The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-17
VI. LOADING IN
l|a.RICT 1866
AIRS YESTERDAY.
reduction Keeping Up
Unusually Well
Lately
{ MINES WORK TO-DAY.
reduction on w. M.
eavy Yesterday
cla5rksburg Club
4 MINES WORK TODAY.

Goal loaded by the mines Of
prtdern West Virginia exclusive
the NJ. & X. Railroad, totaled
25b carloads on Thursday. The
My Production has recently been
nning very heavy.
Fhe production by divisions was
follows: B. & o., Monongah,
e cars; Charleston, 70 ears:
lonneHsyille, 26 cars; Cumberland,
e2 cars: Western Maryland, Bel
lngton y Weaver, 13 cars: Wyatt,
Helen'si Run, Isl cars; Mononga-
hela and NJ. & W., 426 cars.
Mines along the Monongahcla in
Pennsylvania on Thursday loaded
rs cars of coal. Twenty-Five cars
VI coke were loaded on the Monon-
Jah division, B. & o. on Thursday.
Mining School.
! Fafrmont mining school will
seet this evening at 1880 o'clock
the Fair7nont High school an.
ex The subject Of ventilation
lYill be continued. Every effort is
king made to have large turn
elarksburg Notes.
Daniel Howard ,Fairmont Big
lin Coal Co., left last evening
tot q tr.ip to Marion, o.
j Ms Orr, Hudson Coal Co., ar
Eived home yesterday from a trip
to Philadelphia.
Glafksburg and Shinnston cap
ital have organized the Basil H.
|soal Co.. with a capital stock Of
5000. The iIcorporators are:
ms Ies G. Goffman, sGlarksburg;
iasii y, Lucas, MaYTpe II: Lucas,
Basil Lucas III, and Phul Hard
lsty. Shinnstons
a1wenty members ATTENDED the
yseting Of tho Clarksburg Coal
fltip The members were Kidding
s. Lisle White, Clarksburg, pres
dent % the Northern West Vir-
gitlin Coal Operators Association,
wlcse photograph with President
lSocney was printed in the Balti-
More Evening Sun last Monday.
Est Glarksburgers. dubbed them
lie Coal dust twins" and Damon
nd PSthias.n j. NJ. Orr, in dis
Issing the Baltimore conference
M; ITS up to US to keep cool
,er what appears to US as lnys-
g.srious movements Of the union
heads. Just as our president, A..
t4isie White, said in Baltimore, it
s TO be regretted that we incurred
Iie e&pe1se Of the Baltimore trip
but i am sure that the public now
appreelate that we are doing all
We can TO avert a strike" Hugh
G.. Smith, Chairman of the, club,
s tated that he had learned the rail
roads were closely watching all
mine operations and controlling the
of cars, so that in the
|evcnt Of any cessation Of opera
lions there would always be enough
Ioal on cars for them to comman-
Ser TO prevent transportation
VAS announced that a report
on the competition with English
coal had been prepared, and that a
statement to the press would be
issued from the associations head
auarter in the near future.
Coal Movement.
Coal movement east of Grafton
on the BIG o. has been running
approximately 500 loads or better
dailp this week. On Thursday
twenty four trains drew S1s loads
of freight Of which 545 cars were
.nai. Toithe west off the Monongah
division there were 304 loads Of
freight Hauled, Of which so cars
Ifere coal. At midnight there were
roe nnffoved east bound loads on
the division Of which 643 loads
were coal. To the west there were
lis tininoved coal loads.
Personal Mention.
Thomas W. Annette, president Of
The Antler Coal Co., today was con-
fined 70 his residence in this city,
suffering with tonsilitis and grip.
Brooks Fleming Jr., assistant to
thc pfesident, Consolidation Coal
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