The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-30
Drawing Of Fine Line by
Ohio Official Resented
Here
buy AT HOME" ISSUE
Fifty Four Mines Are
Working in Region
Today

D!sregarding the quality OF coal
Ohio officials are very kaerly cen.
sored by coal operators OF West Viz.
glnia. There appears to be a move,
mcnt on in this state that If the Of.
rIcIals of Ohio will not permit coal
from West Virginia to be bought at
state institutions when IL is far bet.
ter than any Ohio coal that West
VIrginians should play The Same
game and patronlze all Of the equip.
ment plants within West Virginia
because it means more work for
West Virginia labor.
II the West Virginia operators
play the buy at home" stunt 1t will
mean increased activity and more
work at the several equipment
plants within the state. Prominent
operators today said that Ohio
started the ball a rolling by taboo
ing West Virginia coal, G portion
Of which is produced by union
mines, and 1t is now up to West Wiz.
ginia to follow suit.
50 Mines Working.
Today there are fifty.Hour mines
working out OF 900. OF that mum,
ber there are II on the Monongall
division, B. & O.; two on the West.
ern Maryland and II on the Monon.
gahela. Fifteen mines arc at work
on the Charleston division, B. G. o.,
while on the Monongahela there are
10 mines at work.
A total of 900 empties are or.
dered on the three railroads. OF
that number 63S are on the Monon.
gahela, B. & o.; IS on the Western
Maryland and 294 on the Monon'
gahela.
49,. RerssAai, Rentl5n. - ~
Alex. R.. Watson of the c. L. &
", Coal Co.. left last evening for
New York city.
Howard w. Shownlter, Diamond
and Forest Coal companies, was on
a business trip to PIttsbur gh to-day.
Charles D. Barry, chief clerk, Con.
solidation Coal company, returned
last evening from a several days
trip to Chilicothe. O.
Anthracite In River.
, From 100 to 800 tons of a fine
grade of anthracite coal Is being re.
moved daily from the SusQuehanna
river within the bounds Of Lancas.
ter county, Pa frederick Shoff, nm
extensive owner OF lands along the
Susquehanna at that point, who
is developing the coal says there
will be sufficient coal to fuel every
homo and industrial plant in Ian
caster City. Pa, for ten years. Gov
ernment engineers and surveyors
have reported that from eight to ten
millions of tons Of coal is deposit
ed in the river. The water in tho
stream is constantly bringing Il
down from the coal regions up the
state. Government experts say tho
deposit Is from 2j 10 rs feet deep
and Is rs per cent. coal and 25 pc!
cent sand and mud. Only a quarter
OF the coal is under water and car
be worked easily except when the
river is at flood tide.
The deposits cover $50 acres. ex
tending from Wlse's island. along
, Shenk's Ferry and Pequea to the
store. or about one mile long anL
three.fourths Of Il mile out in the
river from the Lancaster county
shore. Shoff is removing 100 tons
day and shipping It by trolley IN
| freight cars from Pequea to vari
GUS points at twothirds less than
! the regular cost. The Anthracite
Coal company Of New York, is 70
moving 600 tons a day. Quite 1T
tie Of this coal was sold in VII
mington, Del.
General Movement.
Twenty.three trains drew 741
loads of freight on the B. & o. r
/ R. cast of Grafton and of that tota
there were 5S2 cars of coal. West
OF the Monongah division there
I were 215 cars OF freight moved. Al
midnight 904 loads Of freight were
on the Monongah division, B. 6 o
R. R., and Of that figure there were
$40 cars OF coal.
Pier Shipments.
Tuesdays shipments to the vari
GUS coal piers showed decided cuu
compared to Mondays OF the Mo
nongah division, D. & o. R. 4
There were 81 cars Of coal shipped
to Curtis Bay on Tuesday and 3;
cars to Arlington pier.
Coal loads moved east aggregat
ed 536 cars and those west were 3.
cars.
Railroad Fuel.
Coal loading OF the Monongah dt
vision, B. & O. R, R., on Tuesday
aggregated 270 cars OF which IA
cars were received by the B. & 0
and 1875 cars by foreign railroads.
Tuesday's Loading.
Operations in tho Fairnont Goa
region on Tuesday loaded 946 carr
OF coal and 4 cars Of coke. The Goa
was loaded as follows: Monongal
division. B. & o., 56S cars: West
ern Maryland. 81 cars; Mononga
hela, 324 cars.
Coal loading on the Charleston
division. B. & o. R, R., on Tuesday
loaded 36 cars Of coal, while pro
duction on the MoaongAhela ralE
(ceniInued 90 paEs touTl