The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-10-24
OUTPUT DECLINES
314 CARS IN WEEK
Slight Increase Noted in Coke
Production in Fairmont
Region Last Week.

production N NoTtheTu NeS
Virginia last week aggregated g.
sos cars or 394,75O tons. This wa
a decrease of 31i cars compared to
the previous week. The production,
by divisions was as follows: b. &
o.-Monongah, S.9l5 cars; Charles
ton, 40O cars; ConnellsyiIIe, 81
Mrs; Cumberland. $40 cars; NJ.
& X, S95 cars; NJ. & W., 7s7 cars:
Monongahela, 1864 cars; w. NJ.
B. & W. 3S7 cars; W, & II. r.,
I 4s9 cars.
Mines on the Monongahela Raj:
y way in Pennsylvania last week pro.
duced 1 ,122 cars OF coal, which was
loss OF 102 cars compared to tho
previous week. This breakdown
! in production Is Inscribed TO car
shortage rather than the miners
= strike.
Coke Loading.
Coke loading of the Monongah
Division, B. & O., last week aggrr-
gated 2S5 carloads, which was
8 twelve cars more than the prevlou:
week Coke loads to the east of
the Monongah Division were 10S
while those to the west were 127.
on the Connellsville Division, B.
& o., last week there we're eight
cars OF coke loaded, all OF which
was consigned east. Sixty.four cars
Of coke were loaded OF tho NJ. &
X. last week, all OF which was loac.
ed east.
Eastern Loading.
Eastern coal loads OF the Monon.
gah Division, B. & o.. last week az.
sregated 3,2OS loads or an increase
Of 706 cars over the previous week.
The eastern coal movement was
forced because of the embargo on
lake and western shipments. Nat
urally the embargoes cut down the
western shipments last week. West
ern. shipments OF the division to.
tailed 1882 cars or 425 cars less
than the previous week. Eastern
coal loading on the Connellsville
Division last week aggregated for.
9"iive cars. The eastern shipments
n the Cumberland Division were
304 cars, while the NJ. & Il, east.
arm shipments we're 1893 cars; the
NJ. & W., 1870; the BelIngton G.
Weaver, 113 cars to the east and 81
cars to the west.
Railroad Fuel Heavy.
Railroad fuel loading of the Mo.
nongah Division, B. & O., last week
totaled 1872 carloads or a gain OF
42s cars over the previous week.
Since the assigned car has been put
1tnto effect. and 1t is now used gem
sNrally in the region, there has been
big gains In railroad fuel. Last
weeks total was 6S4 cars more than
two weeks before. Last week the
B. & o. secured $40 cars, or 16l
care more than the previous week,
while foreign carriers last week Sc,
cured 939 cars. or 1867 cars moro
than the previous week. Fifty.eIght
cars of railroad fuel were loadei
of the Cumberland Division B. a.
o. last week, Of which the B. & o,
secured 90 cars. on the Morgan.
town & Wheeling Railway last
week SIS cars OF foreign railroad
q fuel were loaded. on the B. & W.
OF the Western Maryland there
were 17S cars Of coal loaded as
Western Maryland fuel. on the
Charleston Division. b. e. o., nine.
ty-Bix cars Of railroad fuel we're
loaded of which tho b. o, secured
fifty.five cars.
Little Lake Coal.
Naturally the coal shipments TO
The lakes were very limited with
embargoes clamped on. Last week
OF the MononSah Division, B. & O..
there were 355 cars OF coal Skinned
on three days, or 147 loads less
d than the previous week. Lake shin.
ments of the Morgantown Il
Wheeling Railway Inst week totale |
14s cars. Some tonnage Is report.
ed to be going to the lakes off the
Monongahela Railway, but this an.
parently Is very limited.
Pier Shipments.
Pier shipments continue to be
limited of the Monongah Dlvisloa.
B. q o. Last week thirty.six cars
were shipped on the division 10
Curtis Bay, which, while light. wa,
) twenty.three cars more than tho
}. previous week. One lone car OF
coal was shipped OF the division to
Arlington Pier against eleven cars
the previous week.
Wagon mine Tonnage.
Coal production by wagon mine
operations is practically a thing
OF the past Only three cars OF
coal were produced by this tyne VI
mines along the Mononsah Divi.
sion, B. & o.. while eight cars were
loaded along the Morgantown &