The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-31
Only a azDrop of 119 Cars,
However, During
Last Week
.N.R.R. SETS THE RACE
That Road Beats Loading
in Corresponding Weeks
of 1919 and 1921

Production in the Fairmout re
gion last week showed a slight de-
cline compared to the previous
week. The production on the three
railroads last week aggregated g.
6S7 cars Of coal or 11e cara less
than the previous week. The in
crease in coal loading last week
may be attributed to the threat Of
a railroad strike in part although
the general Improvement IN bust
ness conditions may be a larger
factor.
Shrinkage last week was noticed
on the MoHongah division, B. & Q.
r. R., which went back 413 cars and
on the Western Maryland, which
dropped 6 cars. On the other hand
the Monongahelp railway in West
Virginia showed q stronger week
than ever in its history when 2,4Ss
cars Of coal were loaded. In fact
this end Of the railway loaded with
in 1888 cars OF equalling the ton
mage on tho Monongah division. B.
& o. r. r. last week. Combining
the coal production In the Penn
sylvanIa and West Virginia dis
trIcts OF the Mononguhela railway
last week it aggregated 4.5I0 cars
OF 6T6 cars more than all OF the
mines along the Monongdh division,
B. & o. R. R., which is a very un-
usual condition.
Operations along the Western
Maryland railway last week loaded
1856 cars while the mines along the
AIonongah division, B. & Q. h. r.
loaded. S,s34 cars.
Miness.on, the Charleston dtHE
Sion, B. & o. z, r. last week load
ed 420 cars or a gain of 81 cars ovei
tho previous week, while the oper
ations OF the Pennsylvania district
of the Monongahela railway loaded
2,0l2 cars of coal or 81 cars moro
than the previous week.
In the last week OF October. 1920,
the Fairmont region produced 1851
cars of coal or 944 cars less thar
last week. Tonnage produced in
the last week Of October. 1921, ives
as follows: Monongah division, =,
& O.-5,1S4 cars OF coal: Monon
gahela in West Virginia, 1883 cars;
Western Maryland. $50 cars; Mo
nongaheln in Pennsylvania, 2,O21
Tho combined production Of the
two districts on the MonongaheIa
railway last week was 631 cars
more than the combined production
in tho last week Of October, 1921.
Compared to the last week of Oc'
tober, 1919. the mines along the
Monongah division, 3. & 0. r. Il
last week loaded within ESQ cars
MS much as they produced during
the last week Of October, 1919,
which aggregated 6.967 cars. The
production on the Monongahel8
railway in the West Virginia and
Pennsylvania districts during the
last week Of October, 1919, aggre
gated 1927 cars or 2,SS3 cars less
than the two districts loaded last
week.
Production Heavy.
The week ending October %.
showed that the coal mines Of the
United States produced 10,9S3,o0e
tons OF coal or a daily average OF
l ,S32, 900 tons day. This indicates
that tho threatened strike stimulat.
cd business as a whole in the coun'
try although this was not as great
" reflected in the Fairmont region
as some fields.
The fourth week Of October In
1920 showed that the mines In the
country produced 12,232,000 tons.
or for the Shore.
George 8. Bracket. secretary OF
the Northern West Virginia Coal
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