The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-04-07

ASAAStGaL9 VI GQhl were lQA1eQ q
railroad fuel OF: the Monongah;D
vision, !. & U. OF which theB. 4
20. secured four cars and foreign
roads secured i've cars.
Railroad fuel loading of tn,
Charleston Division, b.. &, o., to
tailed four cars, all OF which til,
B. & o. secured.
Mining School
Tonight at 1880 O'clock III,
Fairmont mining school will holt
It's weekly session at the Fairmont
High School annex. This seconC
lesson on mime Timber,na.s Wi
De taken up for study by the class
Because. Of the strike, the at.
tendance has fallen off some Fl
class attendance, but every mar
interested in the class declares hf
VIII try and line up some az M
aosentees. With only a few week
OF school yet remaining, IL Is he,
iieyed the class can be kept ia.
gether SO that 1t may fnfsh the
year with a better general atten.
aance record than any class in Tie
The New River district recently
put Fairmont out OF the runnine,
but 1t has recently had a faliins
on In attendance also.
Local Creditors
according to the Conf Traaa
journal, New York City. a number
OF Fairtnont operators are cred,.
tors; OF the American FUEL Shin.
ping Co., which has been declared
bankrupt. The Coal Tradc
journal prints the following:
Schedules Of bankruptcy eIsd
~ the American Fuel & Shipping
60. last Friday showed Liabilities
Of Sl.371,629 and assets If
Sl9,703,931., The assets included
claims totaling $l8,270,000 far
alleged failure to deliver or accent
coal; accounts, $1,374,S94; cash,
Sos,oS7. The principal creditors
listed were tie Davis Coal Co,
SI59,547; Clarence D. Robinson,
sls0,ooO; Frame, Friend & Slime.
man, $91,332;s. Adams, 100000:
iSumbaugh & Meyers, $54.942:
Combustibles ct Transport soc,
Anon, $55.000; Frank 7. NeeIy.
$4,000. Among the unliouldated
Claims included in the $1S,270.000
are claims against the Compton,
aes C~onsommateurs dc Brae al
Froduits Industries of Paris.
S6,0o0,000; Coale & Co.; $4,000!
e9o; Philippe Strand, Paris.
S3,000,000 and the Dutch govern.
ment, $1,500,000."
East Of Grafton
Eleven trains on the b. & O.
drew 3s2 carloads Of freight
through inc Grafton gateway on
THURSDAY. OF that, $50 cars we're
coal. The western movement was
321 carloads. -
Thursday morning there were asa
east'bound loads Of freight on the
Monongah. Division Of which 1SS
cars were coat.
Daily Shipments
Fifty six cars Of coal were loaded
cast and twenty five west off. tho
Monongah division B. & o. Four
teen cars Of coke were loaded east
and four west.
Daily r. r. Fuel
Five cars Of railroad fuel were
loaded en- the Monongah Division
& o. on Wednesday, all OF
which We're secured by a foreign
road. Five cars OF coal were load
ed as railroad fuel off the Char
lesion Division B. & o. yesterday,
all Of which was secured by the
D, & O.
Screened to Slack
Virginian Railway Shipments IN
January were 505,193 tons, COM
pared to 603.641 tons in January,
1921.
The University of North Dakota
during the past year has v,oduc.
ed 400 tons Of Ignite charbriquets,
which is said to be the largest
production ever reached. The lig-
mite carbonizing plant IS located
at Hebron, N. D,
The Jones.Koblegard & Grout
Coal Co., with headquarters at
Clarksburg. w. Va, has opened q
branch office at so Church street
New York. Robert NJ. Jones, who
formerly represented the Alden
Coal Mining Co. at C%larksburg. is
president Of the enterprise; job
koblegard, ira Of C%larksburg, Is
first vtce-president, and John ",
circuit, until recently with the Nor
ris Run Coal Co. Of this city, is sec
ond vice-president. They will han,
die tonnage from several mines II
northern West Virginia and In the
Connellsville region, and will also
conduct a general wholesale bust
ness in both bituminous and anthra
cite. Mr.. Jones and Mr.. Grout viii
be associated in the management
OF the New York office.
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