The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-02-02
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Continued from, PAGE one.)
that the car supply on Tuesday vii
run 20 per cent.

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run 20 per cent.
Tuesdays Meeting.
Every coal operator in Northern
West Virginia is cordially invited to
the meeting to be held in the rooms
of the. Northern West Virginia Coal
Operators association on Tuesday
tmorning at 10 o'clock. whether or not
they are members OF the association.
Nv. Galloway. Baltimore. Federal
manager OF the eastern lines OF the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad. W. G.
Curren. Baltimore. general superin-
tendent of transportation OF tho Bal
timore and Ohio railroad, is also ex-
pected to make the trip. 1t is expect
ed that the railroad officials will come
to Fairmont on B. & o. train 3.
| A meeting of the members of the
association will be held on Tuesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock at the rooms Of
the association in the Jacobs building.
Meeting is Postponed.
The annual meeting OF the North
ern West Virginia Coal Operators as
ISOLATION will not be held on Febru-
, airy 10, owing 10 the appearance OF
the Fairmont coal operators before
the United States Bituminous Coal
commission at Washington, D. c., on
February 10.
The meeting probably will be held
during the third week of February,
although no time has beet set as yet.
Hunting Operators.
Lists have been issued by the Chi
cago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad
to coal operators giving the numbers
of coal cars that they handled and
disposed of. Effort is now being made
10 locate the operators who sent them
SO that the final consignees may pay
for the coal.
The railroads appear TO have been
guilty OF defective billing which Is a
big factor in causing the bad mix up.
Fairmont operators have received
copies of these lists.
Last Weeks Production.
Coal and coke produced in the Fair
mont region last week totaled 2S1,650
tons OF coal and 81 cars OF coke.
Mines along the Monongah division
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
loaded 1S7,25o tons of coal and 81
cars of coke. This is 319 cars heavier
than the corresponding week of last
year.
Operations in the Monongahela dis
trict in West Virginia loaded SSS loads
of coal.
Last Weeks Totals.
On the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
last week there were 3,279 cars o.,
Cos: .osd-d east and 4S6 cars of coal
C e. ~ ct. There were 26 cars OF
Locke Ell west and IL cars OF coke
loaded cas-. Curtis Bay shipments
/, were 2oI ca'5; Michigan points. 156
cars; Oh o. p3 ais. 173 cars; miscel-
laneous wos IN sh pments. POS cars;
railroad fue; shipments, 97s cars. Fiji
teen cars Of coal werS loaded by wag-
on mines last week
Saturdays Leading. ~
Fairmont region on Saturday load
ed 642 cars of coal and coke-637 cars
of coal and cars of coke.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad
had loaded on its lines on the Monon-
gah division 535 cars of coal and coke
$50 cars OF coal and cars OF coke
There were 466 cars of coal loadec
east and Cd cars of coal loaded west
There were cars OF coke loaded
west and 1 car of coke east.
Mines along the Monongahela rail-
road in West Virginia loaded 107 cars
Of coal. In the Pennsylvania district
on Saturday there were 200 cars OF
coal loaded.
These consignpents were made off
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad on
Saturday: Curtis Bay, II cars; Mich
igan points, 81 cars; Ohio points, 81
cars; miscellaneous western points,
% cars; railroad fuel shipments, 165
cars, which was boosted slightly by
increased tonnage being taken by the
New York Central and Maine Central
railroads. Wagon mines on Saturday
loaded two cars of coal.
United Mine Workers.
j. L. Ballard International organi-
Ger. is at Haywood today.
John Custalac, district organizer,
and Edward Matthews. secretary OF
sub district 4, are in CIarksburg to-
day.
Sanford Snyder, international or
ganizer, today is at work in Fairmont.
H. E. Peters, president Of sub dis
trict 4, is expected to return from
Charleston this week.
Ira Marks. district board member,
has gone to Charleston.