The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-09-23
.COAL OPERATORS
DIRECTORS talk
.OF CONDITIONS
Session Held at Fair1nont
Country Club Thurs
day
COAL TRADE PERSONALS
H. A. Phillips, Pittsburgh,
Acquires Morgantown
Coal Land
COAL TRADE PERSONALS

Directors OF the Northern West
Virginia Coal Operators Associa-
ton met at thsI Falrmont Country
Club when current mining prob
lcms and conditions were discuss
ed. Various reports were receiV-
ed incident to the operators prob
lems Of the day.
A fine menu was served to the
eighteen coal operators and replG'
sentatives of companies in attend
ance.
Those in attendance were as fol-
lows: A: Lisle White. Clarksburg,
President; C. H. jenkins, Fair
mont; ]. A. Clark, Jr., Fairmont;
e. L. Spraker. Clarksburg; ]. A.
jenkins, Clarksburg; A. Spates
Brady, Elkins; William H. Green,
Elkins; Claude J. Ryan, Hepzibah; I;
A. C. Beeson. Annabelle; J. 2.
Keeley Clarksburg; F. P. Dunbar,
Pittsburgh; N. NJ. Montgomery.
Tunnelton; Clarence D. Robinson,
Fairmont; Thomas Robey, Fair
mont; ] B. Gibson, Frank r.
Lyon Fairmont; w. Clark Dobhte.
Fairuaont. and George S. Bracket.
secretary.
Personal Mention
NJ. L. Hutchinson, president Of
the hutchinson Coal Co. is on a
business trip to Philadelphia.
John A. Clark, Jr., of the Clark
coal interests was in Fairmont yes
terday for the directors meeting
of the Northern West Virginia Coal
Operators Association. Mr.. Clark
expects to return to Mountain Lake
Park, Nd. for few days prepara-
tory to returning here for the sea-
Lee Hutchinson Cincinnati rep
resentative of The Hutchinson Coal
Co.. returned to Cincinnati last
evening.
mont & Masontown Coal Co., Is
in London, England this week ut
tending the worlds conference OF
the Methodist Episcopal church.
For a month or more prior to- the
convention, Rev, Reed visited vari-
GUS parts of IcIrppe.
c. H. DIffenderffer, president OF
the Blair, Parke Coal & Coke Co.
has returned to Philadelphia, after
having been the guest of Harry
B. Clark of the Clark interests.
Mrs. Diffenderffer accompanied
him. +,
Howard w. Showa1ter, Diamond
Coal Co returned today from a
trip to Philadelphia.
Major Samuel D. Brady, Of the
Badly Coal Corporation, returned
this morning from business trip
to Washington, D. c.
Judge William S. Bennett, Chi
caCo chief counsel Of the Edward
Hines lumber and coal interests,
will be in Fairmont on Saturday
to confer. with Charles w. Hawker.
East Of Grafton.
Eighteen trains were drawn east
of Grafton on the B. & o. R. r. on
Thursday in which there were 5S5
loads Of which S15 cars were coal
Wegt OF the Monongah division
there were 70 loads moved. This
morning there were $50 east.
bound loads on the division OF
which 400 were coal.
Daily Shipments.
These daily shipments were
made OF the Monongah division, B.
e o. R, R., on Thursday: Curtis
Bay, so cars; Arlington Pier, 8
cars; lakes, 2 cars.
A total OF 246 cars Of coal were
loaded east and AZ cars west
Thursdays Fuel.
A total OF 1876 cars OF railroad fuel
was loaded OF tho Monongah divi-
sion, B. & o. R. R., on Thursday
Of which the B. & o. individually
received 43 cars. Foreign carriers
received SO cars. Railroad fuel load
ing during the past few days has
shown a gradual falling on.
MInIna. Conditions.
In the Fairmont region today
there are 227 mines idle, which
means that there are SO at work,
On the Monongah DIVISION b. &
10. r. R. today there are 1856, mines
idle or Just one less than Thursday.
Along the Monongahela railway in
west Virginia today there are %
mines idle, All OF the 19 mines are
idle on the Western Maryland rail-
way. On the Charleston division,
B. e o. R,R., there are a. mines
idle while In the Pennsylvania dis!
trict there were IS mines down.
This means that there were 55
mines at work today on the Mopon-
gah division, B. q o., and 13 on the
Monongahela IN West Virginia. On
the Charleston division, B. & o.
r. r., there were eight mines work.
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