The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-28
COAL PRODUCTION
GREATER THAN LAST I
YEAR DESPITE STRIKE
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and throw additional protection
around their property, all Of which
went to eat up profits, so that the
gain perhaps was not as great as
one might gather from the prices.
Record Broken.
Production records for Northern
West Virginia were broken on No
vember 26, when 1,731 cars or 150,-
$50 tons, were loaded. On the
same day the record loading on the
Monongah. Division, B. & o., the
chief producing division in North
ern West Virginia. was shattered
also when the daily loading. aggTe.
gated 1,7s1 cars, excelling the pre-,
vious record, which was establish
, ed on December II, 1920, when IL
COS cars were loaded. During the
! five weeks preceding December q.
the mines OF Northern West Viz.
ginia produced 2,5O5,40 tons OF
coal, or an average OF more than a
/. half million tons.
The bulk OF the business was
confined to the east. Figures show
that up until; December 22 approx.
mately 13,035,0O0 tons Of coal weye
moved in, that direction. Western
/ business as a whole was not very
large. Occasionally some business
for the Middle West came. into the
region after the. coal strike, but 1t
| was generally disappointing as was
/ the lake season itself. Up until
December 20, It was estimated that
western business, including the
lake shipments, aggregated only
1,459,510 tons.
Lake coal shipments Sut OF
Northern West Virginia in 1922 set
\ a new record for allow mark. The
lake coal shipments were confined
to approximately 522,4oO tons. The
lake season probably began the
earliest Of any on record. February
%, when the Hutchinson Coal Co.
sent probably fifty cars to the
docks. There were 1925 cars OF
coal shipped to the lakes of the
Monongah Division, B. & o. This
was against 1926 cars in 1918;
14,1S7 scars in 1919; 1880. cars in
1920 and S,445 cars in. 1921. Coal
shipments Of the Morgantown e
Wheeling Railway during the year
aggregated 1851 cars. The bulk
OF the lake coal sold In the neigh.
borhood OF IS. at the. mines. The
fear OF shortage Of coal at the
lake front no doubt speedily. forced
an end TO the coal strike. The re.
gion shipped the bulk gifts coal to
the lakes during the time the emer.
gency and preferential shipments
were on.
The year of 1929 proved to be an
exceptionally poor one for pier
shipments, especially as far as the
Fairmontl region was concerned.
Up until December az there were
3,475 cars, or 173, $50 tons, Of coal
shipped to Curtis Bay OF the No.
nongah Division, B. & o. Just a
tritle more than, 1 per cent Of the
tonnage went to that pier from
Northern West Virginia, while from
! 10 to II per, cent went there during
the year OF 1920, generally regard.
ed as the banner year for coal en-.
ports. Little stimulation was no.
ticed in Curtis Bay shipments dur.
ing the year until during. and after
the close OF the lake season, when
there was a short.liyed squirt to
ship coal there for. transportation
by boat to New England. Coal
shipments to Arlington Pier were
\ restricted also, numbering 800 cars
OF the Monongah Division up !, to
December %. Coke business was
fairly brisk and among the export
shipments was coke from the Pres.
ton County Coke Co. to South
America. c5sl Is
Almost half OF the coal mined In
Northern West Virginia during the
year VIII 80 to the railroads. SFiR.
ures Of the Northern West Virginia
Coal Operators Association show
that up until December is the car.
riers had obtained 5;s75, $50 tonsiof
coal OF that foreign carriers have
got the bulk ut 1, 225, $50 cars, while
the local fuel aggregated 100000
tons. 's1s !
Several Deaths
During the year there were
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