The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-11-08
better supply
OF GARSPLAGED
IN REGION TODAY.
Monongah Division Of B. & o.
and M. & W. Only Roads
Not Favored.
SUPPLY 50 PER CENT
1900 Cars of Coal Loaded in
Northern West Virginia
Fields Yesterday.
SUPPLY 80 PER CENT

Generally tho car supply was
stronger In Northern West Virginia
today than on Tuesday, the excel'.
tions being on the Monongah Di,
vision, B. & o., where there was a
"a per cent run today against 50
per cent yesterday, and on the Nor
gantown 6 Wheeling Railway,
where there was a 81 per cent run
against SO per, cent yesterday.
The Monongahela today had $
SO per cent run of cars against 81
per cent yesterday. On the West
ern Maryland today the car supply
increased to 81 per cent, while yea
terday 1t was 26 per cent. The Nor,
gantown & Wheeling today had o
81 per cent run or per cent less
than the previous day. Along the
Charleston Division, B. & O., there
is a AZ per cent run Of cars today,
against is per cent yesterday. In
the Pennsylvania district OF the
Monongahela Railway there is %
per cent run Of coal cars.
Divisional Placements.
Mines on the Monongah Division
today ordered 2,279 cars, of which
1879 were. for commercial pur
poses and 400 for railroad fuel
There were thirty-three Bethlehem,
Steel Corporation cars on the d.
vision today and forty coke cars
There were no. coal cars and 4C
coke cars placed at z o'clock this
morning. Minis reported to have
ordered cars numbered 220, and be
cause Of the car chortage 10s mines
were reported 10 be idle, leaving
III mines at work.
Along the Wyatt.BIngamon
branch Of the Western Maryland
Railway today there were SO emp
ties placed at Z o'clock.
Mines on the Monongahela Rail,
way in West Virginia today ordered
5e4 cars, while 81 were placed a,
2 o'clock. In the Pennsylvania dis.
trict there were but Sc empties
placed, while the mines ordered
594 cars.
Along the Charleston Division,
B. and o., today the mines had 142
cars placed. They ordered 301 cars,
The Morgantown and Wheeling
operations today received 142 EN-.
piles while 456 were ordered.
1900 Cars Loaded.
Despite the car supply and the
fact that yesterday was election
day the mines of Northern West
Virginia only loaded 1903 cars
OF coal. This was against 1,7SS
cars on Tuesday Of last week.
Production of the various d.
visions yesterday was as follows:
B. and o. ,Monongah, 729 cars;
Charleston, 26 cars; Councils.
Vile, 3 cars; Cumberland, Sc
cars; M. & X, SO cars; M. & W.,
140 cars; Monongahela. 1Oi
cars; w. NJ, W.-B. G H. R., SIS
cars; B. & W., 81 cars.
In the Coke Belt.
Mines in the Pennsylvania dis.
trict Of the, Monongahela Rail.
way on Tuesday loaded 1919 cars
of coal against 212 cars on Mon.
day.
Operators Meeting
A well attended meeting of Che
Northern West Virginia Coal on.
Gators Association was held this
morning at the rooms in the ia.
cobsl Building. Probably seventy.
five members were present. "A
Isle White, Clarksburg the presi.
dent, swung the gravel.
The members. discussed the rail.
road situation at considerable
length, including car supply, car
ratings and other matters. Men.
ton was made that Federal Fuel
Distributor Spens had set the price
Of domestic lump out of this re.
gion at $3.50.