The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-11-26
PLENTY Of CARS
AT THE MINES
IN REGION TODAY
Little Change In Coal
Market After HOli-
day Suspension

Mining operations are on full
tilt today as result OF the excellent
run of cars on the Monongah d.
xisIon OF the B. & Q. railroad.
There is a total Of 1880 emptles
of which 1900 were placed at the
mics at Z O'Clock this morning.
Some few mines report that they
could have used a few more cars
but .as a whole there Is q very taV-
orabIe supply. There appears to
be a good representation OF men IN
the pits after the holiday.
Empties are classified as fol0WS
today: Open, 1641; coke, rs; B ID
TX, 165; NJ VT, As. Operations
along the division today ordered
1880 eupties Of which 26 were Ter
coke loading.
IN the West VirgtnIa, district Of
the a6oncngahela railway todeSS'
there are 396 cars placed. In the
PENNSYLVANIA district there are 81
emDties placed.
Car supply along the Western
Maryland railway today Is excel
lent and there is full run on the
Helen's Run and Wyatt-BingSmon
branches. There are probably 2oU
empties on both branches.
Along the Charleston division OF
the B. & o. R..R. today there are
.16O empties placed, this being the
aggregate of empties on that d.
Vision, The mines ordered 32O
cars.
Thursdays production
On Thanksgiving day little coal
was produced in the Fairmont reg
ion because the miners generally
ease up. A total of 1872 cars OF
coal were loaded on Thursday.
Mines along the Monongah di-
vision of the Monongah division or
the B. 6 o. R. R. on Thursday
loaded 95 cars Of coal.
Operations along the Mononga-
hela railway on Thursday loaded
az cars Of coal in the West Vir-
ginia district. Ouerations in Inc
Pennsylvania district on Thursday
lloaued 365 cars OF coal.
No coal was loaded on the Wes-
tern Maryland railway on Thurs
day and none was loaded on the
Charleston division of the B. o. X.
r.
Wednesdays Production
Operations In the Fairmont reg
ion on Wednesday produced S43
cars of coal and coke-S43 cars OF
coal and IS cars of coke.
Mines along the Monongah oi-
vision of the D. & o. R. K. on
Wednesday loaded 479 cars OF eoa!
and coke-461 cars of coal and
IS cars of coke. There ware 4SS
cars Of coal loaded east ana 50
cars of coal loaded west. COKE
loading was IL cars east and b
care west. Seven cars of coal were
loaded by wagon mines.
Along the Helen's Run and
WYATT -Bingamon branches OF the
Western Maryland railway on
"Wednesday there were 100 cars Oh
coal loaded-56 loads on the
Helen's Run branch and A loads
on the Wyatt-BinGamon branch.
Loading on the Monongaheia
railway on Wednesday was 2Sz
cars In the West Virginia district
and 218 cars IN the Pennsy4VAh4@
district.
c. D. Robinson, of the CH D.
Robinson Coal Co. is on a trip to
the East.
II. W. showalter, of the Black
Diamond Coal Co., is in the East.
Attorney Chas. e. Hawker has
returned from trip to Cleveland.
Attorney Ira L. Smith, OF me
c. D. Robinson interests, spent
yesterday in Morgantown.
B. &. 0. Movement
This morning there are apprtxi-
mately 100 loads OF freight on the
Monongah diyision of tho B. & Q.
r. R. OF this there are zoo loads
west and 800 loads east. The east
ern movement Is freeF than 1t mas
been for some time.
East Of Grafton on Wednesday
there were nineteen trains drown
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