The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-11-10
TWO MINES CLOSE
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today's consignments.
For some time reports were cur
cent that coal loads have been
blocked at Curtis Bay and points
west OF that pier.
Before the Commission.
Today before the Interstate Com
merce commission A. c. Beeson.
AnnabelIe; c. II. jenkins, Fair
mont, and G. T. Bell, FaIrmOnt, ex-
ecutive vice president Of the North.
ern West Virginia Coal Operators
Association. ara appearing to pro-
test against the 8. & o. railroad re-
sorting to con1iscating coal at the
mines.
The committee will impress upon
the Interstate Commerce commits
sion the fact that all carriers should
purchase coal just as other CON
sumers do.
Monongnhela Case.
Letters were issued today by the
Northern West Virginia Coal Oper-
ators' association that the Monon-
gahela case would be heard by the
Interstate Commerce commission
on November 20 in Washington, D.
C, This action is one following the
refusal of the p. r. r., p. & l. E.
and Monongahela railroads to
make up certain car shortages.
Price Conditions.
Market conditions Of ocal are
more uncertain than ever today
and Fairmont gas and Sewickley
were selling at the same Price
S4.75. Little export coal is going
out OF the region, which helps
some in keeping the price Of coal
down. In several instances there
nav have been scattered sales for
prices a slight bit better than the
foregoing, but as a whole these
were the general quotations. Lake
rrices We'd with the general and
some little tonnage Is being cold
Today for that character OF bust
ness.
With an embargo cIamped IN
Curtis Bay and the general de-
mand of soft coal further drops
may result. Some wagon and tip
pie mines have already shut down
in the non-union fields around
Morgantown.
Is. & o. Movement.
Twenty-one trans were run cast
of Grafton by the d. Il D. h. r. on
Tuesday, drawing $40 loads, OF
which 500 were coal. To the west
there were 115 loads drawn. Of
that so loads went to the lakes.
This morning there we're proba-
bly, thousand loads remaining at
Grafton which had to be moved
east.
Daily Car Supply.
Fifty-eight mines are idle along
the Monongah division Of tile Bal
timore and Ohio railroad today.
There are 1928 eInpties on the
division and the early morning
placement was 918. The opera
lions along the division today Or
dered 1897 empties, Of which %
are for coke production. Cars are
classified as follows: Open, 1908;
coke, %; BMIX, 81; MVT, 81.
Cars left over from the previous
day were TIA.
Empties along the Monongahela
railway in West Virginia today to.
tai 283, of which 112 are assigned
cars, reducing the commercial run
to I'll cars. In the Pennsylvania
district there are 424 empties plac-
ed. There Is small run Of cars
in sight for Thursdays loading.
Along the Helen's Run and Wy
att-Bingamon branches Of the
Western Maryland railway today
there are 200 empties. A full run
is expected for Thursdays loading.
A total Of 1885 empties are plac-
ed along the Charleston division OF
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
today. Every empty along the
division has been placed,
Daily Shipments.
Daily shipments made off the
Monongah division Of the BaIt-
omre and Ohio railroad on Tues
day were as follows: Curtis Bay,
eos cars; st. Georges, 20. cars;
lakes, 40 cars; Michigan points. 10
cars; Ohio points, 81 cars; miscel-
laneous western points, 100 cars.
Railroad Fuel.
Railroad fuel shipments Oh the
Monongah division Of the BaIti-
more and Ohio railroad on Tues
day aggregated $50 carloads,
which is the heaviest for some
days. The loading yesterday con-
sisted ofN2G7 cars OF foreign fuel
and SO cars Of D. & o. fuel.
These consignments we're made
yesterday: B. & o., SO cars; Ban
gor and Arostocl. is cars: G. of
N. j., Is cars; Lehigh Valley, 80
cars; New York, New Haven and
Hartford, 20 cars; P. R., "a cars:
Boston and Maine, IA cars; Maine