The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-26
WEEKLY TONNAGE
EASES SOME HERE
Car Supply Causes Decrease
B. & o. Conference Has
Been Called Off.

As AFTERNOON at s O'CLOCK high
B. 6 o. officials in Baltimore, no.
titled George S. Bracket, secre-
tary of the Northern West vir-
gInia Coal Operators Association
that they would come here to con-
fer on Thursday morning at IL
o'clock as scheduled originally
AN will come by G. W. Galloway,
Baltimore, vice president in
charge of operations, and he Isl
making an effort to come also.
The operators will hold their own
meeting at 10 q. m. Both meetings
will be held in the coal operators,
association rooms In the Jacobs
Building.
Coal mines in Northern West
Virginia last week loaded 4s3,45O
tons Of coal or 60,750 tons less
than the previous week. i
Divisions loaded coal as fol-
lows last weeks. B. & o.-Mon.
ongah, $4,000 tons. Charleston,
1890 tons; Connelisyille, 1850
tons; Cumberland, 40;750 tons:
Monongahela, 46;500 tons; M. &
w. 0;060 tons; We N. B eiing4I
ton g. Weaver, 20 ,60 90 tons, Wy,
Iatt;5SBl amon Helen Ruin.
~ 10 tons. y
.. = NISsSSI u. ~ Z. i + ytflS.ft
D. M. Darringes, New York
City, fuel Inspector! of the New
York Central System, is in the
region today.
Delbert Fisher, Morgantown,
representative Of the Southern
Fuel Co., was in Fairmont today
searching for tonnage along the
Monongahela Railway for ship
ment to Michigan.
Conference OFF
The conference to have been
held in Fairmont on Thursday
morning between high B. & o.
officials and the Northern West
Virginia Coal Operators Associa-
ton, has been postponed indetin-
itely, due to the fact that G. W.
Galloway, Baltimore, vice presi-
dent in charge Of B. & o. opera
tors, was obliged to remain in
Baltimore to serve as foreman OF
the federal jury there.
Committee Meets
At the rooms OF the Northern
West Virginia Coal Operators
Association this morning meet.
ing Of the executive committee Of
the association was held to dis
cuss car supply matters, includ-
ing ratings, Matters to be pre-.
scented to B. & o. officials at the
neXt conference were referred to.
U. M. W. of A. Notes.
W. T. Wilson, district auditor,
and Robert Peters, secretary, came
to Fairmont from Charleston today.
Nick Alello, president OF sub dis
trict 4, remained over in Charles
ton today.
Patrick Buckley, vice president,
James McCleary, district organizer.
and. Frank Mccartney, district
board member, went to the Clarks.
burg field yesterday afternoon.
Saturdays Loading:
On Saturday the mines Of North.
ern West Virginia loaded 1885 cars
OF coal. This compared with 1910
cars the previous Saturday and l..
1884 cars two weeks before. Pro
duction on the various divisions
was as follows: B. & O.-Mopon.
gah, 1858 cars; Charleston, IS cars;
Connellsvllle, 0; Cumberland, IS
cars; M. & K, 60 cars: NJ. & w.,
157 cars; Monongahela, 81 cars;
W. NIB. & W., 4s cars; w..B. &
H, R., IS cars.
On Saturday the Monongah divi.
sion, B. & O., loaded 447 cars Of
commercial coal. The railroads OBJ.
tanned $40 cars, Of which the B.
& O., grabbed 10s cars and foreign
roads 1S1 cars. On the division
there were forty.two cars OF coke
loaded on Saturday. Three cars Of
coal were shipped TO Curtis Bay
and thirty.four to Arlington Pier.