The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-18

IN LOADING
DURING week
Fncr of Several Thous-
and Tons Shown In
Report
BEST SINCE JULY.
Other Notes Of Interest to
Coal People Of
Region

n
Virginia last week loaded 327.6oo
tons, Of coal, gain Of 1890 tons
over. the previous week, which is
he strongest weekly production
since the week ending July Cd,
witch was identicany the same.
The week ending June 25th, pro-
duced $4,000 tons.
Tonnage figures by the railroads
show tho following: B. & Q. Sys.
Monongah division, 158,S50
IONS: Charleston division, $4,000
tons; Connellsvllle division, 4.950
Tons; Cumberland division, 16,900
tons; GTonongahela railway, SO 500
tons; Morgantown & Wheeling
hallway, As, ,65 0tons; Western Mary.
land EyBtem-Bingamon & Helen's
Run-1S,G50 tons; Beiington &
Northern, railway, 1000 tons.
i, Repaired Siding.
S0'NeiI siding of the B. & o. R. r.
atnine IS, Consolidation Coal com.
pa1y, has been repaired for the use
the ont-Reynoldsville Col
E1l4ertess COMPANY, Two Hays derail-
ltiept attachments have been In
tled 4 $3.50 4 Z
6; stoplngs Coal. q
dfspatct1 from Cumberland,
Nd; sates the following: About
iousand carloads Tor $4,000 tons)
i1f coal have been deposited in the
4h6p yards of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad OF Virginia avenue
during the past week by the COM
9any for purposes OF, emergency.
The coal, It Is understood, Is pur-
shased from operators OF the Fair
Inont region. One set OF tracks IN
tha yards has been raised about ten
fGet on un embankment Of coal so
Sst further dumping may be bet
Facilitated. The dumping con-
sFaGt Is being done by Baltimore
firfY. It Is said that in case OF a
eailrnad labor crisis fuel for COM
palY uses will be available from
ftiis storing plan. From ten to thtr::
'ty carloads of coal we're dumped
in the yards in one day, and stor.
ing Is continuing"
Eastern Movement.
East OF Grafton the B. & O. r.
drew twelve trains In which
there were 408 loads OF which ZIG
were coal. West off the Monongah
division there were 1854 cars Of coal
moved. At midnight there we're
|JS3I east-bound loads on the MO
1dnRah division OF which 700 were
Daily r. r. Fuel.
Railroad fuel moved OF the Mo-
nongah division. 3. & o. on Mon
day aggregated 317 carloads, which
was rather heavy. The B. & o. Sc
Cured 1870 cars Of coal while for
eIsn carriers secured 1877 cars.
Coal Shipments.
Curtis Bay shipments OF the MO
nongah division, B. & o., on Mon
ay at. 1875 cars, which was heavier
than the tonnage that went to that
pier all OF last week. One lone car
sof coal went to Arlington Pier.
East on the Monongah division
there were $50 cars Of coal loaded
while to the west there were 46
cars Of coal loaded.
Daily Loading.
EaiFmont region on Monday load
ssd 1, ,212 cars OF coal. This was six
gtity.five cars less than Monday of the
5reEious week loaded. There were
sos cars produced on the Monon-
Eah division, B. & O.; 113 on the
Western Maryland and 294 cars on
the ldonongahela railway.
Mines on the CharlestoR division,
81. g o., on Monday loaded 40 cars
Ios coal, Operations along the Mo
gnonRaheda in Pennsylvania on Mon.
siay loaded 279' cars Of coal,
lsY Empty Order.
Emptles IN the Fairmont region
Itoday total 1,447 and which shows
CSgSsfa OF So emptles over Mondays
traof 1885. On the Monongah
qn, sRs q o., there are $50
as ordered OF which six are
e6Ee loading. which Will be the
fiFa coke loaded for some months,
Tie Western Maryland railway
sifers are 115 empties ordered while
6iiI the Monongahela railway in
.spVe & Virginia there are 372 emp
ltiesi ordered. On the Charleston :di.
gfsioi B: & o., the mines have
Tor 73 empties while on the
Fon0n Sfiela In Pennsylvania there
8Sb emptles ordered. which Is
Eit decia crease.
, HI Mining Conditions.
/ n SPght there'n are more empties or
Z Z sft Z than Monday there are
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