The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-23
Tomorrow Association Di-
rectors Will Hold
Meeting
g25 CARS MONDAY
Ten Cars From This Re
gion Went To Curtis
Bay

! Members Of tho Northern West
Virginia Coal Operators assocta.
tlon are today In session at Deer
Park hotel, Md, A large number
OF the members from all parts of
the field are in attendance.
A Lisle White. Clarksburg,
the president, will swing the gav-
Ell. A directors meeting Is also
scheduled to take place there on
Wednesday morning.
Current mining problems, It is
understood, will be discussed at
the meetings.
Buy Poeahontas
The Southern Fuel corporation
today placed an order for 5000 tons
OF pool / tPocahontas) for S2.s5.
1t Is understood that 1t is for
western shipment.
Business conditions are said to
be slightly improving with the au-
itomobile industry in the Detroit
section, Some Fairmont coal was
contracted for at S1.75 recently.
Slack Is reported to be selling
at $3.50 in the region. There api
pears to be no demand for pools
1874 and GA. Pool'63 is said to DO
| quoted at s9.S5 to 81.
Inquiries appear to have eased
up some and they are now mol
very plentiful. Occasionally some
OF the inquirers do not secure the
coal even when exceedingly low
figures have been reached.
Daily r. r. Fuel
Three hundred and twelve cars
Of, f,coal were secured by the rait.
roads off the Monongah division
Baltimore and Ohio railroad on
Monday. Hhnl Baltimore, ana Ohio
railroad secured an unusually
heavy supply OF coal at i1s7 cars.
! Almost 50 per, cent OF the, coal
loaded on the division yesterday
was secured by the sraIlroads.
Mondays Shipments
Shipments off the Monongah di
vision. Baltimore and Ohio rail
road on Monday Included 10 cars
Of coal to Curtis Bay. No coal was
| shipped to the lakes.
There we're 5S4 cars Of coal
loaded cast and 4S cars west.
Mondays Loading
/ Production showed up fairly vel
in the Fairmont region on Monday
at s20 cars Of coal. No coke was
loaded. While the production !;
mot what 1t should be 1t ueverthe
less has shown some slight i'm
proysment compared to certain
days last week
On the Monongah division, B
& o. r. r.. there were 62s car,
loaded; on the MonongaheIa rail-
way in West Virginia, 2S6; and
on the Western Maryland 10 cara
i Mines on the Charleston divI.
sion. Baltimore and Ohio railroad
on Monday loaded Ga cars Of coal.
Production on the Monon gahel7
railway In Pennsylvania on Mon
day was 227 cars
East Of Grafton
Sixteen trains on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad drew 504 load,
OF freight east Of Grafton on Mon,
day OF which 800 were coal. West
bound loads were 400. This morn.
ing there were $50 east bound
loads on the division Of which soc
were coal.
On Sunday six trains drew 1SC
loads OF expedite freight east Of
Grafton. There were 1ss load
moved west "a
Last Saturday twenty.six trains
drew 1858 loads of which 6s3 car.
were coal. There we're 1875 loadf
moved west. 7
Mining Conditions
Today there are 23s mines idle
in the Fairmont region. Fifty.si5;
mines are at work today ON tht
three railroads. Mine idleness 70.
day consists Of 1879 down on tho
Monongah division, Baltimore and
Ohio railroad; % on the Monon.
gahela in West Virginia ana ID
on the Western Maryland
Mines at work today consist Of