The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-01
COAL LOADING
DURING MAY
SHOWED GAINS
Last Week Best Since
First Week In
January

SdL6 VI hGul duu COhe-4t WI o,0V
tons of coal and 6S cars OF coke.
With the possible exception Of
January the total for which was
23,S76 cars OF which 527 cars
were coke, the production last
month was the top.notcher Of
1921. Stripping off the coke load
ing Of January the coal loading Of
May Is 1880 cars less than the first
month Of he year,
The mines along the Monongah
division B. & o. R R. In May
loaded 15,411 cars OF coal and
coke-15,34S cars Of coal and 6s
cars Of coke. In may, 1920, tl(e d.
vision loaded 1896 carloads Of
which $50 cars were coal SO that
last month was quite 1923 cars
shy of the coal loading in May,
1920. In May 1919n 1920 cars Of
coal was loaded on the division of
which 80 were coke.
On the Monongahcla railway In
May there were 1904 cars OF coal
loaded in the West Virginia end
against 3297 in May, 1920.
Along the Western Maryland
railway last month there were
1922 cars Of coal loaded against
2344 cars in May 1920.
To Fight Rate Raise
Directors Of the Northern West
Virginia Coal Operators Associa.
ton met at The Waldo, Clarksburg,
on Tuesday when 1t was decided
to fight tooth and nail the organ.
lied effort Of No. 8 Ohio field coal
operators TO widen the differen-
.tials to Ohio cities from without
the state. If these ditferentials are
wldened 1t will put the kibosh on
a lot Of Fairmont coal that is
shipped to Ohio points. The dlrec-
tors have authorized the engage.
ment Of attorneys to fight the pro.
posed rye increase, which will be
heard by the Interstate Commerce
Commission in Washington, D. c.,
on July 18th.
Ports Embargoed
Shipments to pooisEof the Tide.
water Coal Exchange at st Geor.
ges and Arlington coal piers, New
York city, have been embargoed.
This however, does not apply to
coal shipped to the ports independ.
ent Of the pools.
Weekly Pier Shipments
Conslgnments to Curtis Bay off
the Monongah division, B. & o.
r, R. last week aggregated 9s2
carloads, the heaviest week since
that ending November 9Th when It
was 1904 carloads. Quite little
OF this fuel ls going abroad to take
the place of coal that had formerly
been shipped from Wales. South
American countries are especially
receiving 1t, London interests pro-
curing the coal. In a statement Is.
sued by The Gauarnty Trust Com
pany Of New York City the fact
brought out that rs per cent Of
the coal used In Argentine is used
by the railroads and only one
tenth of this Is being furnished by
Great Britain, Americas keenest
competitor in the Argentine mar
ket. Most OF these railroads are
controlled by London capital.
American coal is becoming more
popular on the east coast of Argen.
tine and 1t is predicted that after
the strike Is over that a goodly por-
tion Of this new business will be
retained.
Tho last week in May, 1918 had
a total of 3S5 cars shipped to Cur
It's Bay.
n. W. Va. Production
Last week the mines Of North
ern West Virginia produced S73,.
$50 tons of COAL. which eclipsed all
weekly records in this section OF
the state. except the first week Of
January. That week the production
was 426,50O tons or $3.50 tons
more than last week.
The production by roads last
week was as follows: Monongah
Division-B. & o., 206,600 tons;
Charleston division, B. & O., IT,.
500 tons; Connellsville Division
B. & o. 300 tons; Cumberland
Division, B. & o. 12,100 tons:
Mononganeia, 6S450 tons; Nor
gantown & Wheeling, 1880
tons; Weaver & Bellngton Branch,
Western Maryland, 1900 tons;
Bingamon & Helen's Run, West
ern Maryland, $3.50 tons.
Last Saturday the mines Of
Northern West Virginia loaded
s1s cars Of coal.
Lake Shipments
Last week o total OF SEQ cars
OF coal were shipped to the lakes,
This was the next to the heaviest
that went there this season, which
was la tsweek, 40 Gears.
= The CORE lpondlng week Of May,
1919, had 654 cars ehnllted up as
having gone to tho lalsea, Tho year
1919 was aa OF year IN the Goa!
year, although Il wound up rather
faVogably,
Weekly Railroad Fuel
Railroad fuel leading last week
OF tho MeaonERh dly!aian, u, u o,
r. R, totaled oBi eaFleadA-the
AtFonsept for eight weeks, The
D, q O, secured aaa carloads last
week while ferelsR 'eAFFiefs eeeuF
ed coo ears,
East et eFaitsn,
ERet OF Grafton en- Tuesday
there we're % trains drawn In
which there were Faa leads Of
which $50 feads were coal, On
5.yt .tepHttHued % slslN tiaaN