The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-14
NATIONAL COAL.
DIRECTORS WILL
MEET WEDNESDAY.
Export Business is Again
Picking Up in
Region

II Is expected that the directors
OF the National Coal Association
who will meet In Washington, b.
C., on Wednesday morning will
discuss the proposed Frelinghuysen.
Hoover stabllization bill FOR the
regulation OF the coal industry
The probabilities are that the mem.
orandum TO be handed by the coal
operators TO Senator Frelinghuysen
will be framed at this session, or
ut least acted upon. At former
meetings the directors were oppos.
ed TO any form Of regulation for the
coal Industry.
Z. II. Jenkins, secretary and
treasurer OF the Hutchinson Coal
company. will leave for Washing.
ton tonight to attend the meeting.
he being the director of the Nation.
al Coal Association from Northern
West Virginia.
Exports Stronger,
During the past week the ship.
ments to Curtis Bay of tho Mouou,
gah division. B. & o. X. r., we;e
stronger than the previous week,
but fully 80 per cent. less than tvs
weeks before. Last week they 10.
laled 4G2 cars against 296 cars the
previous week and s92 cars tive
weeks before.
Lake business at. 31S cars off the
Monongah division last week was
just seven cars less than the week
before, and ~ cars less than two
weeks before.
N. w, Va. Weekly Loading.
In Northern West Virginia last
week the mines produced S26,750
tons against 25i.600 tons the week
before. Last week, however. was
42.iO0 tons shy OF two weeks ago.
Tonnage produced by railroads
were as follows: Monongah diyi.
sion. B. s o. R. r., 167S50 tons;
Charleston division, 1850 tons;
Connellsyiile division, $3.50 tons !;
Cumberland division, 1850 tons;
MOnongahela railway, 73,100 tons;
Morgantown and Wheeling railway
20, $50 tons; Western ,Marylands
HeIen's Run Wyatt Bingamon
branch, 25;45O tons; Weaver &
BelIngton branch. S,A50 tons.
The coal was produced from ap.
l15 mines. There were
3,367 mines chalEed up us idle over
the six day period or any average
OF 394 day In Northern West Ylr,
ginla. There are 500 mines In
Northern West Virginia. Tue low.
est mine idleness was 3S1 on Mon.
day OF last week while the peak
was Saturday when l25 operations
were down.
Personal Mention.
n. NJ. Hite, OF the Virginia and
Pittsburgh Coal company. John A.
Clark, Jr.. OF the Clark interests,
w, a. Wiedebusch and H. Clay
Shaw, Piedmont. W, Va, spent
some time fishing at the Trough
club near Romney, W. Va. The
Tairmonters returned on Saturday
and they caught quite a number OF
fish. Mr.. Clark's son, John A.,
ILL.,, accompanied his father.
Harry B. Clark, Of the Clark in.
terests, Is in Philadelphia.
Coal Movement.
East OF Grafton the B. & o. R.
t. on Monday moved twenty-one
trains In which there were 6S6
loads OF freight drawn. The coal
aggregated 512 cars. West OF the
Monongah division, B. & o. R. r,
on Monday there were 449 loads of
freight drawn. This morning
there were 800 loads OF freight on
tie division Of which $50 were coal.
Mondays Shipments.
Twenty.four cars Of coal were
shipped to Curtis Bay OF the Mo.
nongah division, B. & o. r. R, on
Monday. Lake shipments were 10S
cars.
There were 451 cars OF coal load.
ed east and 152 cars west.
Daily r. r. Fuel.
Railroad fuel loading aggregated
1872 cars of the Monongah divi-
sion, B. & o. R. r. on Monday. The
B. & o. railroad secured 165 cars.
Mondays Loading.
Coal loading in the Fairmont re.
gion on Monday aggregated 95S
cars. No coke was produced. This
is against 1,041 cars on Monday Of
last week.
Mines along the Monongah divi
sion. B. & o. R. R.. on Monday load
ed 603 cars Of coal compared TO
663 the Monday before.
Along the Monongaheia railway
in West Virginia on Monday the
mines loaded 237 cars OF coal
against 264 cars the Monday be.
fore. In the Pennsylvania end the
operations on Monday loaded 206
cars OF coal compared to 130 on
Monday, June 9Th.
Loading on the Western Mary
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