The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-10-03
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Goal Operators Hard Hit Last
Week With Prices Ranging
From s3;75 to 81.

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cars or 5o,45o tpns in Northern
West Virginia compared to. the
preYious week. Figuring ut 50. 50
. ton and little or no coal was
sold at that figure last week. a
loss Of S17e,575 would have been
sustained BY the lack Of cars COM
pared TO last week. Coal prices
last week ranged from 1915 to
Production losses were keen
last week in Northern West Viz
gina The greatest Of thess was
ON the Morgantown & Wheeling,
which dropped 5S5 cars compared
70 the previous week. Along the
afcnongahela Railway, the produc.
ton loss was noticeable, 1t having
fallen 517 cars compared to the
previous week. Then came the
Monohgah Division B. G o. which
declined 139s cars. Fifty seven
cars less were loaded on tho Nor
ganfown q Nngwood Railway.
Four divisions however, allowed
gains,oy the previous week. The
largest OF these was on the Char
lesion Division. where the Ear
supply ran better, the increas;
hagilg been 203 carloads. twenty
tlne cars more wer loaded on the
connellsyille Division B & 60. a
gain Of twenty two cars was
MADE on the Wyatt Bingamon &
Heien,s Run breuoh Of the West
ern Maryland; while an, increase
of thirty five cars was made on
the Belington e Weaver branch o.
the Western Maryland.
Fifty six per cent OF the coal
loaded on the Monongah Division,
b. q o. last week was commef'
ciai coal, according to railroad
figures Railroad loading aggre-
gated 1929 cars while privately
owned cars loaded totaled S2i
cars. making a total Of 1850 cars
OF nom commercial coal produced
on the division.
Tonnage loaded In Northern
West Virginias nine railroad di.
visions and railroads aggregate
7ii5 cars or 1856, $50 tons. The Va
rious divisions produced tonnage
as follows: b, 6 o. -Monongah
s09s cars; Charleston 1853 cars;
connellsyille, 102 cars; Cumber-
land. $50 cars; NJ. & X. 459 cars,
Mofgantowne e Wheeling, SOS
cars. Monongahela 1851 cars. Wee
tern Maryiand:Wya B!ngamon &
Heien,s Run, 73S cars, Belingtor
6 Weaver, 254 cars.
Coke Belt Eases
Figures show that less coal was
produced on the Monongahela
Railway in Pennsylvania last
week than any time since the first
Week In September. The district
covers the coke belt section be-
tween Brownsville, Pa. ami the
West Virginia state linz. ] asst
week the production was 1Osu
cars, or a loss Of fifteen cars COM
pared to the previous. week and
fifty seven. Ecars less than Two
weeks before, The easing rp was
no doubt due to car shortage al
though the striking miners are
said TO be holding firm in the coke
belt and this factor must not b.
.nnderestimated as one Of tha
causes for a restricted tonnage
going out Of this and other sec
lions % the coke belt.
The Coal! Trade Journal. New
York prints the following: "Thera
Is held to be sufficient labor
available 70 load all cars placed,
but despite the Increased number
Of ovens insblast the ranks Of the
striking miners generally remain
firm. Here and there defeetioEs
may occur but those cases ars eS-
ceptions The present TONNAGE is
being produced by new tabor
brought here and given pnrmaa'
ant positions, occupying houses
from which strikers have been
eyicted s,'sf
Weekly Coal Tonnage
Coke loading last week gained
forty nine cars over the previous
week ON the Monongah Division
b & o. OF that the 1ss cars o:
coke LOADED thero were los cars
OF coke to the east and eighty
cars tosthe west. A total Of forty
two cars Of coke were loaded on
the N, e K. Railway last week,
these ovens apparently being put.
ting into blast recently.
Lake Shipments
SDue tosthe embargo placed on
lake coal, shipments being conflh
ed to three days off the Monon-
gah Division; B. & o.. last week,
there were but 40 cars Of coal
sent forward. The total the pre-
yio1s week aggregated 2s4 cars.
OFT the Morgantown & Wheeling
Railway. last week there were 24O
cars Of coal, loaded, no embargo
applying there.
Weekly Shipments
Naturally coal shipments out OF
this region went automatically to
theS east off the Monongah Divis-
ION. with, the result that the week
~ total Of eastern coal shipments
totaled 261S carloads, or a guiu
Of 194 cars over the previous
week Western shipments Were
cut in hair there being but 475
cars ogainst 500 the previous week
Eastern coal shipments off the
Charleston Division. B & o. last
week totaled 342 carloads, which
was gain OF 2oe cars over the
previous week. n, 81, b, ~
Wagon Loadinss Easing
General reports show that coal
loading ON the part Of wagon
mine operations Il easing. This
is especially true along the Mon