The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-12-21

railroad on Monday loaded 1s5
cars OF caaI. Railroad fuel loaded
totaled SIS cars. OF that "a cars
were B. s. o. and "a cars foreign
fuel.
Fair Coke Loading.
On the Monongah division Of the
B. & o. r. r. last week there wel 9
149 cars OF coke loaded. This was
SO cars heavier than two weeks
ago, but three cars shy OF the pre-.
yious week.
Considering the fact that the
steel business Is generally conced-
ed to be flat the coke Is moving
very we'll oul OF the FairTuont re-
giou. 1t totals vastly more than a
year ago at this time. 1t having a
total OF &c cars during tho third
week OF December, 1919. Last
weeks coal production AZ 6.34i cars
was 1927 cars stronger than dur
ing the third week of December,
1913.
Eastern Movement.
Last weeks eastern movement
on the Monongah division OF the
B. & o. h. r. was heavy ut 5,I92
cars, being the heaviest of the pres
ent monht. While the coal bust.
ness is far from ideal it is fact
that the coal being mined Is pass.
ing out OF the region regularly and
dead loads have not been especial
" numerous. The western move.
ment on the division last week was
552 cars, which was 2S2 cars heav-
Ter than the previous week.
Shipments to Ohio points last
week were 1870 cars, which was rs
cars stronger than the previous
week, but 80 less than two weeks
previous. Miscellaneous western
points at 352 cars showed a big In
crease over any week of the pres
ent month, running 164 cars strong
er than the previous week and So
cars more than the first week OF
December.
Last week Michigan point ship
ments were 10 cars, which WAS al
most five times as large as last
week, but cars less than two
weeks ago.
export 6USiUG6Ss
While there is nothing very start
ling about the renewal Of export
business u decided improvement
was noticed of the MononGah d.
vision Of the d. 2 o. r. K. last
week. The total for the week was
9S6 cars. This Is the best week.
" movement to tide since the coal
business began to slip in the first
week OF November, wnen the ag'
gregate was 1904 cars. Last weeks
total ran considerably higher than
the intervening weeks. 1t was $50
cars heavier than the previous
week and 233 cars heavier than two
weeks ago.
Railroad fuel loading last week
at 1851 cars was the heaviest
weekly loading Of 1920.
Consignments made OFF the Mo
nongah division of the B. & O. R.
r. last week were as follows: Del
aware & Huron, so cars; Cumber.
Pennsylvania, 10 cars; 3. &
O., SOS cars; C. of N. T.. las cars;
Bangor & Arostock. SO cars; New
York Central, 80 cars; Maryland.
Pennsylvania, cars; Central OF
New Jersey, III cars; Lehigh VAL
ley, ISL cars; P. r. r., 2 cars;
New York, New Haven and Hart
ford, PAS cars; P. & r., 462 cars:
Boston & Maine, 1873 carvs; Maine
Central, 206 cars; Erie, Is cars;
West Shore, 173 cars; Southern,
20 cars; Delaware, Lackawanna
& Western. IL cars.
Prot. Virgin Honored.
Prof. Robert 2. Virgin, pitts.
burgh, assistant director OF coal
mining at Carnegie School OF Tech
noIogy and technical editor Of The
Coal Trade Bulletin, n week or
more ago was elected vice prest-
dent of the Mining Institute Of the
state Of Pennsylvania. Mr.. Virgin
will be remembered in the Fair
mont field by his work in the min
ing schools, which was conducted
under the direction OF the mining