The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-21
MERCHANTS ENJOY
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advantage at least, being behind
counters for the most part, satt
from the Jam and jostle Of the
mob. N.
That the stores were open las;
night was evidenced carly in the
evening from another angle. The
restaurants and the cafeteria were
unusually crowded, because clerks
and others who generally take theil
evening meal at home were rushed
for time and llnel down town In
stead.
Passenger Traffic Heavy =
Passenger travel to the city Is
reported to be'very heavy. The B.
and o. appears to have had espe.
cially busy days this week. The
Monongahela also expects to have
busy days today, tomorrow and
Saturday. Travel OF a local r-Slre
especially from the small mining
towns, has been very heavy re-
Gently.
Announcement was made today
by j. Z. Hecker, B. and o. pas
senger agent at Fairmont, that ex:
ira coaches will be placed on B.
and o. trains 48, "A, 81 and 50 be-
tween Wheeling and Grafton be-
cause OF the heavy Christmas
travel. This special arrangement
will be in force on December 80,
%, "a and 80. An extra twelve sec
tion drawing room sleeping coach
will be carried on train ~, be-
tween Wheeling and Baltimore, on
December 20, that train leaving
here at $3.50 p. M. There Is Fair.
mont space on this sleeper.
Special University Train :
A special train was run out Of
Morgantown over the B. and o.,
last evening at 1880 o'clock, ar.
irving here at S:45 last.evening.. II
was headed for Huntington and
carried W. v. o. students to their
homes for the Christmas holidays
Students from Charleston and
other points made connections
along the line. The train was TAX.
en- out OF Fatrmont by Conductor
Fred Brumage /, Many students
came to Fairmonts over the Mon.
ougahela also yesterday. The Mon
ongahela thus far has been able
to take care Of its Fs1llman resert
vations very nicely, cut the B. and
o. appears to have been booked uI
almost entirely. 3 t''s
|. - Record PayroiIs.
Quite a little cash has been paid
out in Fairmont in the past few
weeks, enabling Christmas shoppers
to visit the stores and purchase
more literally this week. 1t is re
ported that the Consolidation Goa.
Co. pay roll last Friday was approx
imately $4,000, while the special
pay roll tomorrow will reach $219,
600. This means that this company
paid out almost a half million dol
lars within a weeks time.
\ The B. & o. Railroad today oh
served a special pay day ii order
to give its employees cash for Christ
mas. The pay, was said to be VerJ
heavy. as much freight and coal was
moved early this month. The pa,
will aggregate $4,000, covering tht
period from December 1 to Is. I,
Heavier Than Last Year. (
More, expressage Is being hand,
led this Christmas than any time
since that OF 4the Christmas sea.
Esonr Of 1920, according to James
Lang, Fairmont agent Of the
American Railway Express Co
There. was aflarge consignment Of
oysters today, probably 800 gal.
Ions and more .are. expected with
in the next few days. Furnishing
for the new Virginia Theater have
swelled the expressage some re.
Gently and in addition merchant
and coal companies are getting
parcels galore. During the eaFlJ
part of this week the local express
office received q large number oi
live turkeys, mostly from the or.
l1ando and Heater sections OF West
Virginia. Quite a few came Ii
from Littleton, W. Va, also: Ac.
cording to Mr.. Lang the local OF.
dce Is fairly we'll caught up. with
local deliyeries. "