The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-10-19

tila previous week, but aes car
loads heavier than two weeAs alto.
More West era Business.
Western line business laSt week
allowed dIBposttiOp to. be on tine
increase. a gain In coal shipments
IA that directton were noted III
eyery instance. Miscellaneous west.
ern shipments wore 297 cara OF
gain over the previous week. Ohio
shipments at los carloads Wss "
carloads heavier than the previous
week while Michigan shipments at
CT cars was 10 cartoads stronger.
Weekly r. r. Fuel.
A slight gain WAS noted In rail-
road fuel shipments last week over
that OF the previous week. Last
weeks total wac 1928 carloads or
50 carloads stronger. New, YORK.
New Haven and hartford exactly
doubled It's tonnage OF 81 cars OF
the previous week, while +. a. X.
and Boston e Maine showed some
Slight Increases In the tonnage re.
cefyed. Maine Central secured ~
cars more than the PREVIOUS Tieea
while West Shore wag stronger
with It's fuel consigumerts. On
the other hand Erie G2itenei ttg
consighments as did the Central
If NGw England which dropped 81
cars. boston & Albany lat sat.
urday broke IN for nine cars OF coal
after having been on the market
Consignmenis Of railroad fuel
last week were us follows: B. &
D., 443 ours; Boston & Arostock,
81 cars; Central CT New JERSEY, Us
cars; Lehigh Valley, 102 cars;
New York, New Haven & Hartford.
ia cars; 2. & r., 262 cars; Boo
ton & Muine, IS cars; Maine Cen
trail. 1S5 cars: Erie, "a cars; West
Shore, 1G2 cars; Central OF New
ENGLAND, so cars; Boston and Al.
bang, cars.
Claim "5uok Passing"
Coal operators active In the drive
of The Fair Practices COMMITTEES
%ort6cfn West Virginia are peeved
over the press statement given out
nv Charles S. Allen, secretary of
the Wholesale Coal Trade Associa-
ton, of New York city, which they
Intimate Is an effort to pass tire
buck" back 10 the operators = 10
III. high cost OF coal. Coal opera.
tors sincere In their efforts 70 re.
duce the high price OF coal, roA5ht
the implication. !,
L laL pUELlnu " l44Ch iGAbAGO tA'N
coal operators Is the effort 10 Hat
the responsibility from the iobbers
and brokers, who in a large per
centage Of Casca have geen the Of
Tenders. The dispatch states the
opinion IS general that Mr.. Palmer
(attorncy general) has decided TO
give the operators an opportunity
10 remedy conditions at the source
Of supply. and II this action 10 mot
Forthcoming they see yelled sGS-
Cestlou in the last lines of the tele.
gram that prosecution to end hiGh
prices at the source of production
will follow" ~.
operators say is do to the fact that
in the past too many brokers han:
died the same consignment OF coal
and everybody tackled some on un-
III the price became eSOrbitant.
Now that the Jig Is up they are try
ing to dodge the responsibility.
Made Inspection.
Robert Grant, Boston, president.
j, ]. McSweeney, Baltimore, trat-
fic manager. and c. A. Allen, made
an inspection yesterday, OF the
properties of the New England Fuel
and Transpurtatioa company at
Grant Town and townsville, Thu
second section OF the Indian Creek
ana Northern railroad Will be com
pleted within thirty days. This
takes the railroad up to where the
third big mine OF the New England
Fuel and Transportation company
will be sunk.
More Investigation.
According to The Cleveland Plain
Dealer u federal inspection Is now
being made IN that city OF coal
prices ard there arc prospects OF
prosecutions under the Lever aGk