The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-20
TONS
MORE COAL EACH
NEENTOBE MINED
It VIII be Sent to North
west Under New PR.
critics.


900 tons OF coal in West Virginia
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana an
Illinois during the next four weeks
and It's distribution to the NORTH
west through movement over tn
Great Lakes, is expected TO resul
within the next "a hours througl
official orders Of the Interstat
Commerce commission.
The order Of the commission /
expected to be little other than for
NAL approval Of a cooperative
agreement between the bituminou
coal operators and the railroad eS
eCutives, the agreement haNni
been made in New York Satur
day.
Copies Of the agreement were pre-
sented to Chairman Clark, Of tn
| Interstate Commerce commission
yesterday by Daniel Willard, pres
ident OF the Baltimore and 0hLt
railroad aud chairman OF the ad
Tisory board Of railroad executives
and BY D. B. Wentz and ]. D. A
Morrow, officials OF the Nationa
Coal association, which represent
the bituminous operators.
Though requests for verbatim
copies OF the agreement were de
MED, what was said to be Amos
precisely the exact text was oh
/ tanned. It provides as follows:
l. Names H. NJ. Griggs, Of
Cleveland, Ohio, as an agent Of
the Commission and empowers
him to regulate the system Of
priorities and embargoes and
fix the amount Of coal which
shall be produced by each mine
and shipped each day, for
movement from ports on Lake
Erie.
2. Orders the railroads to
give priority 10 coal consigned
10 Griggs for transshipment by
lake navigation.
3. Permits coal operators,
after they have fulfilled the
daily demand Of Griggs, to
load coal produced addition
ally on that day for other deSti.
nations.
4. Prevents reconsignment
Of this coal except on special
permits from GriggS, and then
only with the understanding
that it will be consigned to
other lake pools.
5. 1t is made an understand.
ing that coal operators will
produce 100000 tons Of coal
each week, in addition to cur.
rent production, that this coal
is 10 be moved 10 lake ports,
and that the railroads are to
supply approximately 1000 I'D.
ditiOnal cars daily to these
mines, to insure the production
and distribution Of this $780,.
900 tons a week.
The order Is expected to be thu
first step in the solution Of thu
gravest problems confronting thu
nation in SO lar as coal is con
cerred. The Northwest has beer
threatened for weeks by a Goa
famine and the situation ha!
grown so as 10 draw from b0tl
railroad executives and coal .Oper
atorS expressions that the COndi
tons would be such as to cause thu
greatest suffering this winter IN
less immediate steps could be taxi
en- to speed up the production ant
movement Of coal to Lake ports 10,
transShipment.
The coal operators, recognizing
the danger In the situation, in
formed the railroad executives
they could and would produce s.
100000 tons OF coal additional eaCl
week for shipment to the North
west by lake, providing cars werr
supplied them. The railroad ca
ecutives, entering into the spirit o
the enterprise, Immediately agreet
10 supply the cars.
The only question then was II
see that these cars and-the Goa
produced through the addlhona
supply Of cars would be sent to tn
Northwest, and the priority and EN-
barge orders Of the Interstate Com
MERGE commission are asked to in
sure that such will be the result.
1t was declared by the operator
that the effort to speed up tn
movement 10 the Northwest woulC
not endanger the rather feebl,
movement Of coal to other parts o
the country. The Northwest Is L
be supplied completely from tn,
increased weekly production, tn
coal now being produced AMI
moved going as usual to the Custc
mers demanding It.
That the commission will az
prove the agreement is understood
At the conference 1t was show
that the sooner the order can b.
entered and the effort started, tn
better it will be for all lconCernet
and with the commissioners aWarl
Of the conditions in the North
west and the absolute necessity o
getting coal to that territory with
out delay, operators were confden
the order would be Officially re
corded within "a hours.