The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-19
REDUCTION IS
lFF 3O7 LOADS
SIN THIS REGION
ecrease Noted on B. & 0.
and Monongahela
Railroads
By TO BLOW UP MINE
Rfernal Machine Placed
at Entrance to Chap
q lin Operation

Fairmont region last week load
4,118 cars of coal and IS cars
a.oke. The coal loading last
ii: fell off 3O7 cars compared to
previous week.
Zines along the Monongah Di-
lon, B. & o. R. R., last week
sded 2,S76 cars OF coal or ITO
b less than the previous week.
1rinet the third week of Decem-
+ ls2G, the division loaded 6,344
IS Of coal, while during the third
Eek of December. 1919, the divis-
b loaded 4,617 cars of coal.
Operations on the Monongnhela
West Virginia last week loaded
869 cars of coal or 1877 cars less
an the previous week. During
e third week of December, 1920,
ere were 6,344 cars Of coal load
During the third week of De-
mber, 1919, both districts OF
l6pongahela Railway loaded 1886
- glGS6 lLudlll LIlE bDblA NAoSA ASS5 ~
Il line loaded last week.
Coil loading on the Western
aryIand Railway last week ag-
-egated 373 cars or 8 cars better
an TIE previous week. In the
lfd week Of December, 1920, the
ines along this line loaded 53l
IS Of coal or just 15S cars more
AN last weeks production.
Last week the mines along the
harleston Division; B. G. o. r. r.,
aoed 259 cars of coal or just 20
rs less than the previous week,
nile the operations along the
Niiongaheln Railway in Pennsyl-
mia loaded 1859 cars Of soal or
5l9naIs less than the previous
Dynamite at Mine.
Three sticks of dynamite placed
mine entrance and attached
rails by wires so as to cause
q explosion when a motor car
ssed by, were found by Clyde
bnes mine foreman of No. 3, of
g Chaplin Galleries Company
|ong Scott's Run Saturday. The
lhaplin mines are among the
|fSest in the Morgantown sec.
and the mines have worked
Eaadfly from August 18th to De-
iffbcr list, when both mines, Nos.
and g closed down. AS Mr.. Jones
5proached the inferno" he
Sliced a piece of paper blowing to
IA fro and watched it, observing
M wires led from it. Stopping
q car about six feet away from
ie high explosives. A discharge
s. had been placed at the switch
ar and rail.
THE mine has always worked on
,e union plan and no effort was
Iade to work on the open shop
an; b. NJ. Chaplin explained,
ne only work now being done Is
at by day laborers who are en-
'iped at mine No. 2 where steel
fils are being installed in the
line haulage way and widening
"a entrance to the mine so that
ge3ything is in fine condition
en business warrants a resump-
Oh df work.
Last August nine sticks OF dyna-
lite were placed under the tipple,
at the were not connected with
NJ wires. No explosion occurred
6 that time, either.
{ Saturdays Shipments.
Eighty-five cars of coal were
kipbed to Curtis Bay off the Mon
9ah division, B. & o. R. R., on
] hturday. Coal loaded east ag-
234 cars while that to the
lest was % cars.
~ Daily X. r. Fuel.
Only 113 cars of coal went to
he railroads off the Monongah di-
ision. B. &. o. r. R., on Satur-
a.. OF that the foreign carriers
ecei4ed the largest block of 90
~ while the B. & o. backed up
on1e, getting but 1S cars of coal.
5S "a single car of coal was se-
tired by the railroads off the
division. B. 6 o. on
q sflIrday. Neither the B. & o. or
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