The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-10-19
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NOWFORAS ASSIGNED
CARS IN REGION
Railroads Take Advantage Of
Court Decision--:noarth Of
Emptiea eCted.

wholesale use Of the assigned
car In the coal fields Of Northern
West Virginia is torecasted. This
is predicted by a number of close
observers who say that the rail-
roads are getting set 10 go the
limit on the use Of assigned cars
within a very short time. The re-
fusal of the federal court at
Cleveland to grant an injunction
prohibiting the use of assignee
cars has no doubt quickened the
present stand taken by the rail-
roads, which apparently is i'm.
pregnable at this time.
1t Is reported that coal opera.
tors have, stampeded to the assign.
ed cars and that daily they are t.
be seen in the offices Of the chief
railroads In the East In the quest
OF business on an assigned car
basis. It Is reported that the rail-
roads are offering 50. so a ton on
that basis, while in some cases
$2.75 may be paid.
Prediction is made by a number
OF coal operators that within a
month or two practically all OF
the coal cars on the Monongah
Division, B. G o. will be confln-
ed to assigned cars and that mines
not having such contracts will be
out Of luck because OF the limited
car supply. There is a feeling,
however, that the price levels on
commercial coal will be automa.
ttcally forced higher, but the
supply will be SO restricted that
operators can only hope to acquire
a small amount Of business, and
this Will have to be at a good fig
!tre At they hope to operate the
mines.
5. ! he curse OF ne asgigusd cnrs,
In the coR13region has q very
harmful effect from the labor
angle. This means that mines hav-
ing assigned cars will have steady
work while those not In that cata-
cory will have little or nothing to
oEer to their miners. This Is con-
SHARED just one Of the lnjustIcas
OF the assigned car. Northern
West Virginia appears to have
been the battle ground for assign
cd cars for some years. AS the
proposition now stands the coal
operators unfortunately have NO
come back at the assigned car.
The courts out iawed the case In
the United States Supreme Court
which was started by the Lambert
Run Coal Co., Of the Robinson
coal interests on the grounds Of
Jurisdiction. The other test case
started In Cleveland thus far has
also fell by the wayside.
Those we'll informed IN the coal
industry predict that the assigned
car evil will be spending It's force
and reign in all OF Its glory with
In the next two months. 1t Is be-
lleved that the B. & o. is not on:y
using the assigned car but that Il
Is encouraging other foreign roads
to do so in Northern West Wiz
ginia because this tends 10
strengthen the B. & o's. position
on this unpopular subject.
Daily Shipments
East off the MononGah Division,
B. so. on Wednesday there were
sos cars Of coal loaded east and
46 cars west. Twenty-four COM
mercial loads were loaded east of
the Cumberland Division, B. & o.
Sixty-eight commercial loads went
east I'll Is ". & X. Forty-two
commercial loads were sent east
of the NJ. & w. One car Of coal
was loaded by wagon mine off
the Monopgah Division
Daily Coke Loading
OF the Monongah Divisioa
there were thirty-eight cars Of
coke loaded of W hich twenty cars
went east and eighteen west. One
car Of coke was loaded east of the
Cumberland Division yesterday,
while twenty cars Of coke were
loaded east off the N. & X.
Personal Mention.
r. A. Pollock. manager OF the
Rivesville Coal Co.. returned this
morning from business trip to
Baltimore and Washington.
Howard W. ShowSlter, president
Of the Diamond Coal Co., returned
this morning from a business trip
to Pittsburgh.
With the Miners.
Frank Mccartney, district board
member, is in the Clarksburg sec:
tioh today. -t
James McCleary, district organi.
ger, todayis in Morgantown.
1t Is expected that C. F. Keeney,
CharlestpnJ president OF district
H. United Mine Workers OF Amer.
lea, will come TO AFairmont before
the end Of the present week. 1t Is
thought that perhaps he will &C.
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