daily average
OF 91S loads q day and a daily av-
erage of 731 loads of coal a day ov-
erer a 7-day period.
Monongahela Case
Coal operators belonging to the
Northern West Virginia Coal OPP
orators association who have
mines along the Monongahela and
Morgantown & Wheeling railways
presented their case before the IN
terstate commerce commission IN
Washington, D.. c., on Saturday to
make up certain car shortages and
damages. The car shortage phase
Of the case was dropped, but the
operators seek 10 be rewarded Tor
losses sustained by an unfair car
distribution. The case has been
submitted on merit and the ques-
ton of whether the operators are
entitled to damages probably Will
be decided by the Interstate Com
merce Commission within a Few
months. II damages are allowed
then the next step will be for the
commission to set n date for the
operators to file their individual
claims. G.. r. Bell represented the
operators.
Il. and o. Reticent
According to reports received
here the Interstate Commerce
Commission has written a letter to
the B. and O. R. r. asking 1t
whether it chose to select a date to
complain about the order of the
commission directing that carrier
10 cease c~Onfiscating coal at the
mines. Thus far the B. and o. Il.
R. has made no reply.
Spoke to Ripley
While in New York City last
week G. T. Bell conferred with
Prof. Ripley, of Harvard Univer-
sity, economist, and advisor to the
Interstate Commerce Commission
in regard to the merging Of raw
roads SO as to form a limited num-
her Of systems in the country. The
Monongahela Railway was the sub
ject referred to and the general
complaint on joint ownership.
which has proved very un~satisfac-
tory. Eventually under the plan
this line will no doubt either go to
the P. and l.. E. or p. r. R. sys-
TEN,
Personal Mention
Robert Grant, Boston, president
of The New England Fuel and
transportation Company, is in the
Fairmont region today.
G, D. Robinson, Robinson Coal
Company, has returned from a
trip to Philadelphia and the East.
H. W. Showalter, Black Dia-
mond Coal Company, is in New
York City. He will probably re-
turn Wednesday.
Market Conditions
With the. lake season extended a
portion of this week the coal pric-
es for that character of business
ranged from $3.50 to S4.75 with
apparently the bulk going at $3.50.
There was a lone sale at $4.26.
Line shipments YER lowering
around the $4.25 mark.
Daily Shipments
These daily shipments were
made off the Mouongah division
of the B. and o. r. r. on Satur-
day: Curtis Bay, 1905 cars; st.
Georges. IS cars; lakes, "a cars;
points, 6 cars. miscellaneous west
ern shipments. "a cars.
Railr0ad Fuel
Railroad fuel shipments off the