The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-12

tt,ontihnsa nom psss ons., s.
virginia district, these beink on tha
connecting limo -fho Norgdnto%n ana
Wheeling railroad, having come mn
the line Saturday. There are isf. eafs
placed IN the Pennsylvania diftfint
today. Z 4 =
There d . full run on the Halen,s
Run and Wyatt. BinGafion, there be.
ing 40 ernpties there. 81
plffersntiai rates.
Coal operators today are discussinf
the pros and cous Of the Ffslinehuy-
sen bill proposing diffsrentiai freight
rates on coal TO stimulate production,
during the s,trnmer, which was urted
BY the coal strike settlement commits.
sion and Approved BY Chairman Clark
OF tho Interstate Commerce Commits.
sten In a letter sent on, Saturday 10
Chairman Cummiris Of the Senate In
tetstate commerce committee. Chair.i
man Clark, however Withheld approval
OF Senator Frelinghuysen's bill bropos.
ing to prohibit railroads from COM
fiscatiiig coal In transit. Mr.. CLARK
wrote that committee u fha IA.
tional Coal Association and repre-
scntatives OF the railroads had taken
up this matter.
Operators In the Fairmont region
appear<to be divided on the measure.
Some operators say that the summer
time Is the logical time to furnish
leak and export coal and the fact that
domestic fuel alone would be bsial
fitted BY tho new scheme. Some coal
men think that the plan would work
out favorable as 1t Is planned to do.
10 Arrange Conference.
yico president william Petry Of
district IL, United Mine Workers. IL
this Afternoon comforting with Brooks
Fleming. Jr., president of the North.
ern west Virginia Coal Operators
association. incident to arranging A
Joint conference between the scale
committees OF the two Organizations.
ARRANGEMENTS will be made as to ana
date and place Of meeting.
Mr. Robinson Home.
Clarence D. Robinson, Of the Rob.
jnson Coal Company and various coal
interests and one Of Filfmont'B sire
most busihes men, returned 10 tf,Is
city on Sunday morning. Mr.. ROB.
inson was expected on Wednesday Siit
surpfihed IFS friends and came few
days sooner.
INF. Robinsoft while in Atlantic City
for some weeks has out on mich flesh
and saya he weighs ten pounds fieay.
ier than he efer did III, his life time,
He appears Il have improved consid.
erably although as. yet has has mot
fully recovered.
He entered tis office this morning
for the first time for more than I'M,
months and he was greeted by ali or
his employees. He remained IN his
office to confer timD with his biiA.
mos colleague, John PhiiHps. M
Robinson. however, win ease I'm ri
some tifno before reBfmine his many
activities. With Him ne brourht
enotgh mail to almost FIJI a waste
basket.
East Of Grafton.
Last week there were s,p34 loa6A
drawn east of Grafton by the. Balti.
more and Ohio railroad, which is an
average OF ee1 carloads q day over a
7.day period.
On Saturday there were 1,041 loads
drawn IN twenty-tfiree trains and OF,
Sunday 1,04o loads by twenty:three
trains.
Saturdays Loading IA
On Saturday the Faifhont region
loaded 1888 cars Of GOAL and coke.
1912 cars Of coal and II cars Of coke.
on tho Monongah division OF the
f9A t3t,,so,n a1A Ht.tn ,aa1fsaaA n. - -
were loaded Saturday st3 cars Of coal
and coke - $50 cars OF coal and IL
cars OF coke. There we're $50 cars Or
coal loaded east and So, cars OF coal
loaded west. OF the II cars OF coke
loaded there were three east and eight
west. Ten cars Of coal were loaded ny
wagon mines.
Operations along the Mononkahela
railroad on Saturday loaded 276 cara
OF coal In the West Virginia district
and 294 carloads In the Pennsylvania
district.
Loading on the Helen's Run and
Wyatt.Bingaition branches Of the West
ern Maryland railroad on Saturday
loaded 144 cars Of coal.
Daily consignments.
: These daily conSlSnmenls Were maue
off the Baltimore and Ohio railroad on
Saturday: Curtis Bay, 11S cafsi lakes,
10 cars; Michigan points, 6 cars, Ohio
points, IS cars; miscellaneous western
points, 81 cars.
Railroad fuel loading on Saturday
totaled 81 carloads. The B. & o. rail-.
road received four carloads. Maine
Central and P. G r. received the heAS'
lest tonnage at "a carloads each.
unttcd Mine Workers.
w. F. Ray, district board member.
is at Pitcairn today.
A. C.. Porter, district board mem.
Der, is at censol mine, 81 at Watson.
Edward Matthews, secretary Of sub
district 4; is at Columbia today.
Isaac Scott, travelling auditor, is .at
Consol mine 90, along Helen's Run. i
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