The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-21
COAL MEN ARE
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Monongah division. B. & o. R. r.,
on Monday were ISL cars. or that
the B. 4 o. X. R. secured 10l cars,
The most decided slump In rail.
road fuel has been from the ranks
Of the foreign carriers. The great.
er portion OF this, It is said, has
been transferred to the Connells.
Vile and Cheat Haven sections.
Mondays Loading.
Coal loading In the Fairmont re-
gion on Monday was 800 cars.
Three cars OF coke were loaded.
Monday OF last week the coal load.
ing was 95s cars and two weeks
before 1,041 cars.
On the Monongah division, B. &
o. R. X. on Monday there were 675
cars OF coal and 3 cars OF coke
loaded. The Monday before 726
cars OF coal was loaded and two
weeks before 663 cars.
Along the Monongahela railway
on Monday there we're 1877 cars OF
coal loaded In the West Virginia
end against 237 cars the week be.
fore and 264 cars two weeks before.
In the Pennsylvania district yes.
terday there were 131 cars Of coal
loaded against 206 on Monday a
week and 100 two weeks before.
Production showed little strength
on the Western Maryland railway
on Monday there having been Al
cars OF coal loaded.
Fitty-one cars OF coal were load.
ed on the Charleston division, B, &
o. R. R., on Monday. This was 90
cars less than the Monday before
and the same as two weeks be-
fore.
East Of Grafton.
Nineteen trains on the B. & o.
R. R. on Monday drew 633 loads
east OF Grafton. The coal loads
moved were 1888. West of the Mo
nongah division there were l02
loads Of freight moved.
This morning there were 400
loads Of freight on the Monongah
division bound for the east OF which
800 were coal.
Mine IdleneSs.
Fairmont region today has 2I2
mines idle against 20S on Monday
Today there are more mines idle
than last Tuesday when 205 wero
down and two weeks ago when 204
were idle. With 212 down in the
region today there are 81 mines
working out OF 295.
On the Monongah division, B. g
o. r. R. there are 17S down or 6S
at work. A week ago 165 werG
down and two weeks ago 1859. On
the Monongahela railway In West
Virginia today there are % down
or 13 at work. A week ago rs were
idle and two weeks ago IS.
Operations along the Western
Maryland railway today are affect
ed about the same as usual with II
mines down, which means that two
are working. Compared to a week
ago Ii were down and Two weeks
ago II.
sixty.four mines are idle on the
Charleston division, B. & o. r. R.
today against IS last Tuesday and
70 two weeks ago. twenty-five
mines are working today.
Little improvement Is noted In
the Monongahela railway in Penn.
sylvania today, there being So mines
idle against a last Tuesday and SO
two weeks before.
Unconsigned loads in the Fair.
mont region today aggregate 1871
cars an increase Of IS cars over
Mondays total. On the Monongah
division, B. & o. R. r., there are
173 unconsigned loads on the Mo.
nongahela railway in West Wiz.
ginia there are % unconsigned
loads while on the Western Mary.
land there are a mo bills" In
the Pennsylvania end OF the Mo.
nongahela railway today there are
1874 unconsigned loads OF coal in
Pennsylvania and IS in West Viz.
ginia.
Little New at Curtis Bay.
Curtis Bay shipments of the No
nongah division, B. & o. r. R., last
week did not show the strength
that they did during the last week
Of May, but with an aggregate OF
1874 carloads there were twenty-five
cars more than the previous week
and 1888 cars stronger than two
weeks ago.
The possibility Of the British
miners strike being adjusted nc
doubt has had a bearing on the or
dering Of coal In the state during
the past few weeks. Operators In
this region who have been reaping
benefits as result OF the strike
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