The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-08
GOALOUTPUTIN
REGION MUCH
LESSLAST WEEK
Every Railroad Showed
Reduction in Loading
Figures

PRODUCTION look an ugly slump
last week in the Fairmont region
dropping back ,735 cars compared
to the previous week. Every rail-
road showed decreases from G5 to
325 cars.
Operators contend that coal pro-
duction in this region is apt to
continue to slump as long as there
is limited business and this Is
cornered by the non-union fields.
Decreases included 372 cars on
te Monongah Division, B. & o.
R. r.. 65 on the Monongahela In
West Virginia and l 81 on the Wes-
tern Maryland in the region proper
On the Charleston division, B. &
10. R. R., there was a decrease Of
11cars compared to the previsus
week, while on the Monongahela
railway in Pennsylvania the only
surprise Of the week was sprung
when the only region in this sec.
ton of the country even made o
slight gain-S1 cars more. This
is probably due to the fact that
most of these mines are in a MOP:
union section around Brownsville
Pa, and they possibly are. more for
tunate in coping business at this
stage Of the game.
sroducttonsT sTast week showed the
following: Monongah division, B.
& o. R. r.. 2706 cars; Western
Maryland. lit cars; Monongahela
in West Virginia. 1864 cars; Mon.
ongahela in Pennsylvania, 1901
cars; Charleston division B & o.
R. R., 310 cars.
Mines along the Monongah
division, B. G o. R. R. in the
first week OF August, 1920 loaded
6,092 cars OF coal and 115 cars or
coke while in the FIRST week Of
August, 1919, they loaded 4s66
cars of coal and 2S cars Of coke,
Operations on hte MonongaAela in
West Virginia during the first
week of August, 1920, loaded 2079
cars Of coal and the operations In.
Pennsylvania 2053 cars, Western
Maryland mines during the first
week OF August, 1920, loaded 52l
cars.
! Saturdays R. r. Fuel
A total OF 5S cars OF railroad
fuel were loaded on the Monongah
division. B. 60. Il. R. on Satur.
day. The b.. 6 o. R. R. did not
secure any coal Saturday.
Daily Shipments
Daily shipments off the Monon
gah division, B. & o. r. R. on
Saturday included IA cars to the
lakes and 0 cars to Curtis Bay
There were 166 cars OF Goa,
loaded east and 35 west.
Saturday Loading
Only 374 cars OF coal were load.
ed in the Fairmont region on Sat-
urday against 653 the week before
land 57S two weeks before.
Coal loading on Saturday on the
Monongah division, B. & o. R. R.
was only 201 cars, which was ono
Of the lowest production levels IN
the history of the division The
How levels of the present depression
In the coal industry were establish
ed on March 199, when 1875 cars
were loaded and on April 16, when
I191 cars were loaded Usually the
Saturday production had beer
ranging between 800 and 400
cars with raise in figures occas-
ionally during the past few months
There were 173 cars Of coal
loaded on the Monongahela railway
In West Virginia on Saturday
Mines in the Pennsylvania end
loaded 206 cars of coal.
No coal was loaded on the West
ern Maryland railway on Saturday.
Production on the Charleston di.
vision, B. 6 o. R. R. on satur-
day was 35 cars.
East Of Grafton
Twenty-Five trains on the B, 6
10. r. R. east Of Grafton on Sat
urday drew 7S4 loads OF which 554
cars were coal. The western move.
ment was 3s1.
On Sunday there were sever
trains east Of Grafton In which
212 Dads Of expedite freight were
moved, but no coal was included.
To the west there were 1s1 car.
loads moved, This morning there
were 610 unmoved east-bound
loads. Of which 4s5 wero coal.
On Friday there wore twenty.
two trains moved cast OF Grafton
In which there were 6 66s loads SeI
freight and es which q . were eeai.