The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-12-20

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$50 tons u coal. ma 10 earg q
Mines along the Monolgah d.
vision OF the B. and o. last week
loaded 64sS cars Of coal aud coke
6S44 cars Of coal CS17,g0p tons)
and 149 cars Of coke. This was ths
next to the largest coal and coke
loading OF the year. Only once vas
1t exCelled and at that the differ
ence was only S61 ears greater.
The record weekly loading Of 1920
was established on the division
during the week ending July 81,
when 1854 cars OF coal and coke
6752 cars focal and 1Qs Of coke,
were produced.
Operations along the Charleston
division of the B. and o. last week
loaded 1853 cars Of coal.
and WyattBingamou brancehs Of
the Western Maryland railway last
week loaded 531 cars OF coal. The
production was somewhat curtRiled
by the scarcity OF emptiss and late
arrival into the field due to rail-
road derailments.
Loading on the Monnngahela
railway last week totaled 200 cars
of coal. Operations in the Penn
sylvania district Of the line load
ed 2425 cars.
Saturdays Loading
Fairomnt region on Saturday
loaded 1928 cars Of coal and coke
1875 cars Of coal and IS Of coke.
Operations along the MononEah
division of the B. and 0. on Sat
urday loaded SS7 cars Of coal and
coke-S59 Of coal and 20 Of coke.
There were S02 cars Of coal loaded
east and 81 cars west With cars
OF coke east and 20 west. Only two
cars OF coal were loaded by wagon
mines on Saturday.
Mines along the Charleston divi-
sion OF the B. and o. on Saturday
loaded 90 cars of coal. Ffty-six
cars of coal were loaded by rail-
roads on Saturday along this divi-
sion, or which 60 cars we're Sc
cured by the d. and o. and 81 by
foreign lines.
Along Helen's Run and Wyatt
Bingamon branches of the Western
Maryland on Saturday there were
3 Tears Of coal loaded. OF that 10
cars were loaded along the Hell
ems Run branch and az along the
Wyatt-Bingamon.
Loading on the Mouongaheia
railway on Saturday loaded 2ss
cars Of coal in West Virginia and
357 in Pennsylvania.
Daily Shipments
These daily shipments were
made off the MononEah division OF
the B. and o. on Saturday: Cur
tbs Bay, 100 cars; st. Georges, IL;
Michigan, Q; Ohio points, mis-
cellaneous western points, IL.
Railroad Fuel
Railroad fuel loading on the Mo-
nongah division of the B. and o. on
Saturday totaled 404 loads. The
B. and o. secured 113 cars OF fuel
while foreign lines received 291.
Consignments off the division on
Saturday were as follows: B. and
o., 113 cars; Bangor and Arostock,
IA; Cumberland and Pennsylvania,
5; c. of N. j., 20; Lehigh Valley,
255; New York, New Haven and
Hartford, 40, P. and R., 60; Boston
and Maine, 90; Maine Central, "a;
Maryland and Pennsylvania, 1;
Erie, 5; West Shore, 81; Central Of
New England. ~.
Heaviest r. r. Fuel
Last week the heaviest weekly
railroad fuel loading Of 1890 was
made off the Monongah division
of the B, and o. at 1851 cars. The
previous record for the year was
for the week ending December 4,
when pap cars of railroad fuel
were loaded. The other big weekly
loading das during the week end
ing August IA, which was 2311 cars
The record weekly railroad fuel
loading on the division was for the
week ending December 10, 1919,
during the bitumipous coal strike)
when 1854 cars of coal were ship
ped off the division. Those were In
the days when diversions we're re-
sorted to by the railroad admin
istration.
To Sell Tract Again.
A dispatch from Wheeling states
the following In regard to the pros
pective sale Of $500 acres Of coal
at Round Bottom, Marshall county.
w. Va:
Concerning an announcement
from Uniontown, Pa, to the. effect
that an unnamed Ohio company
has purchased 1900 acres Of coal
at Round Bottom, Marshall coun-
ty, from the Round Bottom Coal
and Coke company at price of APP
proximately $50 an acre, Attor-
ney James T. Miller, Of Munds-
vile. has stated that such deal Is
being negotiated by a single indi-
vlduaI whose identity he cannot
reveal at this time.
1.-The tract involved is the 1900
acres at Round Bottom, fronting
on the Ohio river i've miles below
Moundsville, known as the Round
Bottom tract. At the price named
in the Unointown report OF the
pending purchase the tract will
change hands within the next two
weeks at figure OF approximately
a quarter of million dollars"