The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-09-10

RaIlroad Faet
j. Total railroad fuel loading on
the 81 e o. railroad yesterday was
1894 cars. This is slightly less th9n
Tuesday and Wednesday, the
railroads securing fuel IN the re-
gion yesterday were as follows: 3.
4 o. 81 cars G. of n. J. II cars;
New York Central, 90 cars; New
YORK, New Haven and Harttoro
6S cars; p. & r. 81 cars; Maine
Central, IS cars; Erie SO cars.
The Lake Situation
Coal loading at the lakes on
Tuesday was light at 23T5 cars
2479 cars. Docks were expected to
dump at least 300 cars on WcT
nasday. Heavier loading is eX.
5ectei by the end OF the week. On
! Wednesday the railroads had 9410
cars at the lake front and 3612
cars in transit.
Although nearly oil the freight
ers are in ore trade wild tonnage
Is not coming out any more freely
and aside from 4 few cargoes for
lake font delivery little chartering
! is being done. There was some
INQUIRY for small grain tonnage at
| the Lake Michigan ports yester-
day but at the rate that the grain
, is coming into the upper lake parts
| the movement will be light this
month. rhe supply of tonnage Is
| about equal to the demand III the
| coal trade.
OF the four boats out Of Lora!n
on Wednesday, two were loaded
| with coal and one went up light.
| tIt,fY1L Mine Warfare
! Ira MARKS, district board mem
| Der is at Mont Glare today.
John Custalac, district organizer
Is at Enterprise today.
Edward Mathews, secretary OF
subdistrict 4, is ut ClarksbuT today.
NickAien, distTias board mem
Der, has gone to Charleston.
MorGantoWners Summoned
According 10 the MOrganrown
New Dominion subpenas for at
Tendance at the next federal court
at Martinsburg, w. Va, have been
served upon the officers Of the
Barry Coal Company, Chiffon Coal
Company, A. l.. Black Coal Com
pany, Barbe Coal Company, Cleve-
land & NIorgantown Coal Com.
pany and the Great Canyon Coal
Company. Other Morgantowners
have also been summoned.
Is In the Region
A representative OF Taubman
Company, brokers, Pittsburgh, was
in the region yesterday in search
OF coal.
Hard Coal Cargo
According TO a dispatch from Du
luth the steamer H. G. Dalton has
carried the biggest load Of hard
coal ever taken into Duluth by
boat-14,613 net tons on a draft
of p feet forward and 20 feet II
inches aft.
Lake Coal Increases
Records Of lake coal carried
through the 500 canal shows that
In August there were 2,S75,304
tons compared With 1,504,312 tons
in July. During the tNonth OF
August the Buffalo coal docks
londed onto lake vessels 573,559
tons Of anthracite coal as against
4S2,500 shipped during the cores.
ponding month last year, an in
crease Of 91,059 tons for August
this year.
New Coal Companies
Two new Independent coal COM
panies have been organized in the
Morgantown section and expect to
launch their projects In a short
time.
The Morgantown Commercial
Company has been granted a char.
ter with a capitalization Of $4,000,
The incorporators are Sheriff John
I. Dougan, Guy A. Hall, Luther
S. Morris, A. w. Tenant, Noble
c. Mccormick. George B. Viewig
and Ora S. Chitum, all of Nor.
gantown.
The Craig Coal Mining Company
OF ktngwood has also been granted
certificate of Incorporation, with
e maximum capitalization Of 5000.
600. The incorporators are w. o.
Barnard, W. F. Hall, Charles e.
Hodges, w. E. Arnett, Harold G.
Hodge, Louis S. Core. Joseph X.
Buchannon, all of Morgantown,
and c. W. Craig, of Kingwood.
Baltimore Loading
inc export coal loading8 in Ba'.
timore for August will go we'll
over 100000. The cargo loadings
up TO and including August 70
were 462,40 tons with 1921 tons
taken for bunker or a total of
56,212 tons for the four weeks Of,
the month Of August rs, inclusive.
Raise on Contract Rate
Charters from Ohio ports to-
Montreal for coal carrying have
been scheduled at $3.50 a ton, an
advance Of about 81 ton over the
contract rates.
Around the State
Organization OF the Fair Seam
Coal Company indicates further
development of the coal resources
of Kan1wha county. Those who
compose the company are j. r..
Rouchelle, W. S. Johnson and A.
NJ. Belcher, Of Charleston; ]. F.