The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-28
Observation-Disclosures
| COUNTY TO Be OPENED Soon

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| In making calculations. that the re
glon today may not produce more
than $50 cars Of coal II the re.
! gion would do no better today the
tonnage viii not be more than 5,
500 cafsX
Including fridays production
the tonnage Is 5,219 cars OF which
l12 are coke. The tonnage by roads
! In the region Is as follows: Mo.
+, nongah division, B. & o., $3.50
ears; Monongahela In West Vir-
tginia, 1,14S cars; Western Mary.
land, al cars. The, Charleston di.
vision exclusive OF today loaded
2s6 cars Of coal9this week.
NV. Va. Production.
on Thursday the railroads o.
Northern West Virginia loaded l..
245 cars Of coal.
Work Progressing.
The work on the belt conveyor
and large tipple Of the Chesapeake
Coal company at Barrsckville is
progressing nicely. This conveyor
will be fully 200 feet long and will
carry, the coal down from the hill.
top. Sewickley coal will be work
ed here.
The LIE Mar Coal company, Bar.
rackvilie, has completed the work
Of sinking two shafts, 80 and So
feet, respectively.
Personal Mention.
w. Clark Dohbie, general super.
intendent OF the West Virginia
operations Of the Jamison Coal &
Coke company, returned home this
morning from trip to Pittsburgh.
Within the past week Mr.. Dobble
was also on a trip to Cleveland.
Thomas w. Annette, Antler Coal
company, has returned from Pitts.
hurgh, where he was elected a di.
rector OF the Texas United Oil COM
pany, Dallas, Tex. The company
has an oil well producing 200 bar.
rels a day.
East of Grafton
Twenty.seven .. & o. trains
drew S62 loads east of Grafton on
Friday OF which $50 loads were
coal. West off the Monongah dIvis-
ion there were rs loads moved
yesterday. This morning there
were 400 east.bound loads on hte
division of'w1.ch 900 are coal.
Daily Shipments
Sixty-seyen loads Of coal were
shipped to Curtis Fay off the Mon
ongah division, b. & o. R. Il. yes.
terday. Lake shipments were IS
cars.
East-bound coal loads off the
division yesterday were $40 while
those to the west were, SO. Five
cars of coke were loaded west.
Il. r. Fuel Low
Only ia cars OF railroad fuel
were loaded off the Monongah d.
vision, B. & 9, R. r., on Friday.
The B. .. R. R. individually re-
eeived 80 cars while foreign car
riers received SO cars.
Daily Production
Daily production in the Fair.
mont region on Friday aggregated
$50 cars Of coal and S cars OF coke.
The production has weakened
slightly, compared to several days
previous.
On the Monongah division, B. &
o. R. R. on Friday there were
594 cars OF coal and coke loaded
$50 cars Of coal and 5 cars Of
coke. This was the smallest daily
loading OF the week, 1t having
fallen back lat cars when compar-
ed to Thursdays loading.
Production on the Monongahela
railway on Friday was 253 cars in
West Virginia and 179 cars in
Pennsylvania.
Operations along the Western
Maryland railway on Friday load
ed Ito cars Of coal.
Goal loading on the Charleston
division B. & o. R. R. on Friday
was SO cars.
Mining Conditions
One huJered and seventy-stx
mines are idle on the Mononga1
division B. 6 o. r. R. today. Along
the Mopongahela railway today
there were "a mines idle in West
Virginia and 80 down in Pennsyl-
vania. Today on the Western Mary
land railway there are 16 mines
idle. A total Of 81 mines are idle
on the Charleston division Of the
B. 8 Q. R. R.
unconsigned loads on the Mon
ongah division B. & o. R. R. to-