The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-26
BDAL TONNAGE
FALLS OFF IN
LOCAL REGION
Five Working Days.
Thanksgiving Generally
Observed
{ mn T. AR { SHORT
CARS SHORT
is Estimate Made;
Figures for the Week
> on the Roads

Naturally the Goa tonnage in the
Fairmont region this week will
show q decrease because of there
being only five working days.
Even IL every empty, 1lo6, were
loaded today it would fall AT cars
c-t Of last week. Indications are
that tho tonnage will drop about
500 cars less than last week in the
II ybn, last weeks aggregate on the
three railroads being 5S22 cars.
Tonnage on the three railroads
aggregate 4O89 cars up to and In
Guiding Fridays production. The
ptals are as follows: Mononsah
1 division, b. & O., 1865 cars OF
coal and is car sol coke; Monon-
gaheln, 1879 cars, Western Mary
land, 242 cars.
Mines on tho Charleston diYis-
Son, B. & o. in four working days
doaded go cars of coal while the
ono ations on the MonongahoIa III
PENNSYLVANIA loaded 1445 cars OF
coal, the latter road having work
ed some on Thursday CThanksgiv-
ing Day.)
curtIa say Better
Curtis Bay shipments off the
Monongah division, b. s. o. Il. r.
on Friday aggregated III cars
while 6 cars Of coal went to Arl-
Iggton pier.
East bound coal ioadds aggTeEat-
ed 433 cars while TO the west As
carloads were loaded.
r. r. Fuel Loading
Shipments TO- railroads OIL the
SMonongah division B. & o. r. r.
t6n Friday aggregated col carlonds.
l0fsthat total there e Sc cars OF
coal loaded for the B. & o. X. r.
r., dother foreign carrier s~recetved
P119
Coal Movement
shrinkage in the coal movement
k,,as noticed on the b. e. Q. rail.
road through the Grafton gateway
m Friday. Fourteen trains drew
IS7 cars OF freight and Of that to,
al there we're 300 cars OF coal
Srawn. At midnight there we're
T63 cars OF freight moved and OF
that total ESQ cars were coal
Fridays Loading
Coal loading In the Fairmont re-
rion on Friday totaled 70l cars.
Tbe totals were as follows on the
various roads in the region: Mon
on1sh division, D. & o.. AIS cars;
Western Maryland, 2 cars. Monon'
lgaa Mac 301 cars.
Total coal load!n gon the Char
lesion division 3. & o. r.. X. on
Friday was 46 cars while the
m]nes alnoE the Monongahela rail.
way In Pennsylvania loaded 900
&ars Of coal.
personal Mention
George S. Bracket, secretary G!
IN Northern West Virginia Coal
Iperators' Association, leaves Sun,
Aay night for Waslllngtnn, u. c.
Where the final arguments will be
given before the Interstate Com
menra Commission in regard to the
oht6 rate case. ,
Charles D. Barry. chief clerk Of
the Consolidation Coal Company.
Is on a ~seevral days visit to reIa-
dives In Ohio.
Here and There
Recently the Lima Coal Co. at
Clay, W. Va. had shipped by e%
press new picking tables to the
mines, which IS working the Upper
~HSStaning seam.
etLsburgh franklin Coal c.. re-
safttly opened a mine ut Gilmer, w.
va, on the Charleston division, B.
4 o. R. r.
Recently the Eddy Coal Company
completed It's plant II Harrison.
A charter has hcen issud to the
Cucumber Run Coal Co, Contlu-
cuce. pa, capital 100000: mining,
shipping and preparing coal for
uarket; h. NJ. Farneli, II. F.
EFSEaell, and John Van Sickle Of
lConfluence.
The clai moi tho West Penn
SPower Co.. to mineral rights un-
IRVING 100 acres in tho he'd Of
~ Allegheny river in Allegheny
SSfy has ben denied by the state
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