The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-07
SEPTEMBER COAL

division. B. ( o. r. R.. last month
loaded 1888 cars OF coal or daily
average Of IS cars day.
Judgments Entered.
In reference to the purchase OF a
tract nf coal land by Robert Tai
hott. Fairmont. from the American
Gas Coal company involving the
title OF the property the Morgan.
town New Dominion today prints
the following:
Two judgments were awarded
yesterday by the court against the
American Gas Coal company. OF
this city Attorney Frank Raymond,
OF Fairmont. appeared before the
court In behalf Of Robert Talbot
Fnlrmont, asking that judgment he
awarded in the sum of $4,000 for
money alleged to have been paid
to the defendant company as part
OF purchase price for 300 acres Of
coal. Il was aTerred that sufti
Client notice OF the motion for jddG
ment had been given.
Attorney Charles T. Herd, Of
counsel for the defendant com
pRny. asked for time to 90 over the
papers in the case and this was
granted Later. the court handed
down decree allowing Judgment
IN the full amount OF the claim.
1.-THE plaintiff alleges that two
checks were given to the company.
one in the amount of $4,000 and
the other in the sum OF $4,000,
and said checks, which were ISSUED
on the Union Trust company oil
Pittsburgh. were cashed by the
company through Grover Casio,
treasurer. The S25,0h0 was pari
payment Of the agreed price o!
S225,O0 for 300 acres Of Pitts
burgh coal,
In addition TO the judgment for
Talbot. n. !. Zevely was awarded
judgment against the same COM
nany IN The amount of S5,G2b
against the American Gas Coal
company, sum alleged due him
as commission for making the
above sale to Robert Talbot"
Personal Mention
C. H. jenkins left on a business
trip TO Pittsburgh on Thursday
night. He Will return m several
days.
s. d. Brady, OF the Brady Coal
Corporation, motored to Pitts
burgh today TO witness the W. Y.
U.-Pltt football game in Pitts
burgh on Saturday.
East OF Grafton
Twenty-one trains drew T2s
loads OF freight on the B. & o. r.
r. east OF Grafton on Thursday Of
which 500 cars were coal. The
western freight movement of the
Monongaa Division was 354. This
morning there were 6T4 unmoYed
east bound loads OF which $50 cars
were coal.
On Wednesday there were 700
cars of freight moved OF which 81
cars we're coal. West bound move
ment OF freight was 358 cerloads.
Notes of Interest
Construction work on an extern
sion OF a spur from Norton to one
of the mines Of the West Virginia
Coal & Coke Company has been
completed.
with headquarters at Martinsburg,
". Va. and two mines at King
wood, In that State, have opened
a retail yard at Washington, D. G.
Yards have also been opened II Is
understood. in a number OF small
er places.
Daily Shipments
sb,nnnents off the Monongah
Division, B. & D. r. r. on Thurs
day included "a carloads to Curtis
Bay: I cars to Arlington Pier and
Z cars to the lakes.
A total Of 459 cars OF coal were
loaded east and sc cars west.
Daily r. r. Fuel
Railroad fuel loading on the
Monongah Division. B. & o. r. r.
on Thursday consisted Of 202 car
loads. or that "a cars were se-
cured By the B. & o. R. r. and
l0s carloads we're got by foreign
carriers.
Thursdays Loading
Coal loaded in the FaiTmont re-
sion on Thursday aggregated Ss5
carloads. Mines along the Mon
ongah Division, B. & o. r. n.
loaded 4ss. cars Of coal. which was
more than the previous day; S9
cars on the Western Maryland and
337 carloads on the Monongahela.
Production on the Charleston
Division, B. & o. R. R, on Thurs
day totaled so cars while that
along the Monongahela In Pennsyl-,
YanIa aggregated 2s0 carloads.
Mining Conditions
practEnallv M Involvement has