The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-09-11
Use of Hard Coal Equip
ment Is Helping a
Lot
50 ARE THE NALLETS
Boats For Export Ship
ments Will Soon Be
Available

Anthracite strike trouble has had
a tendency to send this equipment
into the soft coal fields and this
week the Fairmont region was
benefited like all bituminous coal
belts In fact the car supply was
SO favorable this week that the pro.
duction should run close to 5000
cars OF coal and coke II the mines
along the MOnongah division OF the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad can
turn out 1000 loads today. This
excellent weekly loading can be
amassed despite the fact that prac'
tically speaking the tonnage was
produced in five days instead OF
six, owing TO Monday having been
Labor Day. Only 81 cars OF coal
were loaded last Monday. Not one
day during the past week was there
any car shortage, which Is indeed
q very excellent car service.
Up to today theer have been 5,
066 cars of coal and coke loaded
on the B. & o. railroad-4,979 cars
Of coal and 81 cars Of coke. If the
5000 car loading is reached this
week 1t will have been the strong
est loading since the week ending
August 18th, which aggregated 6,2OI
cars.
Great Car Supply.
A CraCker-iack car supply is on
the Monongah division OF the Bal
tImore and Ohio railroad today.
Not for long, long time has the to
tai number or empties on the divl.
sion been as numerous for Sat
urday. There are 1855 cars on the
division and the early morning
FN10 10
classified as follows: Open, 1854;
coke, Al; B. NJ. |. X, Is: coke.
Al; NJ. V. T., %. There were L..
426 cars ordered for the division
OF which Al were for coke loading
There are 196 empties placed
in the West Virginia district OF the
Monongahela railway today while
in the Pennsylvania district there
are ISL cars placed. OF the 1876 in
West Virginia there are 1877 assign.
ed cars, The line expects to have
at least so per cent. commercial
run for Monday.
Seventy cars are placed today on
the Helen's Run and Wyatt.Blnga.
mon branches of the Western
Maryland railway. or this mum.
Der there are 81 assigned cars, leay.
ing commercials rather scarce
Twenty-Five cars OF this are for
assigned railroad fuel-Boston &
Maine-Yhile the other cars as
signed for public utilities. Next
week the Western Maryland railway
officials expect a 100 per cent
car supply for the entire week. Al
ready today there are 4S0 empties
In the yards at Chiefton ready for
placement for Monday. Unless
something unforeseen happens a
100 per cent. car supply is expect
ed every day next week along these
spurs. Yesterday the Western
Chiefton for Bowest Junction, Pa.
l (which there were total OF IFS
cars drawn.
malIet Movement.
Excellent results are being OBJ
tanned by the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad in its mallet operation.
Trains are drawn through Grafton
without a stop and without any
shifting. Crews are run to Keyser.
Tho movement has been very sat
isfactory to the railroad and by this
plan extra 'pusher" crews and
others are not needed in moving
the coal between Fairmont and
Grafton. Eight crews daily arc
moving this coal.
Is on Visit.
John A. Clark, Of the Clark coal
interests, left this morning for AL
bert, Tucker county, w. Va, where
he will visit his brother-in.law, ].
]. Dobbie. Mr.. Clark expects to
spend two weeks at Albert.
U. S. Boats to Return.
According to the information re-
ceived In the region today the
United States Shipping board will
start on September Is again to put