The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-28
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ISOLATION IN the Jacobs building.
Shortly before noon Q copy 'ol
the United States bitumtnous coai
commissions report = covering
both the majority and minority
phases-was sought and the DIS
cussion has no doubt been deyet
oping into minute details.
Elklns Meeting.
twenty-five members o. Tne
Northern West Virginia Coal 0p.
orators association held a meet
ing al the Y. N. C. A. In Elkins
last evening. These members
have mines along the Charleston
division Of the B. & 0. railroad.
4 very satisfactory meeting was
held, which developed into the
experience" type It was explsi''
ed.
The meeting was called to order
nv A. Spates Brady. Elkins, Of The
BRADY interests, who Is q director
a the Northern West Virginia
Coal operators association, from
The Elkins district. Among those
IN attendance were c. L. vogle'
song. Clay, president, and =. v.
shore Charleston, secretary, OF the
Elk River Coal association, were
also In attendance. This associa-
ion comprises the mines on the
southern end Of the Charleston d..
vision Of the B. & o. railroad.
G. T. Bell. executive vice pres
ident. and ". H. Riley, traffic
manager 0! the Northern West
Virginia Goa! Operators associa'
ton, were present.
Il was decided To send a delega
ton to Baltimore on Monday 10
discuss various matters with b.
| { o. officials. Mr.. Bell accom-
Ipanying them.
$40 Movement.
East Of Grafton on the Bait.
more & Ohio railroad on Friday
mere were twenty-five trains IN
which 1915 loads were drawn: TINS
is the best movement east o. thtt
po!nt since August Is, when y was .
l0s7. OF the 1O45 loads drawn
there were $50 cars Of coal West
oIf The division yesterday there
were 721 loads drawn. Lake
movement yesterday was l25 loads.
Weekly Production. ;,
Production on the Mononsah a.
division Of the Baltimore L ONO
railroad should be heavier inns
week thau last week. II the
mines today produced 500 cars o. y
coal and coke the total loading
for the week will be 5546 or 20!
cars more than last week but lOS
cars less than the week enans
August II. ~, -,
Coke loading this week viii run
heavy and 1t Is expected that fuzzy
| 100 carloads or more will be the
weekly aggregate. ,u.
A total Of 2S4 mines were idle
for the week or IS mines q ia!
on the average.
y fridays Loading.
Loading in the Fairmont region
Yesterday was 1913 cars Of coal
and coke-ls9O cars (s4,5OO tonsl
| Of coal and GO cars Of coke. :.
Mines along the Monongah d.
vision Of the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad on Friday loaded ll2S cars
! Of coal and coke-1100 cars Of coal
| and % cars Of coke. Yesterday a
| total Of S72 loads were loaded east
lone Of the largest in that direc-
ticn for more than a week. TO
the west the coal loading was 2SO
cars. Coke loading at % cars
Jumped with Is to the east aro
| 5 cars to the west. Wagon mines
today loaded 5 cars Of coal.
Operations along the Mononga.
! hela railway on Friday loaded 1SO
cars OF coal in the West Virginia
lriIi.lct and $50 cars Of coal IN
the Pennsylvania district.
A total Of ten cars OF coal were
loaded Friday on the Helen's Run
and Wyatt.Bingamon branches Of
the West Maryland railway.
! Daily Consignments.
Three consiSnmentS were made
off the B. & o. railroad yesterday:
Curtis Bay, 292 cars; lakes, IS;
Michigan points, S. cars; Ohio
points, 40 cars; miscellaneous ives
tern points. 50 cars.
Railroad Fuel.
Railroad fuel of the Monongah
division Of the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad on Friday tota!ed 335 cars
The consinments were as follows:
! B. & O., l29 cars; C. OF \. j., Is
cars; Lehigh Valley. 80 cars; N.
Y. c., 80 cars; N. Y. N. H. & Il
IS cars; P. & R., 81 cars; Wash.
ington & Southern, II; Boston &
Maine, 10 cars; Chesapeake Beeci
Is cars.
A Big Coal Deal.
One Of the largest coal deals OF
the year in Southern West Viz
ginia has been consummated. D.
]. F. Strother Of WEIGH, and
Howard Eavenson, Of Pittsburgh,
obtained title to approximately go.
900 acres Of coal land in Mingo ana
| Mcdowell counties. Part Of the
acreage is under development. The
coal was obtained from the Lasher
estate. Mr.. Eavenson, who Is a con
sulting engineer in Pittsburgh. was
for years associated with the Uni
ted States Coal and Coke company
at Gary, ". Va, as chief engineer.
Operators Upheld.
A dispatch from Washington. D.