The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-17
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mills Slucg the ?. & R and con.
neccny Bnes. This business Is
quite extensive In this region. Al
the same time some little export
business RON Port L.bsTtT q z. q
r. per in New York harbor has
also been cut of.
The piers at Loratn are blocked
and II will be only short time
before Ibis VIII be fslt in the Hal.
Lowry gateway. There may be a
drop IN he coal prizes as o re-
sui. On theg east Curtis Pay Is
blocked ey Thousands Of coal loads
for New England which was sent
in keeping with the Interstate
Commerce Commission service or.
der.
As far as the MononSaheia rail-
way Is concerned expert shipneats
have act been cut OF, according
to last accounts,and prices aDpeat-
cd to be sitter in. those sections
along the B. & o.
Daily Car Supply.
With ,expcrt blssaess cut OF.
h:Sa SHIPMENTS endangered and
New England trades hampere6 by
accumulation 81 piers, there are
1924 cars on tbs lopongah tlvis.
ION OF the Baltimore and Ohio raj
.oad today. The plaza at 1850 en-.
ab!es oil but ; MINES 70 be work
inZ. The cars are classified as iol.
lows: Open, 1895; coke, 81; BMlX.
20; N. v. T. %. Cars lift over from
the previous day we're rs. The
mines today ordered 1861 cars Of
which 81 are for coke loading.
On the 1lonongahela railway TO-
day there are 245 eHpties paced
while IN the Pennsylvania district
there aye ge4 nlaeed. or those
placed in the West vifginia ais
irict there are S. assigned cars.
TIE car GU ply fof Wednesdays
loading Is aot ye:y promising and
il IS believed that :lis percentage
may run rather low 1t leas5 such
were HE indications this morning.
Nineiy-eignt empIieS are placed
today On the Ielei's Run anll Wy.
att Eingand1 branches OF The
Wl1sern MARYLAND rallwsy.
.Rstdrn M.dsnitay. I
G. I. Bell, executive vice Dgtsi- |
dent and W. y. Riley. iratilc nan.
aver, Northern West Vnsiria Coal
Operators ASSOCIATION, alli reteIE
on Wednesday from an inspection
Trip 10 the q. Il D. IND ?. 4. R.!
piers in Baltimore and philadel.
phia and the {. and y. Ind N AID
W. piers n NofIllE Va. !.
Personal Mention. 1
F. J. Patton Of the Patton Coal
Company, IS in Baltimore today.
7. E. Johnson, traffic manager Of
The Hutchinson Coal Company Isl
visiting his home in Boston. This
IS the first visit he made to that
place since be located with the
Hutchinson Coal Company two
years ago.
j. a. Clark OF the Clark interests
is In Deer Park, Nd. |
8. & o. Movement.
East Of Grafton the baltimore
ard Ohio railroad drew fifteen
trains in which there. were Gil
loads. OF this there were SSg cars
OF coal. The movement westward
off the Mononsah division .as 5G4
ears while thai 10 the lakes vas
40 cars. 4
Getting Fuel Here \
For some tine many o. The rail-.
roads Of Europe have been getting;
fuel in the Fairmont region. PROB
ably one half Of the export fuel ISL
utilized by foreign rai.TosdS. II Is
understood that the Consolidation
Coal Company has shipped coas!d-E
cradle fuel 70 Egypt Tor the rail-
roads. This. was also true before
the war. Il
Recently a BIG deal was closed
in the Morsantown SECTION for for +
eign railroad fuel. The New Domin
iou states the following: ]
During the past week one Of the,
local coal companies closed q deal
for shipment Of coal 10 the ESyn.
tian and Swiss government rail.
roads Involving great Suns of mon
ey. The foreign trade IN coal Is
becoming a most important facte1l
in The coal market, both from the
colossal amount Of business they
are doing with coal mercnsnt3 IN
the United States and rom the
fact that foreign bGyers are sell
ting an example in buying coal that
many coal operators say should
be copied BY donsst!; buyers,
namely paving cash. Whsn a hls
for coal is dawn Up be-.
tween two concerns Of this topn-
m the buyer generally asks fcr a
pericd Of credit. during which the
dealer Gets no Ese o. the none?
for which he Is sellne. his faal. oa
the other hand, foreign buyers laSl
cash for TIE purchase and inc
dealer thereby gets the Benefit Of
the deal as soon as It is cohsam
mated.
Production was not up 70 what
Il should have been or Monday
considering the ideal car srppn
N; early morning placement. the
miners sppear to be easins ~
some. On The B. & o., Moaonga,
hela anil Western Maryland ral ~:
roads Yesterday there were 1885
csrs Of coal and coke pteduced.
SO.T50 tons Of coal and 81 cars Of
cn,e