The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-09-07
.ENPTIES ARE
NUMEROUS IN
. REGION TODAY
Many Operators Attend
ing Scale Confeence at
Baltimore

With three days to accumulate
empties the railroads Of the Fair
mont region have been busy and
the next few days should see heavy
loading. In fact all of the lines
have a goodly number Of emDties
today and the miners after the Lo-
Dor day observance will no doubt
buckle down to work and do some
real loading.
On the Monongah division Of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad today
there are 2,S25 empties, and Of
this number there are 1926 placed
for today's loading. The cars are
classified as follows: Open, 2,627;
coke, 80; MVT, rs; BMIX, l34.
There were 1859 cars ordered by
the mines along the division and
OF this number 80 are for coke
loading. There are SIS hopperS
stored today for placement Tues
day on the NJ. r. branch of the B.
& o.
Along the Monongahela railway
today there are ATS empties plac-
| ed, Of Which 12O are assigned cars,
356 commercial cars being in the
West Virginia end. Pennsylvania
operations today have q placement
of 419 cars. There will be a SO
per cent commercial run on We'd
,nesday.
Empties on the Western Mary
land railway flowed freely accord
ing to expectation and today
there are 1874 cars placed on the
Helen's Run and Wyatt-Bingamon
spurs.
Grimm is Promoted.
Bruce H. Grimm is the new su-
perIntendent of the power and me-
chanical department Of the West
Virginia division of the Consolida-
tion Coal company. He had been
assistant to Mr.. Hines who recently
resigned. Mr.. Grimm has been
connected with the company since
August, 1914, having come here
from Ithaca, N. Y, where he was
graduated from the mechanical
and engineering department Of
| Cornell university the same year.
For some time he had been an
electrical engineer in the general
office Of the power and mechanical
department of the company, which
covers all operations OF the con-
Cern.
: Scale Meeting.
All eyes in the region are turned
! toward Baltimore, where the joint
committee TO adjust the wages of
day workers at the mines began q
session at noon today at the South
ern hotel. Just how long this SEES
sion will last is a matter of con-
! lecture, but it is believed that the
award will be given within com
paratively short time.
/ The Falrmont region will natur-
ally follow suit on the wage adj
vance Of 25 per cent as was allow
ed in the central competitive field,
this being necessary in order to
stabilize labor and to eliminate
any shifting to and fro.
Are Mt Baltimore.
Although the number is expect
cd to be supplemented largely
from operators all over the region
among coal men at the wage con-
ference at Baltimore today are
Brooks Fleming, president of the
Northern West Virginia Coal Oper-
ators' association; Frank R. Lyon,
vice president OF the Consolidation
Coal company; C. H. Tarleton,
manager Of the West Virginia di-
vision OF the Consolidation Coal
comp-iy; John A. Clark, Jr.. Of
the Clark interests; G. H. Jenkins,
secretary and treasurer of the
/ Hutchinson Coal comapny: s. D.
Brady, Of the Brady interests; G.
IT. Bell, executive vice president Of
, the Northern West Virginia Coal
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