The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-27
CURIOUS ABOUT
QEl'
COAL SENT EAST
Industries Said To Be
Stocking Up With
Fuel


stated that quite a number Of large
industrial coal users are buying up
coal almost at their own prices in
advance Of any period Of car short.
age, which may develop later.
While the coal production Is
heavier the prices II anything are
weaker. Some dismay has been
thwon into the camps by the con.
tinaed depression in the coal indus.
try. A few operators will round
out the fifth month Of mine idle.
ness at the end OF May. In some
instances mines have been down
since the middle Of December, but
the majority closed down after
Christmas and remained down.
East Of Grafton.
+ Coal movement has been show.
ing some strength on the B. & D.
r. r. east OF Grafton during the
past week or more. On Thursday
there we're twenty.seven trains
drawn east OF Grafton in which
there were S51 loads. The coal
loads were $50.
Rally 2. r. Fuel.
Railroad fuel loading OF the Mo.
nongah division, b. & o. R. R., on
Thursda aggregated 164 carloads.
OF this the B. & o. R, X. secured
SO cars while foreign carriers Sc.
CURED los cara.
cuFtisA Bay Loldins.
~ SHIPMENTS to CYrtis Bay off the
Mopongah division, B. & q. r, r.
on Thursday totalea 1876 cars,
which while not as.heayy as Tues.
days consignment, was stronger
than some other days this week.
Lake loading was 43 cars yester.
day, which with one exception was
the poorest showing Of the present
week. TTf
Yesterday of the Mohongah di.
vision there were 676 cars OF coal
loaded east and 81 cars west. One
lone car OF coal was loaded west
yesterday.
Daily Production.
Fairmont region on Thursday
produced 1887 cars Of coal. One
car Of coke was produced. The load.
ing has been within striking dis.
lance Of the 1000 car mark every
day. for some time past.
On the Monongah division OF the
B. &. o. R. R. yesterday there were
740 cars Of coal and one car Of
coke loaded. By a small margin
this, was the poorest daily loading
of the present week. n
Operations along the Mononga-
hela railway on Thursday loaded
1913 cars Of coal. this having been
the first day this week where the
daily loading went below the 900
car mark.
A total Of 104 cars Of coal were
loaded on the Western Maryland
railway on Thursday.
In Northern w. Va.
On Wednesday a total Of 1857
cars Of coal were loaded in North.
ern West Virginia. This Is show.
ing considerable strength.
mlne loleneSS,
A total Of 1850 mines are idle on
the Monongah division, B. & o. r,
R. today against 152 on Thursday.
This wasN the largest number Of
mines down during the present
week.
On the Monongahela railway to-,
day there We're % mines down In
West Virginia and n in Penn,
sylYania. III
Along the western Maryland
railway today there were is mines
idle, which means that four mines
are working,
Is In Falrmont.
John 3. Stoetzer. Philadelphia,
representative of the Davis Coal
company, Morgantown, Is visiting
his relatives here.
Operators Protest.
The announcement that coal cars
must be shipped on the line own.
Ing the equipment has brought q
protest from operators In the Nor.
gantown section, which has been
filed before the Interstate Com.
merce commission. Under the rail.
roads plans 1t is necessary for the
operator to specify with the car
distributor what railroad he de.
sires to ship oyer in order to Sc.
cure the equipment Of that road.
The operators expect to get relief
from the commission, n
'sIlA TAha 4 akkSl, kNk,anak..I l.ata'I
Through the omission OF a word
Tom Lewis, Charleston, secretary
OF the New River Coal Operators
Association, was misquoted In The
West VirginiaH on Thursday night
in regard to the situation In the
southern part OF the state.
Mr.. Lewis believes that the coal
operators would not be opposed 10
an impartial investigation Of the
conditions In the southern part Of
the state.
What Mr.. Lewis said was this:
III the operators OF West Viz
ginia or Southern West Virginia
actually understood the opportu.
mites otithe miners TO earn money
In the different coal producing
states they would not only not oiS.
pose an investigation but wonId IN.
vite 9 thorough investigation Of the
working conditions in the mines 81
Southern West Virginia, providing
that such an investigation be COM.
Quoted by q commission OF yimhar.
tial operators, miners and the gens.
eral public. Such q commissio,i
could then get ut the truth fatheri
than get intorna ton 70 boost some.