The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-04
local CONCERN
ITS
NNGMONT MINE
& 0. Equipment Scarce
Recently But For
u eign Cars Help
pAB12O1 CARS FRIDAY.
assistant Director of Min
ing Schools Coming
Here
pAIB12O1 CARS FRIDAY

Quite a few Jobs OF electrified.
n Of coal mines are in the course
completion In the Fairmont re,
on. One OF the most extensive
PANTS Is that which Is being In.
Killed at the Kingmont mine OF
Virginia and Pittsburgh Coal
mpany, where the work is under
The Fairmont Electric Ser.
e company expects to complete
work soon. BY the complete
Notification of the plant, all OF
pumps, fans, etc.. are operated
electricity instead Of by steam,
hieh is furnished by the Monon
ahela Power and Railway com
{any lines.
The company is installing three
X ". a. $4,000 volt to 1900 volt
transformers and $4,000 volt switch
and lightning arresters and three
p Il, v. a. 1900 ito 220 volt trans.
irnners complete with lightning
sresters and tower and three 10
'. q. lightning arrestefs. In ad,
ltion there Is one 81 Torso power
iln motor and a fifteei horse power
|iotor and miscellaneous switches
ind equipment required.
3. & o. Cars Short.
". q o. coal car equipment has
bowed signs Of being scarce on tho
itonongah division, B. & O.. during
4 he past few days As a whole the
bal cars have been greatly in ex
rs Of the empties ordered, but
/ rs supply has been kept up to the
egure that 1t has been due TO tbs
Ipng Airing OF other cars coming
|ato &c region.
The b. & H.. L. ". n. Y. N. Fl. {:
j. Y. c., P. & r., C. & P. and
n R. cars have been sent into
ie eegion owing to the shortage Of
b. g o. coal cars.
Daily Coal Loading.
Mines Of Northern West Vir-
mia on Friday loaded 1901 cars
q coal by divisions as follows: B.
: q Monongah, SIS cars; Charles,
ON, 106 cars; Connellsville, 13
sars; Cumberland. Il cars; West.
I'm Observation-Disclosures and Wea.
,er5 AZ cars; WyattHelen's Run,
It2 cars; Morgantown and Wheel.
Ihg and Monongahela railways com.
pansd; 400 cars; Morgantown and
Angwood, IS cars.
Operations along the Mononga,
aelh railway in Pennsylvania on
friday loaded 404 cars of coal,
Coke loading on the Monongah d.
vision. B. & o., on Friday aggre.
sated ~ cars.
!, Brown Coming Here.
4 At next Friday nights session OF
he Fair1nont mining extension
lass, G.. X. Brown, Morgantown, as,
sistant director Of mining extern,
ion work, West Virginia Univer
sity. will visit the Fairmont class
Adam Crawford. instructor OF tbs
Masses in the Fairmont region, re
Eurnedi this afternoon from a trip
Morgantown. During the pres
ut,week there were 100 men in the
asses against los the previous
sek Sickness has played havoc
ith the class attendance all alon.
I,le line.
Clarksburg Notes
"A. Lisle White. Clarksburg,
president OF the Northern West
Virginia Coal Operators associa.
ION, Is in Fairmont today calling
/ the offices OF the association
hi the Jacobs building.
Daniel Howard OF tho Fairmout
lug Vein Coal company has re-
afned from a business trip to
chicago.
James NJ. Orr OF the Hudson
foal company has returned from
business trip to Philadelphia.
Personal Mention
Frank r. Lyon, vice president
the Consolidation Coal company
sturned home this morning from
"Trip to New York city.
{ o. II. jenkins, secretary and
tfeasurer OF the Hutchinson Coal
company will leave Jacksonville,
fla for Washington, D. c. on
sunday night. 1t Is expected that
"a. and Mrs. jenkins will arrive
about Tuesday or Wednesday.
q understood that Mr.. Jen-
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