The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-09-03
mime OPERATORS
.ASEB.&O. TOUSE
MORE ENGINES
Lackof Locomotives Con-
tributes to Poor Car
Supply
.U.S. RTSUMMONSES
None of the Large Opera
tors Have Been Serv-
ed AS Yet
.U.S. COURT SUMNONSES

II is understood that summons
were served upon a number OF Far,
nont coal operators yesterday ana
today 1t is difficult TO learn very
much about the summons but there
aDDears to have been none served
on any Of the larger companies as
vet and in fact the vast majority
oF coal operators in the city nae
not been summoned up until! noon
TODAY. The processes require al
tendance at the Federal court on
September 81
Daily Car Supply.
Empties are scarce in the FAR
mont region today. There are tVI
mines idle today and the mininS
business is hit very hard today as a
result Of the miserable car supply.
There are 1923 cars on the division
and they are classified as follows:
Omen. 635: coke, 90; NJ. V. T..
3. R NJ. l, X, 81. The early morn
ing placement at 400 is very poor:
There were 1854 cars ordered OF
which number 20 were for coke
loading. There we're '105 cars left
over from the previous day.
There are 205 empttes, placed IN
the West Virginia district OIL the
Monongahela railway today. "
this number there are 100 assigned
cars, In the Pennsylvania district
there are 1856 cars placed. There
Is a fifty per cent. commercial run
In sight for Saturdays loading.
One hundred and seventeen emp
ties were placed this morning along
the HeIen's Run and Wyatt. Binga-
mon branch of the Western Mary
land railway.
Daily Production.
Fairmont region on THURSDAY
loaded eS8 cars OF coal and coke
$685. cars bf coal and % cars OF
cSke G5I I; IS
Mines along the MononB Bah tlfRt5
sions6f the Baltimore and hio; tailI-7lI
road on Thtrsda loaded 7t2 cara
AZ cobl ana coke-.699 cars of coal
and IL cars. Of coke There were
592 cars Of coal loaded east and
i20 cars OF coal west, OF the coke
nrodnction there were IA cars loads
ed east and 9 cars loaded west. The
wagon mines along the division
,yestertlay loaded II cars Of coal.
- OPERATIONS along the Mononga'
,heia railway. in the. West Virginia I
district yesterday loaded 1876 cars
OF coal. The mines in the Pennsyl'
.yania district loaded 312 cars OF
coal.
loading on the Western Mary
land spurs Yesterday in the region
.wns II cars. running lighter than
usual
Kicking on 3. & o..
Complaint has been made to the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad today
bysthe Northern West Virginia Coal
0perators' Association of the lack
Of motive power in the FaIrmont
region.
The matter was taken up direct.
IL with G. ". Galloway, Baltimore,
Vice president, who has charge OF
onerntfonE The coal association
claims that the 3. & o. too fire.
1uentIy has empties around the
Yards and sidIpgs when there Is
car shortage at the mines. Greater
efficiency along these lines is ask
ed for by the association.
8, & o, Movement.
East of Grafton the B. & o. rajk
road drew twenty-five trains yes
terday in which there were 9S3
load6 OF which 43S cors were coal.
The movement west of the divl.
sion was 757 cars OF which 175 cars
There were twenty-five trains
drawn east of Grafton by the B. &
O, railroad on Wednesday in which
there were 1924 loads. The coal
loads were 459, To the west there
were i39 loads moved and Of this
there were 1876 cars sent to the
lakes.
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