The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-12-24
FIFE DEEDS FOR
ZINES" DEAL ON
LITILEPANPAN
Chicago Man Now Owns
10000 Acres of
Sewickey

Deeds placed on records at the
court house yesterday afternoon
show that Edward Hines, Chicago,
the nulti-millionaire lumber mer-
chant, has purchased GOO acres of
SeWickley coal from six different
parties along Little Paw Paw run,
near Hoodsyille. Paw Paw district.
From the revenue stamps the ap-
proximate price paid was $50 900.
The Hines interests were repre-
scented by G. d. Hawker, attorney
at-law, who represents Mr.. Hines
in this state. The coal was pur-
chased from j. Luther Michael,
Pinkney Eddy, E. and s. P. Moore,
w. e. and Tile Eddy, Sarah A.
F'reeland's heirs and J, A. Speer.
It is expected that The tract will
be developed at an early date.
Talbot and Bailey, Fairmont, min
ing engineers, have made an accu-
rate survey of the coal land, which
Mr.. Hines has purchased. Three
openings will be started 1t will
be q shaft mining proposition.
This tract added to the other Sc
wickley coRl, which Mr.. Hines has
acquired in northern West Virginia
approximate 10000 acres.
Ease Up Mining
Mining activities today slowed
up in the Falrmont region due to
( tho Christmas holidays and a gen.
eral dissemination to produce coal
when there Is limited demand for
IL. Tomorrow Is Christmas and no
mines along the MOnonGah division
ioe the B. and o, the MonOngahela
nor the Western Maryland will do
any work. A central susuepnsion
of business will result and in some
cases operators will let the eas-up
continue well into next week in Or
{ der to make repairs at their mines
and to give the coal market an OPP
portunity to right itself.
u Little coal has been sold in the
past few days but the latest sales
Of Eairmont gas coal indicate that
the price paid at the mines was In
the neighborhood Of S2.4O, fig
ure that means operators are los.
ing money.
No dubt the B. and o. will have
big brace Of empties on the Mo
nongah division on Monday. Some
operators figure that the supply
may. even reach the $500 to 5000
z mark. The impression is general
that the loading followed ChrisA
mas will be somewhat Curtaileu
I due to the limited amount Of bust
ness and the ridiculously low price.
Today's Empties.
EudptEas on the MonOngah divt'
sion of the B. & 0. Il. r. today
number ISL Of which CTS cars are
placed. The mines today only or.
Il dered $50 cars OF which SO were
5 for coke loading. No mines were
chalked up rs idle due to shortage
OF cars, all mines apparently having
all they could load. Some of the
companies were worked today as
: usual, but the loading will no doubt
be restricted because some OF the
miners did not so into the pits
while others came out early. Cars
on the division today are classified
as follows: Open, SOS; coke, SO;
3. NJ. /. X, 1888; NJ. v. T., "a. Cars
left over from the previous day
were 12s.
Along the Monongahela railway
today there were 220 emptIes
placed In the West Virginia district
(. aud OF that number there we're 10S
cars assigned. There were so emp.
ties placed on the Morgantown and
Wheeling branch, that being all OF
the cars that were ordered. In the
Pennsylvania district there were
asa empties placed. None OF the
mines will work IN either West Wiz.
RluiR or Pennsylvania on Christ.
but SO dead loads IN the West Vir.
Stnia end Of the line.
Cars are plentiful along the
Helen's Run and Wyatt.Bingamon
branches Of the Western Maryland
railway today, there being 1877.
on the Charleston division OF the
3. & o. R. R. today there were 126
emptiea, all Of which were placed
etf7 o'clock. Eighteen empties
were placed on the Buffalo Creek
and Gauley railroad.
Ia In Uniontown.
Lloyd Bailey, of the Crescent
Fuel company, has gone to Union.
town, Pa, to spend Christmas day
with his mother.
Daily Shipments.
These shipments were made on
the Monongah division Of the B.
60. r. r. on Thursday: Curtis
Bay, 90 cars; st. Georges, 10
cara; Michigan points, 8 cars:
Ohio points, cars; m4scellane.
Gus western points, 16 cars
Railroad Fuel.
Railroad fuel loading on the Mo-
npngRh division Of the B. & o. r.
n On Thursday totaled 442 cars,
OF that there were 27e cars Of for
61gn fuel and 172 cars Of B. & o.
fuel.
These consIgnments were made
Oh the division: 3. Sc o., 172 cars;
Bangor 6 Arostoclr, cars; Cen.
tfsI Of New Jeroey, IA cars; Lee
hsSh Valley, 81 cars; New York,
NSW Haven and Hartford, 81 cara;
Pc RIB cars; Boston and Maine
30 cara; Maine Central, Al cars;
NerylRnd.P Pennsylvania, one car;
West Shore, IS cars; Central OF
New England, 20 cars.
Daily Loading.
Tatrmont region on Thursday
loaded 1,219 cars OF coal and coke
- 1N1 caFR Of CnaI and 28 cars of