The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-24

land contends that tnasmuch as The
.irules require shortages to be I'D
justed as soon IS practicable and
as teh commission has made NJ
change In them in that respect. the
iaccruN shortage should be madt
.lup without delay.
! Teh case Is on the docket fol-
oral argument before the fun com
mission during the November
term. Mr.. Bell will argue the case
| for the coal operators.
Daily Car Supply.
Thirty-nine mines are Idle today
on the Monongah division Of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad OWNS
to car shortage. The empdes
which number s91. are classified
as follows: Open, Sss; coke. 40;
BNIX, 50; MvT, 4s. The early
morning placement was $50 and
cars left over from Monday vert
10l. The mines ordered LII
cars, Of which A were desired fol
coke loading.
/ Car supply on the Nonongahels
railway today was a decided I'm
proyement over Monday. There
were 277 empties placed in the
West Virginia district, Of which
number 1O1 were assigned. In the
Pennsylvania district there wert
2s8 cars assigned.
Owing to a wreck between Bow
est Junction. Pa, and Cumberland
on the Western Maryland lines, nc
temples were received for distri'
button on the Helen's Run ant
wyatt.Bingamon branches OF thai
lime and as a result those opera
tons are idle today.
Pc r. Delivery Now.
Information was received in thu
Fairnont region today that the B
60. railroad was again accepting
P. &R. delivery coal shipments Wis
the Shippenburg gateway ant
Western Maryland shipments VII
the Cherry Run gateway. Fol
some time the B. { 0. had beer
moving the P. & R. coal east, bu'
1t was held up because Of conges
ton on the P. & R. This loosendt
up some the other day when onl!
P. & R. and C. Of N. J. fuel wert
acceptable, but yesterday after
noon regular shipments destined
to P. & R. line points we're accept
able.
There Is, however, an embargt
on coal shipments on the Lehigl
Hudson River railroad, which
extends from Phillipsburg. N. J.
to Poughkeepsie,. n. Y, one Of tn
, all.rall routes Down East.
The P. & R. railroad has CANCEL
/. ed permits on coal shipments Il
ii Port Richmond and Port Reading
J not even s. O. II shipments t
New England can be shipped. TN
is that permits vii
! be issued to those piers prooaol!
; before the en- dof the day.
EXCEPTIONS TO Save copy XXI
Personal Mention.
BENJAMIN Bissel, Baltimore, gen
eral manager Of the operations 0
the Century Coal company at Cen
| trry. ". Va, is in Fairmont toda!
to attend a meeting Of the board o
7. b. johnson, traffic manager o
the Hutchinson Coal company, re
. turned yesterday afternoon from
visit to his former home In Boston
= c. H. jenkins, secretary AM
treasurer Of the Hutchinson Goa
company, Is expected 10 returl
,, from Atlantic City on Wednesday
Are Working Again.
The drivers at mine No. 2 OF TIL
: Century Coal company at Century
". Va, are again back to work a!
usual. They were out but one da!
last week. Production is running
full as usual.
Installing ASet.
! The New England Fuel ant
Transportation company is install
ing a $50 k. ". motor generator Sc
at its operation atLowesville. Thu
; Fairmont Electric Service com
) pany, which has been awarded tn
: contract, will start work on the In
{ provements this week.
Daily Production.
: FaIrmont region on Monda!
loaded 1856 cars. Of coal and cox
: -1S,15O tons Of coal and % car
OF coke. The production for a Mon
day was cut down some by a limit
: ed supply Of cars on the Monon
!: gahela and only fair run on thI
Western Maryland. Coke produc
ton yesterday was rather highe
than usual.
Mines along the Monongah div
sion Of the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road on Monday loaded 1,279 car
Of coal and coke-1,256 cars Of Goa
land q cars Of coke. There wer'
716 cars Of coal loaded east ami
$40 cars loaded vest with u car
Of coke east and II west. Tn
western loading was very high ye:
! terday. Nine cars Of coal wert
loaded by wagon mines on Monday
Operations along the Mononga
hela railway In the West Vlrginil
. district on Monday loaded 1856 car
3 Of coal. Those In the Pennsylvania
district loaded $50 cars Of coal.
: One hundred and eleven cars Q
5 coal were loaded on the Helen
! Run and Wyatt. Bingamon branche
, OF the Western Maryland ratlwa.
on Monday.
Daily Shipments.
II on the Baltimore and Ohio rail