The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-24
R,llro,d Euel.

A total Of IA carS u iuel Ncto
| loaded for the railroads yesterea
lthis being only Q normal total lor
| the first Of the week II not luat =
little BIT lighter than usual. Tne 2.
l& o. continues % keep 10 oaiiy
/ fuei loading on the Monongah NV,
sion over the 100 car marx. !. g
z. is holding up well and New
York. New Haven and Hartford u
coming back stronger at 81 cars.
The consignmentS YESTERDAY
we're as follows: B. & o. lOs cars;
c. Of n. J., 20 cars; New York,
New H<yen and Hartford, 81 cars;
|P. & r; Il cars; Boston and
Maine, IS cars; Maine Central, 50
cars; Erie, 33 cars.
Market Conditions
Lake coal prices appear to have
dropped IN this region about . dol
lar lower than last week. Lake
buyers last week contended that
they were getting lake coal IN
western Pennsylvania cheaper
than they did here.
Just how the market will be al
fected after the export business
reopens Is a matter Of conjecture.
The impression Is that Il may rise,
but this will no doubt depend on
! how liberal permits are issued.
The general belief Is that permits
will be procured with some diff.
Guilty and assuredly after much red
tape. This condition has been
brought about BY a small group OF
operators and shippers who them
selves are charged with having
abused permit privileges and as a
result the masses are affected.
80 Per Cent. Run.
A fifty per cent. commercial run
| of cars Is expected In the West
Virginia district Of the Mononga'
hela railway on "Wednesday.
chara. Discrimination.
A dispatch from Harrisburg, Pa,
states the following: Claiming the
recent order Of the Public Service
commission restricting delivery Of
opeu.top cars to mines having their
own tracks and tpples, discrimt
mates in favor Of the large ship.
pers E. S. Bowden, secretary OF
the Pennsylvania Wagon Coal Ship
pers' Association, today, In a let
! Ter to the commission notified II
/ the association had joined issue
with the Pennsylvania Railroad
company in the proceedings. !.
He asserts delays complained Of
are mot due to wagon leaders, and
that the Swaney case, recently de-
cided. does not govern the preser!
action. as It was brought during the
war period. A similar reply cans
rom The Tr.Motor Mines associa'
lion Of Uniontown. A date Will Do
set soon for a hearing.
Curtis Bay Shipments.
Last week the shipments 10 Cur
It's Bay totaled 1858 carloads, the
heaviest for three weeks. This was
ass carloads heavier than the pre-
,.;o,s veet and 133 carloads heav-
Ter than two weeks ago. VI
course the bulk Of this tonnage
| went to New England BY coast
wise shipments.
Michigan Drops.
Shipments 10 Michigan pontq
last week we're IS carloads which
!. vas a decrease Of more than 300
| per cent under the previous week
during which they were Isl cars.
Two weeks ago they were ?O2 car
loads.
Lakes About Right.
Shipments to st. Georges last
week Off the B. & o. railroad from
! this region totaled 140 cars. This
piers shipments seem 70 be on
1.-The increase. Lake shipments last
\ week were S3l cars or Just what
| the law allows-tcur more than
the appointment against the
Monongah Division as laid down
Iby the Interstate Commerce COM
mission.
4 Ohio shipments last week at 5lO
carloads ran the highest for 8 long
time-one Of the heaviest for fuiiy
q year. Miscellaneous western
point shipments were high at 52l
cars. With the P. & R. blocked
the line shipments naturally we're
diverted west as export business
was cut OF last week. Western
line point shipments last week to-
tailed 1918 against 1858 loads east.
OF the los cars Of coke loaded
there were 50 loads sent east and
.I36 west. Wagon mine production
at 66 cars was the heaviest pro.
duced for a period Of four weeks.
Some Coal on P. ar.
From last accounts the P & K
railroad has not lifted It's EMBARGO
at the Shippensburg gateway. al
thouxh the P. & R. has been re-
ceiying coal loads off the Western
MARYLAND railway. Some little
coal from the region is passing tnat
way.
Railroad Fue,.
Railroad fuel loading last weea
was 1874 carloads-he lowest
week Of the presnt month. WIN
! P. & R. deliveries non-acceptable
last week The B. & O. took adyai-
tage OF the opportunity TO stock
up and secured 901 carloads Of fuei
Its heaviest placing Of business
since the week ending July 81.
! which was 1917 carloads. Rail.
roads securing fuel at mines along
the Monougah division Of the b.
& o. railroad last week were as
! follows: B. { o., 90l cars; c. o.
/ n. J., "A cars; Lehigh Valley. 20
cars: New York Central, Is cars;
'lP. & R., 2es cars; Erie, 1863; New
York, New Haven & Hartford, 10Y
cars; Maine Central, IA cars;
Boston & Maine, 172 cars; Canton