The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-09-17


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ie 81 Z . e II e ovaT tt1it ilf 9 81, -
dily Wera 8s1 S33ixty mines " -
had no cars at III along the qtyls
lon wnfie other operations DID nor
nave an adequate supply
Along the M0nonganeta raNWHy
touay mere ele lrs a!-4psiest ? he I',
m Waich number 81 are assigned
which makes the coInni ercl4.a - "a
line West Virginia end liz. IN Tue
pennsylvania district there are 2t9
enpLles placed. Cars will be snoIt
an HE Monungahe!a on SATURDAY
IIhere are none IN sight this morn
Ing Tor Saturdays loading.
one hundred and ten eInpttes are
placed today along the Helen nun
and Nyalt.Bingemou branches q
The western Maryland ra4!"as
4 mere are 145 einpsIes IN slght 10
Saturdays loading.
Daily Loading
Fairmont region on thufsoHs
loaded 1890 cars OF coal ana coke
1865 cars OF coal and 20 cars OF
coke. ,,..t.
MINES along the MonOugah dtvis-
ION OF the Baltimore & ohio rail-.
road on Thursday loaded S45 cars
or coal ana Coke-92O cars Of Goa
and 20 cars OF coke. There were
748 cars of coal loaded east and 49,
cars of coal loaded west. OF the
coke loading there were 10 cars OK
coke loaded east and 10 west. Wa
gon mines on ThurstsaI loaded
twelve cars OF coal.
Operations along the Monongu-
hela railway in West Virginia on
Thursday loaded 304 cars OF COZ.
while the mines in the Pennsylyan.
la district loaded 31S cars.
Along the Helcn's Run branch OF
the Western Maryland railway yes,
terday thete were ~ cars OF coal
loaded. The operations along the
Wyatt-Minganon spur did not load
any coal at all on Thursday because
OF the failure OF the emptles to az
rive.
Cally Shipments
Shipments made OFF the B. & o.
railroad yesterday were as follows:
Curtis Bay 80 cars; St. Georges 10
cars; lakes ITO CATS; MIcnl8au
miscellaneous western points o.
cars.
Railroad Fuel
Railroad fuel loading Off the B,
& U. railroad yesterday was 263 car
loads, the lowest OF the week, this
character business having shaded
somewhat with the shortening OF
the car supply Consignments were
as follows Il. & q. 1I2 cars; G o.
n. j., 10 cars; Lehigh Valley, 4 cars
New York, New Haven, & hartford
cars; + G. r. AZ cars; Boston &
Maine 10 cars; Maine Central 10
cars; West Shore 25 cars; Central
OF New England 81 cars; Erie Z
cars.
Personal Mention
H. Fl. Showalter, OF the Diamond
Coal Company, is on a trip to Wash.
ington, D. c, and Baltimore, leav.
ing F'airmont last night.
b. A. Russell, Of the Fairmont &
Cleveland Coal Company, is on a
trip to Canada He Is expected
home Saturday.
Miss Ruby CIelland, Pennington,
stenographer at the office OF the
circuit clerk has accepted a similar
position with S. D. Brady interests.
Building Addition
Carpenters are at work building
an addition to the rear Of the office
Of the Robinson Coal Company on
lALe CdhL OluG u9 eCb4SS anu sup
ping departments will be quartered
there just as soon as the improve
ments are completed.
Lake Shipments
Operators along the Monongahela
railway are coming across with
their lake shipments during the past
few days after the officials OF that
line threatened to stop furnishing
commercial cars End decline to
"pull" loads unless the lake coal
obligations incident to the inter.
state commerce commission service
order was lived up to. The opera
tors along the B. & o. recently
hav been dropping down some also.
The price offered for lake stuff Ia
not very attractive.
Market Conditions
Pool "a coal is holding UP well
in price. During the past few days
1t demonstrated strength In the
market. Pool A. seems to have hit
the toboggan and dropped about
seventy-flVe cents on the ton. Elk
port business has been fairly heavy
recently.
Held Conference
Attorneys OF various coal compan-
les we're In conference today at the
Office or the Northern west VIZ
ginia Coal Operators Association in
regard to the supenas served for
the appearance OF operators from
Northern West Virginia at Mar
tiRsburg next week. Various points
OF the Lever Act were discussed.
United Mine Workers
John Custalac, district board
member, Is In MorgantOwn.
Edward Matthews, secretary OF
sub.dLstrict No 4, today Is in the
Ciarksburg field
Isaac Scott, international travel
ing auditor was at work in Fair.
mont today.
Nick Aiello, district board mem.
Der, is at Lost Creek today.
Charles Rat!ey, international rep.
rcsontative and Edward Matthews,
secretary OF sub district 4, will:
speak ut Wolf Summit at Z O'Clock
tonight.
Lake Situation
According 10 reports from CleVe.
land there has been quite q let up
IN the receipts of coal since Labor
day. Consequently the stocks arc
low nj the lake front. Tonnage iG