The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-05
cars Or 81. 500 tons q COL.

t-+SS e'ASh1NS N Sot-FSu ukSs otll lElt IL ~
car mark. The production was t.le
Ter IL, when Il was 67e7 cars OF eoal
and coke. or the 20 cars OF coke los Il
ed II cars went wese and Sloads weA
cast There were 1898 cars OF coil
loaded east and 1925 cars loaded wes
last week.
Weekly Totals.
Last week there were is cars OF co n
loaded by wagon mines on the b. a ".
railroad IN the FaiTmont region. Cur-
us Bay shipments toSaled 41g cars
the largest since the week ending Mo-
veE'oer l. when the aggregate was 1865
cars. Shipments to Michigan points
totaled S6S cars; Ohio psLnts, SSiN
cars; miscellaneous western Shipments
276 cars.
Railroad fuel shipments at liz cara
last week surpassed thu week ending
December q which was $40 cars. but
was a decrease OF the weeks during
the early and middle OF December
when ths railroad consignments loom.
ed up very heavy.
transportation Meet. y.
Members OF the transportation COM
mittee Of the Northern West Virgin
IL Coal Operators Association met at
the rooI2a in the Jacobs building on
Saturday afternoon when plans were
made TO make renewed efforts for an
adequate car supply. Recently the
car supply on the B. 6 o. railroad has
been right fair, but II is feared thai
with the coal weather and the disnr.
ganfzation Of the railroads prior TO
thear being turned over to private own.
ersh!p may cause prolonged shors-
age or at least caused car shortage for
certain period of time. The commit
tee will make every effort to have
transportation matters handled we'll
from now until March i when govern
ment control ceases. In line with this
policy Executive Vice President Bell
has wired tho United States sena-
tors representing Went Virginia and
number OF congressman a we'll. He
Will also keep in touch with the off
GERS II the United States Railroad
administration and j. j. Moynihan.
Pittsburgh, manager Of the eastern car
pool. The committee will also keep a
me on the car supply on the Monon-
gahela railway.
Effort will be made to secure The
statistics on the distribution of cars
10 various railroads from the united
States railroad administration, which
was done for the months OF August
and September and which proved val
liable to the local association.
Member at Saturdays meeting of
the committee were Samuel d. Brady.
chairman G. d. Robinson, F.. j. pat
ton, A. spates Brady, George %. Pedal
cord and j. NJ. Orr.
Saturdays Production.
production in fha Has rto,a,,t ,x.s,t<,,.l
on Saturday was 1912 cars-1037 cars
OF coal and 8 cars of coke.
There we're s95 cars OF coal and {
coke produced on the Monongah, ii-
vision OF the Baltimore and Ohio rat..
road on Saturday. cars Of coal
and cars Of coke. There were rs
cars Of coal loaded east and 1876 cars
west, with one car of coke loaded ca ~
and cars Of coke loaded west. Min
ing operations in the West Virgfnil
district of the MonongabeIa railway
On Saturday produced 142. loads OF
coal. In the Pennsylvania district on
Saturday there were 800 cars OF coal
loaded. ~
Daily consignments.
On the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
on, Saturday there were 4ssarsSof co a !:
loaded ny wagon mines. Curtis Bay
shipments aggregated SO Gag; Micisi-
gan po'nts, Do cara; Ohio points. 10
cars; mtst ellaneous western points, 20
cars.
Railroad Fuel.
Ra:lr az fuel shipmen.s off the 81
& o. !'ai:road on Saturday, t3talcd .04
cars. Incl earsed tonnage was secursa
by tho New York Central, Pere Mar
quette, New York, New Hayen.G Hart
lord and tie Cumberland Valley, New
York & Ontario & Western railroad se
cured cars of coal AMI Wheeling
terminal on Saturday.
East Of Grafton.
Movement on the Battinir-s and
Ohio railroad east of Grafton dropped
somewhat recently due to She severe
cod weather. The loads b sing drawn
over the mountains per Grain are now
on the l9we1t rating-p. There were
626 loads Drawn on Saturday and SIG
loads Gil Sunday.
is in the City
II. A. Johns, Cleveland, Of iths Copen
Creek Goal Company is III lthe FAR
mont region today.
United Mine Worke-s
H. e. Peters, president OF sub die
trlct 4, Ira Marks, district board sncIn
Der; Sanford Snyder, International or
ganizer and John Custalac. district IL
ganizer are attended tho convention
of the United Mine Wor1ess OF Amer
lea III Columbus today.
Isaac Scott, international travelling
auditor is in Charleston today.
]. L. Ballard, International 1fg5n.z-
err is N charge of the Fairinont Of
fee Of tie United Mine Workers dur
ing the absence of II. 10. pater:
Edward Matthews. secretary and
treasurer of sub district A. is in the
city at work today.
The Fatimont office Of the Tinted
Mine Workers Of America today esti
mated that fully 100 Representative
were attending the convention of the
United Mine Workers OF America In
Columbus, o., today.
Columbus, o., today. These represe-
tatives are from northern West vir-
gtnia.