The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-11-24
CAR SHORTAGE
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or western Maryland railways are
expected to work tomorrow.
Poor Car Supply,

or Western Maryland railways T
expected to work tomorrow.
Poor Car Supply.
AS far as mining goes today, It
might as well be a holiday as well
as Thursday. because the car short
~ is acute-164 mines being idle
on the Monogah division of the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad. Many
OF the large companies today do not
have a commercial car and spot
coal is almost unknown today.
There are but 513 cars On the
dlylsio nand by the time the rail-
road fuel, coke, privately owned
cars and coal loaded by mines un-
der development are deducted there
will be hardly any other coal on the
division. Empties today are CLASH
fed as follows: Open. 422; coke.
"a; BMIX, 46 MVT, q. There are
but AZ Scars placed. There T 93
cars left over form the previous
day. The mines ordered 1,722 cars,
OF which "a were for coke loading.
According to reports received
here, President Willard, OF the B. &
O., has commented upon depressed
business conditions in the east.
Operators feel that II the B. & o.
systemnlwi Dfkr cmfw mypbmbm
system will furnish the cars they
will load them. The present short
car supply is keenly felt in this
region and there appears to be no
explanation for 1t except that the
hopers are going into the hard coal
regions.
Empties along the Monogahela
railway today have 291 placed in
the West Virginia district. or that
number there are II assigned. In
the Pennsylvania district there are
1874 empties placed.
Mine along the Western Mary
land railway arc quite limited as to
car supply, there being but 20 emp
ties. All of the mines have some
cars, but the short Il will tend 10
keep production down.
Today there are 100 empties on
the Charleston division of the B. &
o. railroad and all Of them are
placed. The mines ordered 322
empties.
Lake Season Ends.
The final coal to be shipped from
the Fairmont region to the lagos is
expected to so forth today. The
Consolidation Coal company wound
up its season yesterday, but proba-
bly, would have made some ship
ments today il 1t had secured an
adequate car supply. The season
1t Is said, was not a heavy one for
tho Consol this year. probably not
running more than 5000 cars.
The Valley Camp Coal company
will make its last shipments to the
lakes today. While its permit is
until further notice" the company
has agreed to stop with today's
shipments. The Hutchinson Coal
company shipped its last coal to the
lakes on Saturday.
United Mine Workers
D. a. Scott, Charleston, interna-
tional board member, is in Fair
mont. He came here after a visit
to the southern part Of the state,
where the miners sent clothing and
other provisions.
". f. Ray, district board mem
Der, is here from Charleston.
Robert Peters. William Patch
ell and Henry Wilson. district aud
itors, are here auditing the books
of sub district 4.
Representatives Of the United
Mine Workcrse of America have
been busy this week and last week
checking up on the work of the
new large type of coal cutting ma
chimes in the region. Ira Marks
has been at Pennington: James
McCleary at Norton; Nivk Aiello
At Carolina and Edward Matthews
at Wolf Summit. Two day tests
have been made.
3. & D. Movement.
With the coal loading falling oil
the B. & o. is catching up in NOV