The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-11-20
COAL SHIPMENTS
TO LAKES CLOSED
FOR THE SEASON
Twelve Hundred Cars
Were Loaded In The
Region Friday

Up until noon today every indi-
cation pointed to the 1920 lake
season closing as far as the Fair.
omnt coal region Is concerned. No
notice OF any extension of the lake
season had been received here up
until that time and the large lake
Shippers, including the COnsoltda-
tion Coal company, the hutchinson
Coal company and others, were
making plans to stop with tOday's
shipments. The FaIrmont office OF
the A. K. Hamilton company re-
ceived notice that the ore and coal
exchange had notified the main Of
Ace of ten concern at Pittsburgh
tuht the lake season would end to-
day.
Reports were received today
from Uniontown, Pa, to the effect
that the b. Il O., p. r. X. and Mo-
nongahela railway had "phoned the
operators in thar section that the
lake season would wind up today.
c. H. jenkins, secretary and
treasurer OF the Hutchinson Coal
company, sald that he expected TO
have a wire from the company's
representative in. Cleveland late
this afternoon as TO the lake clos
ing Tor The season.
SO rar the D. * o. r. II. has is
suGd.no statement incident to the
Closing OF the luke season, but it ts
heuerally believed that today will
wind up the lake shipments except
perhaps for lew individual ship
pers. Some operators shared the
opinion that perhaps one days
grace-Monday- be allow
ed, but absence Of any notice other
than the Original form the ore and
coal exchange at Cleveland would
indicate that today was the last Of
tn eseason.
The Car Supply.
Reports are current IN the re-
gion tnat the Pennsylvania rail-
road has surplus OF empty coal
cars in the east which the bitum-
lnous coal operators would be glad
to receive.
Empties in the region today
were scarce. The B. d o. had a
fair run for a saturday, but there
was a slump in the Western Mary
land and the Monongahela supply
was somewhat limited.
Along the MOnOngah division OF
the u. & o. railroad today there
were $50 cars, Of which 775 were
placed early. Due to car shortage
eighty-one mines were down. Cars
. are classified us follows today:
Open, sos; coke, 25; BMIX, 40;
MVT, 10. The mines ordered 1,74O
cars, of which l,715 were for coal
loading and 25 were for coke.
On the Monongahela railway to-
day theer are 1874 empties placed
in the West Virginia district, oi
which SIS are assigned. In the
Pennsylvania district there are 279
acrs placed. A fair run is expected
for Mondays loading.
Empties failed to arrive on the
Helen's Run and Wyatt-Bingamor
! branches of the Western Maryland
! today, and as a result there waE
but rs cars placed. A $50 per Cent
car supply is expected for Monday
Cars on the Charleston division
of the B. & o, railroad today to,
tailed 100, all Of which were placed
by Z O'Clock this morning. The
mines ordered SlS empties.
Weekly Loading.
Production in the Falrmont re-
gfon will be greatly reduced thiE
week because Of the serious cal
shortage. In fact every road II
the region had some days OF poOl
car supply. The Western Mary
land had the best run of cars, bui
it fell down also on "Wednesday
and toda yon Its empty supply.
On the B. & o. there was cal
shortage every day except Monday
and the supply see-sawed during
the week. On the Monongah divis
ion during the week there were
AIS mines idle In five days, making
an average of elghty-three mine!
idle daily over the hve-day period
and slxty-nine mines a day on the
average over the six-day period
The indications are that the ton
mage that will be produced thlt
week will barely reach $500 carE
of coal and coke II 1t runs that
strong. Up until and including
Friday the division produced 3,S69
cars OF caal and coke-3.790 carE
of coal and 20 acrs Of coke. The
coke production has taken slumI
due to tht steel mills closing down
and probably will fall of 20 to 2t
cars for the week.
Production on the Monongahel1
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