The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-07-21

| Shu AlNlSItuB D & SS H. ~ On
Wednesday were as follows: Curtis
Bay. cars; lakes, 50 cars. There
were 494 cars OF coal loaded east
and 101 loaded west. No coke was
loaded.
Daily II n Fuel
Railroad fuel shipments off the
Monongah division, B. & o. R.
R. on Wednesday aggregated 2O6
cars. OF that the B. & o. R. R.
secured IS cars. The railroad fuel
yesterday was almost So per cent
Of all Of the coal loaded on the
division.
} Locomotive fuel loaded this week
has been quite heavy. In three
days a total OF 720 cars against
1000 cars all of last week. The
B. g o. itself secured $50 cars Of
the aggregate for the three. days.
Wednesdays Loading
Coal loaded in the Fatrmont
region on Wednesday totaled 900
cars. No coke was loaded. This
was compared to 500 cars the week
before and 900 cars.
Mines along the Monongah tllyis-
ion; B. 6 o. R. R. on Wednes-
day loaded 595 cars of coal No
coke was loaded.
A long the Monongahela railway
in West Virginia the mines loaded
22S cars of coal on "Wednesday.
In the Pennsylvania district the
operations loaded 214 cars.
Production on the Western
Maryland railway on Wednesday
was n cars.
Coal mined on the Charleston
division, B. & o. R. r. on Wed.
nesday totaled So cars.
Mining Conditions
Today there are 191 mines idle
out Of 295 which means that 1O4
are at work today, this having
been the last showing that was
made since June 28, when 191
were also idle. On June 81 there
were 1I8 mines Idle.
On the Monongah division. b.
& o r.. R. today there are 174
mines idle, the least since July
18th. On the Monongahela rail-,
way in West Virginia there are o.
mines down, which is the best
showing since Tuesday when 21'
were down. On the Western Mary
land railway today there are is
mines down. There are sc mines
working today on the Monongah
division, B. & o.; 10 on the Mon
ongahela in West Virginia and 8
on the Western Maryland On the
Charleston division, B. & o.
R. today there are 81 mines down
or q working On the Monongahela
railway In Pennsylvania there are
SO mines idle or IA working.
Today there are $50 empties or
dered on the Monongah division,
B. & o. R. R.R; 223 on the
Monongahela in West Virginia and
100 on the Western Maryland
Slack appears to becoming
scarcer and scarcer and the price
should be stimulated shortly.
Unconsigned loads in the Fair
mont region today total 270 or 10
less than on Wednesday. OF that
number there are IS unconsigned
loads Of coke. On the Monongah
division, B. & o. R. RI. there
are 263 unconsigned lads Of
which 10 are coke. Not an uncon-
signed load is on the Monongahela
railway today in West Virginia, but
In the Pennsylvania end there are
122 unconsigned loads of coal and
AZ unconsigned loads Of coke.
Down Morgantown Way
N. L. Taylor, vice president Of
the Morgantown Coal company,
left on Tuesday for a business trip
to Cleveland and Detroit.
George Rodgers, of the Mon.
Scott Fuel Co., was on a business
trip to Pittsburgh on. Monday and
Tuesday.
Stephen F. Elkins, Elkins Fuel
Co., was on a business trip to Un.
iontown, Pa, and Pittsburgh on
Tuesday.
J. r. Blackburn, of w. H. Brad.
ford 6 Co., has gone to the com.
pany operations in the Somerset
field.
W. A. Marshall, of W. A. Marshall
& Co., New York city, was in Nor
gantown section on Monday and
Tuesday.
Business appears to be on the
mend. One of the brokerages in
Morgantown in three days this
week did more business than it had
done in a month or two in the past.
There is not enough demand for
coal as yet, however, to stimulate
coal prices.
This week a small fire occurred
at tipple of the Chaplin Galleries
company operation. Little damage
resulted.
Weekly meetings OF the Morgan
town Wholesale Coal Association
have been called OF during the
summer. Instead an out door
meeting is held about once Of
month.