The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-26
245 MINES ARE
IDLE In GOAL.
REGION 1 TODAY.
Two Hundred and Six d
Them on the Monorgah
Division

Division
With ~245 mines idle today Ii
the Fairmont region there Is NOR,
idleness than any day since las
Saturday when 261 operations did
mot work due to lack OF business
This means taat 40 mines are
working today out Of possible
2s4 There are 20 working on the
Monongah division. B.. & o. r. r.
II on the Monongaheia and 4 OF
the Western Maryland Twelve
mines are working on the Charles.
ton division. b. q o. r r.. and
20 on the Monongahela in Penn.
sytgania.
Two hundred and sig mines were
Idle on the MonongaA division B.
& o. R.. R. today. which is the
largest number thus far this week
although last Saturday the peak
was reached when 215 were down,
On the Monongahela railway there
are "a idle and on, the Western
Maryland Is. bota roads having q
slight Improvement over earlier In
the week. Nine dieness on the
Charleston division, B. q o. r..
R aggregated rs yesterday which
Is about In line with earlier In the
week. with IS mines down on the
Monongahela railway in Pennsyl.
vania there is a slight improve.
ment ccLhpared to the past three
days.
] Unconsigned loads In tAe region
today total 400 of which 20 are
coke. On the Monongahela railway
in West Virginia there are 10 un.
consigned loads and on the West.
ern Maryland 40. There are . I'm.
consigned loads-on the Charleston
division, B. 6 o. r. R. and On The
Monongahela in Pennsylvania there
are 2S unconsigned cars OF coal and
% unconsigned loads Of. coke n
the Fairmont region proper there
was a decrease Of is unconsigned
loads compared to the previous
day.
Eight-hundred and fifty-one
empties are ordered today on the
three railroads OF the region sc
that production today should run
close to the 200 car mark. There
are 460 empties ordered on tAe
Monongah division, B. & o.; 2SS
on the Monongahela In West yir.
ginia and 100 on the Western
Maryland On the Charleston di.
vision, B. & o. r. R. there are
sc ordered, the largest order Of
the present week and on the Mon.
ongahela in Pennsylvania there arc
2s5 empties ordered
Daily Railroad Fuel
Railroad fuel loading off the
Monongah division, B. & O.. R. r.
on Thursday totaled 1917 cars. Tie
B. & o. secured "A cars Of coal
while foreign carriers secured 1853
cars.
Thursdays Shipments
These shipments were made off
the Monongah division! B. go,
R R. on Thursday; Curtis. Bay
8 cars; st. Georges, 4 cars; lakes
80 cars.
East Of Grafton
Twenty four trains moved 765
loads of freight on the b. & b.
R. R. east Of Grafton on Thurs.
day of which $50 loads were coal
There were 342 loads Of freight
moved west. This morning there
were 664 east bound freight loads
on the division OF which 500 cars
were coal. \.
On Wednesday, there were nine
teen trains drawn east Of Grafton
in which there were 57s cars OF
freight and Of which 41s cars were
coal. West Off the Monongah ID.
vision there were 8 o. loads drawn,
! thursdays Loading
Mines OF the Fatrmont region on
Thursday loaded 791 cars Of coal
no coke was loaded. Yesterdays
loading was the lightest in the re-
glon thus far this week. It was
Ill cars less than the loading Of
Thursday OF last week. which was
s02 cars. Two weeks ago the re.
gion loaded s69, cars
Operations al6ng the Monongah
division. B. q O.. Il. r. yester.
day loaded 424 cars the lowest Of
1.-THE present week. Mines on the
Monongahela railway in West Wiz.
ginia loaded 25s cars yesterday
which Is fairly we'll In line with the
daily loading Of this week. West
ern Maryland loading yesterday
was 10s cars, which Is showing up
well. considering the depression
{ the loading on the Western Mary.
land continues at least $50 cars
should be losGed Isis week.
Production on the Charleston d.
vision q. a q r. p haze sII0ht