The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-29

the other cases will be acted upon
at a future meeting Of the Joint
board, which will be held IN Fair
mont on Saturday. December 10Th.
The operators we're represented
By A. Isle White, Everett Drennen
and c. H. Tarleton, members of the
advisory board, and z. :. McCul.
Tough, labor comm isSlOner. and
Nick Aiello, president, Patrick
Buckley. vice president, Edward
Matthews. secretary. Of sub dis
trict 4, and Frank Mccartney, dis.
trict board member.
Shipments 10 Curtis Bay off the
Monongah division B. & o. r.
II. last week at 424 carloads took
a slump Of 81 cars compared to the
previous week. During the past
three weeks there have been sent
10 that coal pier 1910 carloads.
Slumping along at a reduced rate
for some time Arlington Pier last
week showed a total OF 81 cars
which proved to be best showing
for five weeks.
L Weekly R. R. Fuel
Considering the fact that the
loading last week on tho Monon-
gah Division B. & o. K. r. was
/ confined 10 five days the railroad
fuel loading fell off very little,
tw enty seven carloads. Last
weeks total was 1884 cars against
F! 1907 cars last week. Individually
! the B. & o. tonnage at 661 cars
last week was 10 cars stronger.
FOreigu carriers last week loaded
GAS cars OF fuel.
Freight Movement
Despite the fact that there were
but five working days last week
+: owing to Than :ksgivnig Day. the
general freight movement waE
442 carloads to tn east through
! the Grafton gateway OF the B. &
! o. R. R. on just 466 cars less
than the previous week. AS to the
coal movement last week off the
! division there we've sos cars less
of coal moved than the previous
week. the total number having been
! 1921 cars, Eastern coal movement
at 2642 cars. fell Off 430 cars com.
| pared to the previous week and
western shipments aggregated 1874
cars or 42 cars less than the pre-
vious week.
Suffers Injury
While at Chartered, Pa, last Sun
day, E. S. Mccullough. labor com
! missioner, Northern West Virginia
! Coal Operators Association, fell
on a step and ~dislocated his shou!-
der and Injured his knee. He ap-
peared on crutoheB yesterday.
The Mine IdIsness
A daily average struck on the
fiv days Of work last week on the
! Mouongah Division B. & Q. R. Il.
showed that 1919 mines were idle or
| approximately SO operations work
ed daily on the division during the
week ending November 26th.
Company Charter
The Fay Mon Coal Company,
! Morgantown. has been chartered
with a capital stock authorizat'
ion OF $1,000. incorporates are:
M. A. Caster. +. II, MnsgroYe'
Fred w. Riggs, Forest A. shrt'
! veer and A. r. Caste, all Of Nor
gantown, w. Va.
The secretary OF state at Char
! lesion has authorized the disposal
OF certain charters as follows:
Cheat Moutaiu Coal Co., Preston
! county, dissolved by deed of sale;
| Mary Coal Co, Preston county.
dissolved by deed Of sale, both
properties having been procured by
the Eastern Coal & Mining Co.,
A Delaware corportIon, Eastern
Coal and Mining Company.
Wilmington, Del, permitted 10
transact business and hold real
estate in West Virginia.
Geological Survey
Figures Of the United States
Geological Survey shows that the
production for the week ending
November 18th was s,S4S,00O net
tons. This was against S,5S2,O0O
tons the previous week and 9.S27G-
600 tons two weeks before.
Fairmout region during the
week ending November 18th was
working 39.2 per cent. Other fields
worked as follows: West Vir.
ginia Pan Handle us per cent;
Winding Gulf, 58.6 per cent; New
River 1913 per cent; P~ocanhontas,
63.3 per cent: Tug River, 500 per
cent; Kauawha 22.5 per cent;
Logan. 55.S per cent; Kenova-
Thacker, 43.4.p per cent. With two
exceptions the Fairmont region
made the poorest production show
ing in the state! Pennsylvan MIA
Pittsburgh rail district A.S per
cent; river district, 42.6 per cent:
central. 34.S per cent; Westmore-
land, $50 per cent: Somerset. 4T.3
per cent. Observation-Disclosures
Piedmont, 36.5 per cent.
Only ten coal producing districts
were worse off than the Fatrmont
region during the week endin"
November 18th and these were i'll
some cases just n per cent or two
lower. The fields were: Southern
Ohio. $50 per cent: Central Penn
sylvania, 3+.S per cent; Piedmont.
Cumberland, 36.5 per cent; New
River, 17.3 per cent; Kanawha 22.o
per cent; Northeastern Kentucky,
S0.1 per cent; western Kentucky.
27.5 per cent; Kanawha. 92.t per
cent. Indiana, Illinois, Iowa fields
we're in much better shape than
the Fairmont field for that week.
Mondays Movement. r
Thirteen trains drew 429 loads CT