The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-11-20
GOAL SHIPMENES
ID Takes CLOSED
FOR THE SEASON
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% provide all necessary housing
Tor themselves and others who To-
rate here. 1t IS the plan OF the
company to erect on the site in
Tie near future a handsome and
spacious office structure, using the
present building, which is In e1'
cellant condition, temporarily.
''The property included in the
8a1et consists of q frontage OF fifty
dive feet on High street, the Chad
wick home, and a depth OF approx
mately s125 feet along the alley to-
ward Chestnut. 1t includes the
garage building, but not the laun-
dry building or the Chestnut street
frontage. 1t is bounded on one side
by the alley and on the other by
the Fort Morgan hotel property re-
Gently acquired Of DR.. D. n. Court
ney blythe MorgantoUn Hotel COM
pany. The location is one OF the
most desirable in the city for bust
ness purposes, located as 1t Is di.
fectly between the %pOstoffice and
the hotel building. 1t has been the
home OF the present Chadwick fam
l1y for a number OF years. TIE con-
alteration in the sale and purchase
has not been made public but Is
said 10 be in excess of $1,000 the
front foot.
"That other coal organizations
ike the Morgantown Coal company
wfll, IN time, acquire their own Of
lice property, Is certain, and In the
.tuture, It is hardly probable that
conditions win exist like those en-
countered when the Penn.Mary
Coal company desired to establish
offices in this city"
Opening a Mine.
TheEWoods Run Coal company
Is a $50 ton a day mine on the prop
srty acquired by o. l. Hola on
Woods run, Paw Paw district, the
company purchasing 200 acres of
scoaILland and 35 acres OF surface on
which mining town will be built.
A Baltimore and Ohio siding will
soon be laid. j. Perry Thompson,
who for twenty-five years has had
mining experience in the Fairmont
region will be general manager and
engineer and he will have Thomas
r Hayward, iron and steel mag
nate, Samuel D. Coe and other
Ptttsburghers associated with him.
safsty.First Campaign.
Mining actions OF West Virginia
viii observe q safety-first campaign
beginning December 1 and contin-
ning until December 18th. Gov.
srnor Cornwell has issued a procIa-
nation Oh the movement. R. NJ.
baulbie, cSief of the department or
mines, has issued a circular letter
pm the safety.first drive.
Lake Situation.
Reports from the lake front show
Conditions there as follows:
The coal movement will be very
tight after next week as shipments
from mines from all districts eX.
eept Ohio will be cut off next Mon.
lay and the indications are that
very little coal will be sent forward
,aext month. Tonnage Is offered
Freely and all the boats cannot get
eargoes. The railroads had 5000
ears at the lake front Thursday
morning and 1885 cars in transit.
The docks dumped 1881 cars Wed.
nesdAy and receipts were 1866
cars! Lading for Thursday was es.
lmated at LAS cars.
The-tine.up at the Lake Erie ore
locks ts.small and yesterday morn.
Ing only fifteen vessels with 49,
t164tons were on the waiting list.
There has been a big let up In ship.
ments to the furnaces and as the
boats are slow getting around some
oe the docks could handle more
business.
Coal Shipments for Season.
The fleet loaded 20,525,57S tons
Of cargo coal up to November Is.
and in order to reach the 1919
movement, which was ~2l,713,341
tons shipments from that date I'M
III the close of the season will have
10 be 1i1S7,763 tons.
In 1918 coal was dumped up to
December 10, but an earlier clean.
up Will be made this season, as
shipments from all mines except
the Ohio districts Will be cut on
the first. of next week. and It is not
likely that much coal will be sent
forward next month. Shipments
for last week were 627,157 tons,
but there has been u letup in re-
ceipts. Tonnage is plentiful and
there would be no trouble taking
care OF a heavier movement.