The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-09-20
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en- which justifies railroads USING
assigned cars to secure their own
fuel Is the knotty problem at hand.
Perhaps the fuel distributor may
permit railroads 10 have the prefer.
ence. In practically either event
assigned cars or the equivalent
thereof will be in force.
The Fairmont region has al.
ways been a bitter opponent 10
assigned cars. It had a long drawn
out case on the subj ct In the past.
After G. d. Robinson Of the Rob.
inson coal interests tested the
case out with his Lambert's Run
mine by Carrying 1t to the o, S.
Supreme Court, that tribunal held
that the case was brought In the
wrong courts, jurisdiction being
the bone Of contention.
Percentage Question
Some variance OF opinion as to
whether or not the coal cars on
the B. & o. system are on per.
centage basis Is causing consider
able concern here. W. G. Curren,
Baltimore, superintendent OF
transportation Of the 3, e o., says
that the cars are rot on percen-
tage, but that the road is making
every effort to distribute the coal
cars as equitably as possible.
& Reports from Grafton some
time ago were to the effect that
the Monongah division was on a
percentage basis. Coal operators
believe that II cars are not on a
percentage basis the railroads
could place cars TO their advan-
tage In the pinch when they need
Coal Shipments
OF the Monongah Division, B.
& o., yesterday there were 272
cars Of coal loaded east and 1856
west. Coke loaded on the diyi.
sion yesterday aggregated twenty
two cars. Of which seventeen cara
went east and five west. Six cars
of coal was loaded by wagon mine
operators. Fifty-eight cars Of coal
were loaded east off the Charles,
ton Division yesterday.
Daily Railroad Fuel
There were 1S1 cars OF coal load.
ed off the Monongah Division B.
& o, yesterday. OF that 121 cars
were loaded as B & o fuel and 60
cars as foreign fuel.
Twenty.seven cars OF railroad
fuel were loaded off the Charleston
Division yesterday, and Of that
foreign roads secured all but five
cars.
Coal Blockade
It is apparent that there is q
blockade OF coal loads on the
Monongah Division B. & o. Al
midnight there were 1918 loads
of freight, Of which 1904 were
coal, headed for the east on the
division. To the west the conges
ton is even worse, with 2111
loads OF freight bottling up traf
fic. Fully 1900 loads Of this il
coal. It is said.
Thirteen trains were moved
over the Allegheny Mountains
east OF Grafton, yesterday. III
which there were 40S loads u
freight moved. OF that 43l loads
were coal. To the west there were
3s1 loads Of freight moved, OF
which 1876 were coal.
Granted Charter
A charter has been granted to
the Vaudeville G. & c. Co, Morgan.
town, in which the capitalization
is mentioned as $4,000. The in
corporators are Wilson G. Jamlson,
Guy L. Jamison, Roy ]. Jamison
William ]. Jamison and Edna j.
Hare, all OF Morgantown. The
company owns forty-one acres of
Sewickley coal and a small acre.
age of Pittsburgh coal land.
With the Miners
Two additional coal companies
signed up today with the officials
OF sub district 4, United Mine
Workers OF America. They are the
Strathers Bros. Coal Co., and the
Reynolds Coal Co., both Of Rey-
noldsville.
Nick Aiello. president Of sub dis.
trict 4, is In Clarksburg this morn.
ing. He is expected to go to Nor
gantown later in the day.
Patrick Buckley, vIc,' president
of sub district 4, will go to Nor
gantown this afternoon.
Frank Mccartney, district board
is in Lost Creek today.
James McCleary, district organ
izer, is at Jamison No. s today,
G. Frank Keeney, president of
district II. returned to Charleston
this morning. He had a confer
ence in Fairmont yesterday with
j. F. Forinash, Grafton president
Of sub district 8, and other dis
trict officers.
A tent colony has been started
by the United Mine Workers OF
America at Norton and Bower,
towns at which plants of the West
Virginia c. & @. Co. are located,
Officials Of the United Mine
Workers of America at Grafton
today did not know exactly how
many men and their families are
living In tents at this time.
Deputies sherIffs assisted the
miners to remove their effects
from the company houses yester-
day. The miners had agreed to
vacate some time ago. The coal