The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-02-28

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lion. OF coming. as was effective dur.
ing the war for something equally az
burdensome, as Mr.. Callahan put it.
The rules as drawn in the new ran.
road are difficult to understand. but
he urges cooperation with the ran.
road.
In the way of Introduction, Mr.. Gala.
han said that Washington newspaper.
men believe President Wilson will sign
the railroad bill, although no one
knew for certain up until yesterday az.
ternoon, what would be done.
Despite all the rumors to the con.
rary, there os no definite arrange.
ment to extend the life Of the central
coal committee. The members have
started BY Washington and he said nv
Saturday. al would have left The can't.
Price, Bone Of Contention. :.
One OF the difficulties with the ran.
roads Mr.. Callahan said, was the
question OF price, which Inquired "can
tious bedding" Every effort would
DO made to work out o solution Of an
matters concerned between the opera.
tors and the railroads.
German on Commission
AT some length Mr.. Callahan az.
planned the workings OF the new com.
mission on car service, which repres.
ents the railroads being under the iii.
reotion OF the American Railroad Asso.
citation, but which is really dictated
to by the interstate commerce. com.
mission. Among the members OF This
commission Is 81. j. German. former.
" manager Of the eastern car nooi at
l1ttsburg, who Is known by Fair.
monters. All matters can be taken
up win this commission In an amic.
able manner and In the event that no
satisfaction Is obtained It is an easy
matter to make a direct complaint to
the interstate commerce commission.
the better plan Is to work amicably
tnrough the car service commission.
II possible. .A'
Assigned Cars illegal
reference was made to the new
railroad bill in which he said car dis.
tribution and mine rating were includ.
ed, but the principal item was IN re.
gard to the illegal use of assigned cars.
which has been a bugbear to the coal
Industry for years. The new law ia
phrased In such manner that the
use OF assigned cars Is Illegal. Never
before was It possible to secure any.
tning written into the law that would
prohibit this unfair practice in the In.
dustry. = see - =
There are apt to be ATTEMPTS to
break down this phase Of the law, bur
It Will be up to the Commission ON
car service to police the matter. There
are times, hawever, when the RAN.
roads are up against It for coal and
must be supplied. Details as to hand
ling this question will be worked ont
at q meeting with the commission on
car service and committee from The
National Coal Association, which will
be held IN the immediate future. New
car service rules will be interpreted.
Beginning next Monday the pooling
system will be at end, and ownership
marks viii be governing factor in
coal cars. =
Short 100000 Cars
Railroads will use their own cara IN
the best Of their advantage. Rirht
now there IS need for them from III.
900 to 1o0, 1000 additional open ton cars
aanroaas WIZ be makiPsoan effort to
recau tneir own cars aid restrict too
many getting off their system to con.
Meeting lines. General confusion will
naturally follow as cars will not be dis.
tflputed, as they were when the car
pool wastn force. He cautioned oper.
ators to be careful in shipping Of their
own road because 1t would mean less
cars every time they did It. For ex.
ample Q. B. & @. car should be
loaded west. ~
NAl =
AthouSh cars VIII be turned over to
the common carriers on March 1. if the
railroad bill Is effective, he felt Ger.
tain that no railroad would attempt to
exercise powers with their equipment
90 they did In pre-war days. He was
inclined to think that those DAYS were
past Restricting the movement Of
cars on any company's own rails. IA
very satisfactory to some shippers. hut
this Is not INDUCED Id generate.
There are times that cars from one
railroad will have to be utilized for
another when there Is an oversupply.
he cited how the L. G N. railroad sent
ninety per cent OF its coal tonnage over
connecting lines. It will be necessary
TO secure additional cars for this line.
MonongaheIa Railroad
After Mr.. Callahan had spoken one
Of the members brought up the cues.
ton Of the Monongahela railroad hay.
ing been 1000 cars short over q Ger.
tain period.
Reports are current here that ON
saturday night that the slate will be
cleared and that no attention would be
paid to the shortage OYER the, several
months In question. It was thought
that this might be a pool matter an.
urely. Shortages were made up
weekly.
It was explained that In this instance
the p. R r. refused to furnish the
cars after It was directed to do 90.
A legal action would perhaps be the
only meatfs OF recovery. Some Of the
members believe that they shouid be
some means Of .ccrrectlng such In.
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