The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-23
CHEAT PERMIT
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V.VA | D 4. A0RTHERM|ISSIEl || | S TODAY.
New Owners Said To Be
Contemplating Other
Purchases

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The Cheat Mountain Coal com
.pany OF Kngwood, the controlling
stock ofiwhich was owned by; D, d
Shicker, Kingwood. and Howard
Gross and Eddie Gross OF eumbet-
land. Md. disposed Of Its holdlnss
along the West Virginia Notthesli
TO the Eastern Coal Mining Co., %
Cumberland, Md.
A. A. som1aerville is president Of
the new company and It Is under.
stood additional improvements will
be made In then near future and the
output OF the mine increased from
$50 to 500 or more tons per day.
About rs acres Of coal lands are
included In the deal. While the
deal has not, as yet been completed
| it is understood the Eastern Coal
Mining Co, will also purchase the
holdings Of other coal companies in
the Kingwood region.
Dame :Rumor also, has it that one
or. more of the mines in which
Howard Cross is the dominating fig
ure on the Western. Maryland will
be included in the deal in. the very
near future:
Morsantown Personals
Charles F. Sutherland, Of the
Sutherland Coal Co., and Mayor OF
Morgantown, spent several days in
New York on business.
Paul n. Keener Of the Metropolis
tan Coal Co., was Pittsburgh visi-
tor last week.
R n, McFall, Southern Fuel Co.,
lis in. New York on business.
NJ. l.. TAYLOR, vice president OF
1.-The Morgantown Coal Co., was a bus
iiness visitor to Buffalo and Gleye-
land recently.
Production Saturday s
| Indications for coal production
! in the Fairmont region this week
are good, Production on Saturday
fell to TAO cars. The Monpngahela
had a big day but the other lines
fell short. 4. fiIl
The Mono hela had 2s7! cars
loaded on atnrday town
fand eefings sspro odllced 3 7Q loads,
/ The iifnes along the I8npn gah ii4
vision produced 442, a decrease of
23t oh this line alone. The West
efn Maryland had all mines idle on
Saturday and no cars were loaded.
Daily Shipments
On Saturday Curtis Bay got 16l
cars while ST. Georges and Locust
Point received none. The shipments
to the lakes dropped to % since
Fridays s66 and a record Of 95 for
the week. Il,
Shipments OF railroad fuel over
the B & o on Saturday amounted
Ito 81 cars, a decrease OF so as COM
pared with the 1877 shipped on Fri
day. 7
Mines Idle
There are 1856 mines idle in the
region today. The Western Mary
land mines have only one working
today which leaves IS idle. There
are 20 idle on the Monongahela. The
Monongah division has 1855 idle to-
day. This is fairly good in that 1t
Is a decrease over Saturdays idle
ness which was 214.
uncensisned Loads
There is a total Of 20S unconsign-
ed loads in the Fairmont region to-
day. or this number the Monongah
division has 1877. The Monongahela
has 4 unconsigned cars and, the
Western Maryland has 80,
Cars in, the Region
There Is total Of 1726 cars in
the region today. These are diyid-
ed as follows: 2S9 on the Western
Maryland; 237 on the Monongahela
and 1900 on the Monongah division.
This is an increase of 1856 over the
number on Saturday.
u Charleston. Division
On Saturday the mines along the
Charleston division loaded IA cars
Of coal. They shipped no railroad
fuel. Therefa 140, empties on the
division today and 20 were placed
this morning. Sixty -one mines are
idle today. b
Operations In Pennsylvania
4 Mines along the Monongahela In
Pensylyaia loaded 1866 cars on Sat
urday. There are so mines idleito-
day along this line and there are
81 unconsigned loads. There were
l174 cars placed this morning.
Coal Visitors
M. L. Hudson OF the Edward Hine
interests, Chicago, was In town look
ling after hfs firms interests in
Marion county. X
President II. H. Johnsonl Of the
Chesapeake Ccal Co, Bellatre, o.,
las In the city today.
Who Bradley Is ]
JIG. Bradley. the new president
of the National Coal Assoc ation,
30 a former resident Of Newark, N,
~. He is n grandson Of the late
Justice Bradley, OF the United
States Supreme Court and the late
lex-u United States Senator ". Dom.
aid I Cameron Of p Pennsylvania HIS
grandfather Simon Cameron was
% cabinet officerfin Presid dent Lin
coins dministratipns
Mr.. Bradley has served as vice
president OF the Nat tional Coal AS.