The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-18
2lPN ORDER
HEAVY TO-DAY !.
FOR SATURDAY.
Eighty-Nine Operations
Areat Work on Three
Railroads
1855 CARS ON FRIDAY.
Business Slightly Recov-.
ering Despite Coal
Glut in East
l2 70 CARS ON FRIDAY

Unusually heavy is the empty
aEs n today considering it is a Sat
Inlay On the three railroads
edpties were ordered today.
total Of s02 emptieS we're or
ted. by mines on the Monongah
elo1, B. & o., which with the
eeptton Of Monday was the
s1ngest daily order Of the week
I'D BEING but eleven cars short OF
ssoldaSs ordcr. The order on the
Nestern Maryland was heavy to-
at 123, while the Monongahela
eanettcd 500, which is favorable
ct the weekend. OF the $50 cars,
llp6 were ordered by mines on the
w. Railway.
A. decided case up was noticed
. the order from the Charleston
atvision, B. & o., which fell to IS
sfS while along the Monongahela
y pennsylvania BAT empties were
I9risred.
h Eighty-nine mines are working
IN tie three railroads today, OF
lat Number, eS are on the Mon
'a1iah division, B. 4: o.; 6 on the
lkestern Maryland and 10 on the
slonongahela. Eighteen mines are
work on the Charleston division.
=. & g: and thirty-six on the Mon
IN Pennsylvania.
Daily Loading.
Exclusive of the n. & X. ton.
sSge, the mines Of Northern West
yitRtnia on Friday loaded 1855
OF coal. Loading By divisions
WAS as follows: B. & o., Monon-
56S cars; Charleston, 80 cars;
allsville, 81 cars; Cumberland,
cars; Western Maryland, Wyatt
Us Run, 60 cars; BeIington &
iknser, 81 cars: MonongaheIa,
~ ears: N. & W. .I92 cars.
Eighteen cars Of coke were load
on the MononEah division, B. &
on Friday. Mines along the
pnengahela in Pennsylvania on
Friday loaded 592 cars of coal.
Personal Mention.
David Cohoc, Imperial Coal Cor
logltion, Johnstown, Pa, was in
aitnont yesterday.
Adam. Crawford, instructor in
mining extension schools Of ".
~, was in Morgantown this
norning.
Securing Births.
Members Of the scale committee
81 the Northern West Virginia
s5kt Operators Association are
Engaging berths for Friday night
|ln d. & o. train Al, which leaves
airrnont at $50 p. NJ. The scale
lsomlnittee will meet President
tseeney and other miners officials
6 the Southern Hotel next Satur-
dss morning.
Daily Shipments.
DAILY shipments off the Monon-
Saii division, B. & o., or Friday
6Tsisted of 80 cars of coal to Cur
rs Bay. The coal loading to the
Inst was 3S6 cars while that to the
west was so cars. A total of
.fleyen cars Of coke were loaded to
he east and seven to the west.
lISAilFoad fuel loaded yesterday con-
s. 81 of 1877 carloads of which the
p 6 o. secured 50 cars.
unepnsigned coal loads, which
were being reduced to a minimum,
|liaSfne been down to IS loads most
pf the time recently, yesterday
|irlfped up to 277 on the Monon-
|eah division.
MorgantoWn Notes
WV. Woodruff, Woodruff Coal
pittsburgh, was in the Nor
gat6Nn section this week. He
lleft Mprgantown for Cleveland and
hieaso.
Charles Craig, Craig Coal Co.,
|Kingwood, served on the Preston
County grand jury last week.
Samuel Purseglove, Cleveland &
Nofglntown Coal Co., was bust
u visitor to MorGantown this
IS q .Elkins, EIkins Fuel Co.. is
IN eastern Pennsylvania on a bus
Ines "Trip.
| i0ssW. Rider, Morgantown Coal
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