The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-30
ConsoI Buys Lake Coal
Distributing Con-
cern
49 MINES Working
Empty Order off Today.
Consol Using NJ.
P. Cars

Within the next ten days the L.
L. & w. Coal Co, which has lis
plant located at Almina, Monon-
gala county, viii complete It's
wooden tipplc which is rs feet
long and equipped with a chute.
The tipple Will have n capacity o.
ten cars a day. The mine Is
equipped with self dumping cars.
thursdays Loading
Fairnont region on THURSDAY
loaded SIG cars OF coal. Mines along
the Monongah division, B. e O.,
loaded 243 cars; the Western Mary
land operations, A cars, and those
along the Mononsahela railway IN
West Virginia, 232 cars. Yester-
! day proved 70 be the heaviest lnnd-
Ing day on the Western Maryland
since December 81, when So cars
we're loaded.
! Coal loaded on the Charleston d.
+, vision. b. & o. on Thursday aEgrc.
! gated 80 cars wrilo the louding on
1 tho Monongahela railway in Penn
sylyania was 147 cars.
Freight Movement
Freight movement naturally re-
fleets the poor coal leading OF the
I! past few days. On Thursday l2
| trains drew 424 loads OF freight Of
/ which ZIG cars were coal. West OF
tho division 216 loads of freight
| were moved At midnight there
" ere All eastbound freight loads
| on tho division of which SGO cars
were coal.
Sixteen trains drew sos loads
: of freight east of Grafton OF which
+! $50 cars were coal. To the west
there were l9s loads OF freight
moved,
/, Personal BputIa1=,,s- l..
sst.SJ. Wr- ReSa; HEAD 81. st11e safety
department, Consolidation Coal Co.
has returned from Mycrsdale. Pa,
where ho spent the Christmas holl-
days, combining some work in the
Somerset field with the visit.
NJ. e. Peters, JamIson Coal &
! Cokn Co.. has returned from Lee
! tonia. O.. where he spent the
Christmas holidays.
s. D. Brady, president OF the
Brady Coal corporation. was at his
desk again today after having
been confined to his homo with a
severc cold for several days.
]. o. Caldwell. chief clerk OF tho
Northern West Virginia Coal OPP
orators association, Is in Pitts
burgh
Starting To Load Cars
1t Is understood that the Con-
solidation Coal company is starting
today to make use Of the NJ. p. d
r. coal cars. which they recently
acquired by purchase. Probably 75
to 100 cars are being loaded today
at the mines and they viii be scat
to various points under load.
Upon their return tho cars will
he consigned to the Cumberland &
Pennsylvania railroad. The cars
viii gradually be loaded out until
| the whole 299 are out or the Fair
mont region.
Inquiries Few
As could DO expected there are
few inquiries for coal in the Fair
mont region this week. There are.
however. few inquiries for small
drlbs OF business here and there,
and coal operators are hoping that
! conditions may improve some arteI
! the first OF the year.
Quite n few believe that there
will be n little business float after
january 1. but no great stride In
tho way Of picking up is expected
until after April l, by which time
railroad freight rates and miners
wages should be definitely settled.
Daily r. R. Fuel
Railroad fuel loading off the
MononEah division, B. & O., on
Thursday totaled 1876 cars against
255 cars Wednesday. Foreign car
riers yesterday received 100 cars
while 81 cars were received by the
B. & o.
Daily Shipments
Thus far this week no shipments
were made to Curtis Bay or other
piers Off tho Monongah division,
B. & o. Business along these lines
are comparatively quiet.
To the east there wore 2o2 cars
Of coal loaded while to the west
Al cars were loaded. These cars
of coke we're loaded to the west.
4e Mines Working
Forty-nIne mines are at work In
/ the FairTnont region but Judging
from the empty order they are
either more larger mines not work
ing than yesterday or what arc
working are only on a limited
basis. Thirty,seven mines arc
working today on the Monongah
division. B. &: o; on the Svcstern
Maryland and on the Mononga-
helR-
Along the Charleston division. b.
& o. eleven mines are working to-
day. Thirteen mines are active on
the Monongahela railway in Penn
sylvania-
500 Empties Ordered
Today the mines in the FairuIont
region ordered 500 emptics Of which
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