The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-09-22

IN Fa4Tmont or Clarksburg. but the
exact place has not been detarmiIi-
The stockholders Of the associa-
ton Will meet on Thursday night
at which time the foregoing mat
tiers will be decided upon.
Mics Stevens Is Here.
Miss Mae E.. Stevens, formerly
OF the Fairmont office Of the Jami'
son Coal & Coke company, but now
located at Greensburg, Pa, 10
spending ten days here.
g. q o. Movement.
East OF Grafton on Monday the
B. & o. moved % trains In which
there were 1908 loads. OF that
422 loads were coal. The western
movement was 646 OF which 1O0
loads went to the lakes.
On Tuesday there were 25 B.
& o. trains run east OF Grafton.
which drew 1102 loads OF which
448 loads were coal. To the west
there were SIS loads OF which 50
cars were coal.
The congestion that blocked the
division last week Is clearing up
fine. The movement OF the past
few days helped greatly TO clear
the freight blockade. The congeS'
ton at one stage Of the game was
SO acute that empties from the P:
& R. and other lines were cut off
for the time being.
Daily Shipments,
Shipments over the B. & Q. rail-
road yesterday were as follows:
Curtis Bay, 116 cars; St. Georges
II cars: lakes, 81 cars: Michigan
points s cars; Ohio points. 10
cars: miscellaneous western
points, 40 cars.
Railroad Fuel.
Railroad fuel loading on Tuesday
off the b. & o. railroad aggregated
Psi cars. These consignments We're
as follows: B. & o., 55 cars; Ban
gor & Arostock, 10 cars: c. OF n.
j., IL cars; Lehigh Valley, 10 cars:
New York Central 26 cars; New
P. & r. 40 cars: Boston & Maine
II cars; Maine Central, s cars;
Erie, 10 cars.
Mr.. BIsSelI Here.
Benjamin Bissell, Baltimore, gen
eral manager Of The Century Coal
Company, Century, ". Va, Is In
Fairmont today, coming here ID.
rectly from Baltimore.
United Mine Workers.
Edward Matthews, secretary OF
sub district 4, is at Meadowbrook.
Ira Marks. district board mem.
Der is at SaXman, Nicholas county.
John Custalac, district board
member is at the mine Of The Co
roma Coal company, near Nc
Whorter.
A. c. Porter, district board mem.
Der is at MCWhorter today.
Isaac Scott, international trav-
cling auditor, is in Star City.
Nick Aiello, district board mem
Der, Is at Clarksburg today.
Lake Situation.
Cars are not going to, the lakes
any faster according to reports
from Cleveland and with a shors
run Of cars at the mines the oper-
ators cannot see any great change
in sight.
Contract tonnage is taking prac.
tically all the Lake Superior coal
and the demand for wild tonnage
Is not as active as 1t was the first
OF the month. Boats were named
for all the prompt loading
cargoes and unless receipts are
more liberal some Of the regular
traders will have to go up light.
The railroads had 6,974 cars at the
lake front Monday morning and
4,209 cars in transit. The docks
dumped 4,615 cars Saturday and
and the receipts were T.
9S6 cars. Loading for yesterday
was estimated at 1880 cars. Ship
ments for last week were 96S,5G2
tons. That was an increase over
the same week last season, but a
loss compared with the same week
in 1918, when the boats loaded l.
095,353 tons. The docks dumped
tons up to Sept. 20 as
against 16,9O6.1O6 for the same time
last season and 19,423,059 in 1915.
The freight market was quiet all
around Monday and aside from a
few boats that were named for
coal. little chartering was done.
The grain shippers were not In the
market and tonnage that was Of