The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-21
EA'lR1PRICESFOR
COAL ANNOUNCED
Northern West Virginia Price
Given at $3.50 Compared
to Market at $3.50

to Market at $3.50
Much anxiety is expressed over
a fuel shortage in the N1-thwest
! ard according<to reports. received
I in this region the Interstate Com
merce Commission will require
coal operators to ship so ser cent
of their daily tonnage to. the lakes
Up until today, it was under
stood that coal was to 1--we been
shipped to the lakes every Mon.
day n. Wednesday and Friday
W. Va. Coal Price
Henry B. Spencer. federal fue!
distributor, has allowed 81. 80 as
the West Virginia price for mine
run coal which is based on the
recent signing up again with the
miners at the 1920 wage scale.
This is dollar more than the fair
price was rated before the price
ended. although the market price
was as high as So in this region
owing to the scarcity Of coal.
In carrying out the same differ
entails the fair prices fol. North
ern, West Virginia would be $500
for. mine run, S4.2 for, slack and
iS4. rs for lump coal The market
price today ranged from S5.5 TO
IS but the price is waysrinS and
may break~before the day ends.
However, with the large allotmen.
to the lakes and it being only a
matter of short time before cars
Will be scarce or at least the place
m ent will be confined to cars to
be loaded with fuel for public
utilities, railroads and other clas-
sifications under class 2, the price
is apt to strengthen
The request for an increase of
price was made by Governor Nor.
gan. This applies also to the Lo-
gan and other non-union fields N
the southern part Of the state.
AS yet there has ben no regional
fuel committee appointed in this
field. as has been done in the non-
union fields, where the QroaS etlon
was 100 per cent.
Railroads Stop Buying
A week age a dozen railroads
were jumping all over each other
to secure coal tonnage in the
Fair1nont region, but now there is
sudden lull on. It is reported
that they are bringing pressure 20
bear in Washington to have the
government handle the problem of
the carriers securing their fuel
supply.
1t was reported on Saturday
! that a representative Of the New
! York, New Haven Hartford
| Railroad had been in the region,
but as far as could be learned he
received no tonnage Railroads
are securing their coal largely on
/ the spot market, according to coal
| brokers. 1t was reported today
that the New York Central Rail
road was seeking some tonnage,
! however.
/ It appears that the operator
who does not seek shelter by get
| ting contracts with preferred
classificat,ons may be out of luck
! shortly. 1t is generally predicted
| that in few weeks the wagon
! strike will be only be thing of
| the past to rise up in the pinches-
Personal Mention
/ c. H. jenkins, vice president of
the Hutchinson Coal Co.. is on a
business trip to Washington, D. G.
W. E. watson. Fairmont &
| Cleveland Coal Co.. went to Cieve-
| land on an auto trip yesterd ay. He
! was accompanied by his family
Daily Shipments
There were 13N cars of coal
loaded east and ffty-eight west of
,, the Monongah Division, 3. & O..
on Saturday. OF the Charleston
Division, B. & o. there were sixty
six cars>of coal loaded east.
!! Railroad Fuel Shipped
Off the Monongah Division. 3.
- rlo
min ety-six cars OF coal loaded as
railroad fuel, and Of that foreign
roads got the big end at seventy
cars. The B. &c o. procured the
remaining twenty-siX cars.
Thirty-three cars of coal went
off the Charleston Division, B. &
o. as railroad fuel on Saturday.
and of that thirty cars We're secur-
ed by foreign railroads while the
B. & o. got but three cars.>
Daily Coke Loading.
A total of fifteen cars OF coke
we're loaded off the Monongah
Division. B. & O., SATURDAY,
Eleven cars of coke went west
while four cars went east
Coal Land Bought.
On the courthouse steps on
Saturday afternoon at sheriff's
sale, the Fairmont-Chicago Coal
Co. purchased the holdings of the
LeMar Coal Co. at $4,000. There
are $50 acres of Sewickley coal
in the tract Of coal land. There
is tipple, railroad track and de-
veloped mine included. Coal can
be loaded within a few days the
price was considered very cheap.
Harry Whyel Here.
Harry Whyel, Uniontown, Pa,
coal operator, was in the Fair
mont region on Saturday. He
visited his new plant at Arnetts-
VILE, Monongalia County. The
work of connecting in the fifty
foot shaft is on, and the slope has
been developed under the rock.
Mr.. Whyel has 1,500 acres OF
Sewickley coal on this tract. He
was accompanied by John Hus-