The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-11-18
One Hundred and Nine
Mines Idle On Mo-
nongah Division
PRICES ARE TIGHTENING
Big Car Supply Continues
But Prices VIII
Advance
Poor car supply is again being

Poor car supply is again being
experienced on the Monongah
division Of the Baltimore and ONO
railroad today, there LcinE 10Y
mines idle. This Ia Two more nincs
idle than yesterday.
EmptIes on the 3. &; o. ratruad
are even scarcer than they weCe on
"Wednesday. Today there are but
745 cmpties, of which j25 were
placed early al the mines, The cars
are classified as follows: Open,
671; coke, "a; BMIX, %: MVr.
"a. Cars left over from The previ-
Gus day were 1875. The operations
alohg the division ordered l,s02
cars--1,77S cars for coal loading
and "a for cars for coke loading.
Operations along The Munonga-
hela railway are also suffer ing
from car shortage today, There
are 16G empties placed IN the West
Virginia district. OF that number
there are 115 assigned cars, which
reduces the commercial cars in the
district TO fifty-one. In The Penn
sylvania district there were l74
empties. placed. .--a.,.-.-----
Cars along the uelen's Run and
WYATT -Bingamon branches Of the
Western Maryland railway today
are quite plentiful, thcre being 40
placed.
Along the Charleston division Of
the B. & 0. railroad today the emp
ties are very much limited, there
being but 90 cars, 70 Of which are
placed. The mines ordered $40
empties.
Daily Production
Car shortage has cut the produc-
tton in the Fairmont region 10
pieces this week. The tonnage pro
duced on the three railroads On
Wednesday would ordinarily be re-
garded poor daily production on
the Monongah division Of the 3.
& o. railroad.
Only 1855 cars of coal and coke
were produced on the three rail-
roads on sWednesday-743 cars of
coal and 13 cars of coke. OF this
the mines on the MonongNa Ltvis-
ion OF the B. 6 o. loaded SIS cars
of coal and Coke-5O2 cars of coal
and 13 cars of coke. Eastward
there were Ala cars of coal loaded
and westward IS cars OF coal. Coke
production also was limited YesLcr-
day with but thirteen cars, pToduc-
ed in the region, and that was
loaded eight cars east and FIVE cars
west. Nine cars OF coal were load
ed by wagon mines.
Mines along the MonOngahela
railway in West Virginia on We'd
nes<lay loaded 1S6 cars of coal
and in the Pennsylvania d istrict
2S5 cars were loaded.
Loading along the Helen's Run
and Wyatt Bingamon branches OF
the Western Maryland railway on
"Wednesday was 55 cars of coal,
this being the only line which had
anything like normal loading in
the region on Wednesday.
Operations along the Charleston
division Of the B. G o. railroad on
"Wednesday loaded 141 cars OF coal
and coke-138 cars of coal and
three cars OF coke. Twenty-nine
cars Of railroad fuel were loaded
Yesterday, of which the B. &c 0. Sc
cured flvo cars and foreign roads
"a cars. twenty-five loads OF coal
was turned. over to the Buffalo
Creek and GauleY railroad.
Market Conditions
General coal prices for all classt-
fications Of coal stood firm at $4.75'
which appears to be about the bot
tom of the market. 1t is the opin--
ion of coal tradesmen that the coal
prices may stiffen some, but run
away market in the near future Is
a thing OF the past. Some coal men
believed thatff the poor car supply
continues It is possible that coa1
may reach the Sc mark.
The lake price today is s. and IN
fact It reached that yesterday and
remained steady at that figure dur
ing the day. Very little lake ton
mage is going forward to the lakes
and in two days the 1920 lake sea-
son will be a thing OF the past.
Some OF the bigger lake buyers
have already eased upon the lake
buying or have abandoned 1t en-
tirely for the season. Some little
lake coal sold at $4.s5, but the bulk
It is understood that the wagon
mines operators OF the region have
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