The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-07-22
RAILROADS TOOK LESS COAL |N
THIS REGION ON THURSDAY
Have Been Getting Over
200 Cars a Day
This Week

b Most Of the coal operators in the
i gairmont region are today attend.
zling the meeting and luncheon at
Deer Park hotel, Deer PARK, Md,
which arc being held by the North.
ern West Virginia Coal Operators
Association.
II was stated today that between
go and 75 members were expected
To- attend. A number of the mem.
bers made the trip by auto and
took their families along with
them.
The business meeting will take
place It 8 o'clock this afternoon
and twill be this session that will
addressed by John H.. Callahan,
Washington, D. c., traffic manager
LOT the National Coal Association.
Thursday's Shipments.
On Thursday there were 36 cars
of coal shipped to the lakes and
i cars to Curtis Bay of the Monon.
gahi division, B. & o. R. n. There
we're $50 cars Of coal loaded east
md 81 west. Four cars OF coke
, we're loaded all OF this having gone
West.
-Four cars of coal were shipped
TO Curtis Bay of the Charleston dI.
vision, B. & o. R. r., yesterday.
Daily r. r. Fuel.
Railroad fuel loading took q
sharp drop on the Monongah divi.
sion, B. & o. r. r. on Thursday.
The total was 142 cars while other
days earlier in the week the aggre.
gate was well over the 200 car
spasfk. OF the 142 cars of coal Sc
cured by carriers the B. & o. sys.
tenn itself secured 30 cars.
Railroad fuel loading. however.
has been on the increase US is ap-
parent from the fact that thus far
this sweek there have been S62 cars
ot fuel loaded.
Sent to Kentucky.
II. q. Moore, assistant superin.
tendent Of the Rachel mine, Of the
Consumers Fuel company, Downs,
this county, has been transferred
to the superlntendency of one Of
iii mines oE the Consolidated Fuel
eonpany. Of the John Jones inter.
ests; at Biackey, Ky. The Jones In
terests own three or four mines In
that section Of Kentucky.
Expected Next Week.
Z Frank r. Lyon, Fairmont, vice
preside lent OF the Consolidation Coal
Cos IS expected to arrive In Fair.
mont during the early part Of next
week.
A Big Coal Deal, ..,
The Wheeling Intelllgencer last
night prints the following In re.
gard TO d sblg coal deal In the
Pan Handle section:
I'm order to insure an adequate
supply OF fuel for its large power
plant at Windsor, w. Va. lndepend.
,Tat OF public carrier transportation
charges and difficulties during
periods OF car shortage, West Penn
Power company in conjunction
with the American Gas and Elec-
trio company, announces the clos.
ingsof one Of the largest coal deals
recently consumated in West Vlr-
gtnia. The transaction involves
tiie purchase Of 1000 acres OF
pittsburgh vein steam coal by the
Penn American Coal company,
owned Jointly, by the West Penn
Yower company and the American
y4as and Electric company, from
James A. Paisley, OF Cleveland. o.
eThe coal is located in Brooke
and Ohio counties, West Virginia.
Tfie consideration is understood 10
hases been approximately S1,500,.
0g0a
with existing holdings Of the
same interests, which the new
tracts comprising approximately
4QN00,000 tons, adjoins, title to a
sdid block of 10000 acres is OBJ.
tanned, providing coal of high grade
puality sufficient to supply the
Windsor Power Station so to 60
! years..
ssThe capacity Of the mine ada.
cent to the power plant is now be.
CONTINUED on paEs tourj