The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-06
MEN
WILL ATTEND
BIG BANQUET
Arrangements Complete
for Party at Waldo on
Thursday Night
[ loading REPORTS
Increase Noted in North
ern Section of State
During Week

Coal loading in Northern West
Virginia last week aggregated 2s9,-
$50 tons or a gain OF 1880 tons
over the previous week. Compared
to two weeks before last week
showed decrease Of 23,35O tons.
however.
Tonnage by railroads last week
was as follows: B. & o. System
Monongah $50 tons;
Charleston division. 14,700 tons:
Cumberland division, 10.S50 tons;
Cumberland division, 1885 0tons;
Western Maryland System-Binga-
mon G Helen's Run division-9,65O
tons; Belington g. Weaver, $3.50
tons; Monongahe1a, 4S,S50 tons;
Morgantown & Wheeling, 34,66O
tons. Gains were noted as follows
compared to the previous week: B.
& O.-Monongah division, 20,25O
tons; Charleston division, 1850
tons; Connellsville division, 500
tons; Cumberland division, 1900
tons; Western Maryland-Beling-
ton-& Northern, 3,700 tons. Losses
bWege sustained aa follows: Monun%
iB8n6AlI5 ER&A6H dIf 5s1VVflLQuh8 hAuT BduS
town g wheeling, 1900 tons; Wes-
ton acknowledgement & Helen's
Run, 1850 tons.
Mining Institute Banquet,
4 Arrangements are completed for
the banquet OF the Clarksburg dis
trict mining institute. which will be
held at The Waldo on Thursday eve
ming next at Z o'clock. Among the
invited guests and speakers are:
n. M. Lambie, Charleston, head OF
tho department OF mines. OF West
Virginia; Prof. A. c. Gallen, head
OF the department. OF mining engi-
lneering atWest Virginia university,
Morgantown; G. K. Brown, assist
ant director OF mining extension
schools. Morgantown; and Archie
Forbes, foreman OF mine rescue car
No. 8, bureau OF mines, which Is,
now at Dakota, Marion county.
It Is expected that between 1875
and $50 covers Will be laid. The
banquet will be for the institute
members and their ladies. A num-
ber OF Fairmonters will attend.
Charles D. schlegel heads an ac.
tive committee Of arrangements.
List Of Mines.
The Northern West Virginia Coal
Operators Association is just com.
Ipleting the listing OF more than five
hundred mines In Northern West
Virginia for its S1nlbers, 1t gives
the name OF ttsS COMPANY, name Of
mine and geological location, that
!! Is, the largest town OF any con5e,
quence nearby. The list includes
Iall OF the mines Of the four divisions
Of the B. & o. system, the two divi
sions Of the Western Maryland, the
MonongaheIa, Morgantown &
Wheeling, and Morgantown & King
wood railroads. Only the mines
along the Preston railway and the
West Virginia Northern road are ex.
cluded as these operations are real.
ily in the Upper Potomac field,
Twelve and a half counties in North.
ern West Virginia are covered.
Mondays Loading. 4
Coal loading in tho Fairmont re.
gion on Monday dropped down to
ST6 carloads, the poorest Monday
loading since the first Monday in
october. Mines on the Monongah
division, B. & o., loaded SIS cars;
those along the Monongahela, 227
cars: operations along the West
ern Maryland. 1S1 cars, which was
fairly heavy for change. Charles.
| ton division, B. & o., on Monday
loaded 43 cars Of coal while mines
on the Monongahela railway in
Pennsylvania produced 21T cars OF
coal.
Daily R. r. Fuel.
Coal loading of the Monongah
division. B. & O., to start the week
totaled 243 cars on Monday and OF
that the B. & o. secured 1A2 cars
while foreign carriers received 1ot
cars!
Thirty-four cars OF coal were
shipped to Curtis Bay on the Mo
lnongah division, B. & o. on Mon.
day. Eastern loading was 472 cars
while western loading was 46 cars,
East Of Grafton.
Fifteen trains nthe B. & o. east
Of Grafton on Monday drew $40
freight loads and OF that total 40s
were coal. Western freight move.
ment of the division was 317. A
total OF sos freight loads for the
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