The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-21

.GAUgNGN0RRY.
Coal Companies Busy During.
Holidays Compiling Facts
for Commission. g@,

AlSWASAyS eSStl,ftltlb a0Ao
for Commission.
During the Christmas season.
when everybody Is rushed to death
buying gifts and spreading sun
shine. attaches Of coal companies
in Northern West Virginia and
elsewhere In the country as well
are working overtime with a gift,
which did not come from Santa
Claus and was not desposited In Q
stocking. It caue from Washing.
ton. 1t Is a nice, large form from
the Tact.Finding Commission,
which Is Investigating the. coal in.
dustry. Many Of the companies re
ceived their forms a week or more
ago, while others have been get
ting them during the past few days
and In some instances a few com.
panies have not yet received any /.
In addition to the name Of the
company railroad, location Of mine
and other data, provision Is made
for. the wages Of every individual
miner on every pay day for the
year. There are probably twenty
seven pay day periods IN which ex'
act figures must be placed. Space
also Is provided for the specifica'
ton OF the type Of work that the
miners was engaged at when the
pay was drawn.
inasmuch as the figures run up
until December 81, inclusive, It
will be some time after January |
before the work can be completed
here and the forms sent to Wash.
ington. ~.
Personal Mention
H. Il. McHose, a member OF the
firm OF ]. Tatnall Lea & Co.,
Philadelphia, was in Fairmont on
Tuesday: While here he made. a
local connection for. his firm.
Boyd NJ. Smith Of whitley g
Foedlsch, in the Robinson Build
ing on Adams street, acting "a
that capacity.
George s. Bracket, secretary Of
the Northern West Ceal Opera
tors Association, has returned
from a trip 10 Charleston, w. Va.
Es.. Coke Loading a5
There were fifty six cars Of coke
loaded in Northern West Virginia
yesterday: Along the 'Monongah
Division 3. & o. there were
thirty-nine cars loaded: one off
the Charleston Division: three
of the Cumberland Division and
thirteen cars OF the NJ. & K. All
ofSthis coke went east except six.
teen cars, which went west OF the
Monongah Division.
Pier Shipments X
Ten cars of coal were shipped
to Curtis Bay. and seven. cars to
st. Georges of the Monongah Di.
vision, B. go. yesterday. n
Y Eastern coal loaded yesterday
off the various divisions was as
follows: B. G o. Monangah, 612
cars; Charleston; 90 cars; Cen
nellsyille, 4 cars; Cumberland.
/ SO cars; NJ. & X, 6S cars; NJ. C
W. SO cars; w. NV. B. G H r.
80 cars; B. & W.. 80 cars.
Western loading consisted Of "A
cars off the Monongah Division
and 20 cars of the Charleston d.
vision.
Z One Wagon Load
One car OF coal was loaded By
a wagon mine on the NJ. & X
Railway yesterday.
r Railroad Fuel. y
Railroad fuel loading in North.
ern West Virginia yesterday ag-
'gregated 434. cars, and OF that the
local fuel loaded totaled 1877 cars,
while foreign carriers obtained
297 cars,
The carriers took 80 per cent
OF the fuel in Northern West Vir-
ginia yesterday, however. On the
Monongah Division. b: go, yes
terday the railroads obtained As
per cent Of the coal produced on
the division. However, after the
,ninety-fve' cars OF privately own
ed cars were deducted, the CON:
mercial loading on. the Monongah
Division yesterday was cut to Al
per cent.
Loading of railroad fuel along
the divisions yesterday follows:
Railroads Loaded Local Foreign