The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-09
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panies, Is on a trip to Pittsburgh.
]. Walter Howard, Clarksburg,
formerly OF the j. e. Long Coal
Co., has accepted a position with
the. Thomas NJ. Mordue Coal Co.,
Pittsburgh. being the Philadelphia
representative OF the company.
J. Earl Myers, who is we'll
known in Clarksburg, announce
his severance as sales manager of
the Westmoreland Fuel Co.. eff
fectIve December l, to form the
concern OF J. Earl Myers Company
with offices at rooms 451-454
Union Arcade. Pittsburgh.
Joseph NJ. Burns formerly con-
nected with the firm OF Daniel
Howard & Co., Clarksburg. has
gone to Wichita Falls. Texas, to
take charge OF the office OF the
Wilson Hydraulic Casing Pulley
! Machine Co.. in which Uncle
DAN" D. T. Quinn and other
Clarksburgers are financially In
terested IN. The invention Is that
OF John Hart Wilson, OF Clarks-
burg.
The Clarksburg Coal Club held
It's regular luncheon at the Waldo
. on Thursday at noon. Hugh s.
Smith the chairman, presided.
Addresses we're made by A. Lisle
White. Clarksburg; Uncle Dan
Howard. H. E. Smith and Alfred
Beam. Elk Garden, W. Va. Along
the Western Maryland railway IN
the Elk Garden section the mines
| went on the open shop basis and
Mr.. Beam told OF the Incident.
Daily r. r. Fuel
Railroad fuel loading of the
| Monongah division. B. & q. r. R.
showed a falling on on Thursday
the total being 162 cars against
from 236 cars to 334 cars a day on
the previous days Of this week.
The chief drop was due to the u.
& o. easing up in its reception OF
coal shipments. Yesterday the B.
& o. secured but A carr while
foreign roads secured 118 cars
which measured up pretty we'll on
| the average with the other daily
loadings they secured this week.
Forty cars of coal we're loaded
on the Charleston division, B. & Q.
r. R. on Thursday and Of that
total 20 cars were secured by for
eign carriers and II cars by TIC
B. & o. Individually.
Daily Shipments
ThIrty-one cars Of coal were
loadel for Curtis Bay Off the Mon
onGah division. B 6 o. yesterday.
Other pier shipments were lacking.
A total Of 420 cars OF coal were
loaded east and 81 cars west.
East Of Grafton
Freight movement on the B. &
O R. r. through the Cation gate
woy is holding up well to the 500
car mark this week. In fact yes
teday 1t went somewhat stronger
than usual when twenty-One trans
drew 672 loads Of freight over the
mountains and included In that
tonnage was 526 cars OF coal.
West Of the Monongah division
there we're 3T5 cars OF freight
moved. At midnight there we're
G61 loads Of freight on the diVi-
sion and Of that $50 cars wore
coal.
Coal loading IN tAe Fairnont
region showed a slight decline on
Thursday when 705 cars were
loaded against 7T4 cars on We'd
nesday. The mines along the
Monongah division, B. & o.. load
ed 451 cars; those on the Western
Maryland, IS cars. and operations
on the Monongahola. railway 219
cars. Loading on the Charleston
division. B. G O., was SO cars
while the tonnage produced on
the Monongahela in Pennsylvania
was 251 cars. Recently the tom
mage in the Pennsylvania district
has been eclipsing the production
on the West Virginia end due to
the large number Of mines that are
down fiat.
Mining Conditions
F~orty-elght mines are at work
today in the Fa'rmont region. This
means that 252 out Of 400 mines
are idle. There appears to be no
general Improvement in sight for
the Immediate future. injuries
are few and orders are absolutely
scarce. Thirty-eiRht mines are
working on the IononEah division,
3. & o: one on the Western Marv-
land and nine on the Monongahela
railway in West Virginia