The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-20
RAIR0ADFJEL
S~JFFEREDDROP
Other Figures on Ship
ments Last Week in
Local Region

Pier shipments off the Monon-
rsh Division, B. & o. r. r. last
week were confined to consign-
ments 10 Curtis Bay. which were
2ss carloads or forty seven cars
more than the previous week. IN
dfcations at the beginning OF the
week pointed to very much lighter
shipments to. Curtis Bay than was
recorded last week, but a shipment
az III cars on Wednesday, which
appeared lick old times, boosted
matters. This was followed by an
S5,car shipment on Saturday, which
swelled the total. While Curtis
Bay showed a slight gain the ship
ments to Arlington Pier drew a
blank last week compared to
twenty five ears the previous week
Th bulk OF this coal II not all OF
tits moving coasttwtse and prac-
tically none is going abroad.
Usually the shipments 10 the
RAILROADS. held up on the Monongah
Division, B. & o.. when there was
little other business, but even this
outlet is being rapidly u off. a
dfop OF 131 cars b'as noted off the
previous week, last weeks consign-
ments to the railroads amounting
to1077 cars.
This was 40S cars less than the
highest week OF November and
$50 cars less than the lowest week
Of NOVEMBER. Shipments off the B.
& o. r. R. Individually at 453
cars last week a 115 cars short
of the previous week while foreign
carriers received 624 cars OF coal
or Just 16 cars short OF the prev
ious weeks tonnage The biggest
slump in RAILROAD fuel tonnage out
Of the region Is on B. & o. fuel.
For some time this road has been
buying strong and presumably
storing a large percentage Of the
coal purchases. During the four
weeks of November the foreign
roads averaged 6S2 cars OF coal. a
week of the MononGall Division
This is less than IL cars off Il
week on the average week struck
for December. On tlis other hand
tho B. & o. shipments III NOvem-
her averaged 692 carloads against
$40 this month or = drop Of Il"
carloads on tho week..
Freight Eases Up
Freight movement cest of Graf
ton on the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road showed an inclination toward
slowing up some last week, Freight
loads moved cast through tho Graf
ton gateway aggregated 1914 or
so loads less than the previous
week. Actual coal movement natur-
ally came in for a cut also, drop
ping back 772 loads, the weekly
total of the movement having been
Zoos.
Worst Of the Year
Working conditions last week in
the Fairmont region generally
proved to be less favorably than
any time thus far n tho present
year. On the average daily there
we're 252 mines idle last week or
Nj othr words there were IS ont
OF 400 mines on the average worked
daily. On the Monongah Division
D. & o.. there were Sc: on the
Western Maryland .. and on the
Monongaheln In West Virginia, 10
Ihiines that worked daily on an
average struck over the week. On
the B.. & o. there were 1854 mines
chalked up as idle over the six
days, or a daily average of 209 ont
Of 245 down every day last woek.
Eastern Business
Eastern coal shipments off the
Monongah Division b. & o. K. r.
last week showed n weakening al
so dropping off III cars compared
to the previous week. Last weeks
total was 2130 loads. Conditions as
to line shipments arc unchanged.
last weeks total being 246 cars or
Just two cars shy OF the previous
week.
Geological Survey
The soft coal production for the
week ending December 10th. In
Guiding ignite and coal Tor coking
was 100000 tons against 7.1U4, 900
tons the previous week. Usually
soft coal production IS at a maxi
mum at this season OF the year but
ttisa fact that the first two weeks
OF December show a production
which drops back to the April fig
ures, that month being the lowest
Of the year.
For the week ending December
34the percentage OF normal produc-
ton was 34.S per cent in the Fair
mont region. other West Virginia
fields yer as follows: Pan Handle,
Sis per cent; Winding Gulf, S3.2
per cent; New River. 5.4 per cent;
Pocahontas, 24.2 per cent; Tug
River, 31.5 per cont; Kannwha.
Is. 8 per cent; Logan, 36.G per
,eent; Kenova.Thacker, 800 per
cent; Central, 1871 per cent; West
moreIand. 1872 per cent; Central
comparative fields were: Illinois.
37.3 per cent: Indiana, 1914 per
cent; Southern Ohio. a. per cent;
Northern and Central Ohio. Ala
per cent; Pittsburgh. 33 per cent.
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