The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-14
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BEL INCREASES \ r 4
Total of 1,141 Cars! ., Of J. Coal ';5l|
Loaded on Pennsy End End III
of Monongahela-
Hundred Passengers Hurt
When Train Jumps TRACK

That the, coal production in the
coke belt has been affected, m MOI,
more keenly than Is genera lily ad-
mitted is believed evident. but
tn e uon-union plants onstlie N on on
ongahela Railway IN t'olHsylyan-
la last week prod uced iaore co ,al
than any week since TIE strike
was effective. A total OF u - =
cars of coal We're fS loaded las.
week by non-union mines mines " l11Il''l
is an Increase of LOS cars.
The first Of the recent preaks
in the miners Erank. occurreu CUT ~
Ing the week ending July %,
when production jumped from
742 cars, the previous week. up
to e63 cars and thence to ], IS
cars for the week ending July rs
"a Production Is going closer to
the normal mark week after week
For the corresponding week IN
August, 1921. the mines on the
Monongahela in Pennsylv,an !,
loaded 1919 cars of coal. while
for the corresponding week or
August. 1920 the number Of cars
loaded was 1855 cars.
Heavy Production.
Commenting upon the bumper
weekly coal production in North
ern West Virginia last week.
George S. Bracket. secretary OF
the Northern West Virginia Coal
Operators Association, declared
that last weeks production at
1876 cars was 63 40 per cent
Of the weekly average OF 1872 l.
4 Personal Men<ion
e McculIough labor COM
missioner, Northern West Vlrslni2
Coal Operators Association. VINO
had been at the listening post AZ
the Cleveland conference: has re-
turned from that city. t
George s. Bracketr. secretary
of the Northern West Virginia
Coal Operators Association, came
in this morning from Mountain
Lake Park, where he spent the
John a. Clark. OF the Clark
coal Interests is here from Noun
tain Lake Park, Md.
e. hutchinson. vice pres
dent OF the Hutchinson oCal Co.
who returned from New York CITY
Saturday, returned to thst CITY
yesterday.
Daily Shipments
M Eighty five cars Of coal were e1.
shipped east OFF the Monongah sD .
Vision. B. O. Saturday with
western s shipmen agSregating
nine cars. East off the Charleston
Division b. g. O.: there7awere *
cars OF coal shipped
TE. ts Daily r. r. Fuol
Twenty ME cars of coal was
loaded as railroad fuel off the
|Monongah Division b. 6 O.. on
Saturday, y Eibht cars of coal was
secured by the B. 6 Q while =
cars were procured by foreign.
OFF the Charleston Division B..
liz O.. last Saturday, there were
twenty six cars of railroad fuel
all Of this was foreign tu 1'
except two cars.
Ten trains were drawn. east OF
era fton on the b. & o. Railroad on
sunday. which was the best move.
ment for some days. A total OF
1864 loads of freight we're moved o.
which 22O were coal. West there
we're fifty-seven loads off the Mon
ongah Division Of which 40 cars
iwere coal There were o7o unmoV-
ed east-bound loads on Sunday at
mid night Of which 400 were coal
On Saturday seven trains drew
I3os loads. east of. Grafton Of which
| 9S cars were coal. OF the thirty
eight loads moved west, twenty-s1x
we're coal. On Friday: nine trains
drew 337 loads of freight OVERTIME
mountains OF which 209 were coal.
To the west there were forty-flvp
loads of which thirty-three were
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