The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-10-20
LOCAL OPERATORS
PLAN OPPOSITION
. TOASSIGNEDGARS
George S. Bracket Likely to
Testify Before Commits
sion November is,

General use of assigned cars by
the railroads in Northern West
Virginia will not be pulled across
without strong opposition on the
part of the coal operators Of the
Fairmont region WHO will make a
spirited fight before the Interstate
Commerce Commission in Wash.
ington. D. G. on November Is, Al
that time every effort will be
made to show the unfairness of
the assigned car to the coal indus.
try. Under the assigned cars
some. mines will be worked the
limit while others will have prac-
tically nothing
George S. Bracket, Falrmont,
secretary of the Northern West
Virginia Coal Operators Associa-
ton. who was scheduled as witness
at the last hearing, which did not
materialiEe, will probably testify
before the commission on this &C.
cas.on. H
Thus far the assigned car has
not caused a burden to the region
exactly, because the influx OF as
signed cars from the foreign roads
Is not great enough in volume TO
block transportation and cause
loads to be congested so as TO IN
terfere with the operations that
are working on a spot rSet
basis trying to fill other contracts
There are some assigned cars
being sent In by foreign roads. but
a great many more are expected
later. The B. 60. at present has
from n to 131 assigned cars every
day. while the other roads have
mot exceeded the 1856 mark, al.
though every day shows a gradual
increase in the arrival Of assigned
foreign equipment.
The B. & o., at best has no.
been in very good shape after the
shipments strike and the antlc!-
pated Jam of freight and coal loads
by the wholesale use Of assigned
cars will place a burden on the OPP
orator who is not loading assign.
ed cars due to the limit supply o:
empties, 1t Is said. 80
Under the assigned car ruling,
however, mines loading assigned
cars cannot load anything else but
i.assigped coal for A period OF siy
! months, which meaAs that til6, pro
! duction Of spot coal Will be re.
stricted between the use OF assign.
ed cars and the scarcity of coal
cent American" enterprise. Is
cars and consequently the opera
tor loading q limited tonnage must
pay the bill, condition which tho
railroads in their effort to beat
down the price OF fuel will soon
realize.
! Railroad Fuel
Two hundred and n'nety-seven
cars of coal was loaded US railroad
fuel off the Monongah Division, z.
& O.. Yesterday. The bulk Of this
1856 cars was received by foreign
roads. The b. & o. secured III
cars Off the Charleston Division
iB. & o. there were but six cars
OF railroad fuel loaded yesterday
and the B. & o. secured this ton
mage.
Fourteen cars of railroad fuel
wore loaded Oft the Cumberland
Division B. & o. which was all
received by the B. & o.
Fifty cars of foreign railroad
fuel was loaded on the Morgan
] town & Wheeling Railway yester-
day.
Twenty eight cars of railroad
fuel were taken by the Western
Maryland Railway off the BelinS-
ton & Weaver branch. ".
! Lake Shipments Few
With an embargo placed on lake
shipments off the Monongah,
Charleston and Cumberland divis.
ion. B. & o., naturally there Il
very little coal moving to the
lakes yesterday. whiley the NJ. &
W. had no lake coal shipments
yesterday.
Daily Shipments.
East off the ,Monongah Division
B. & O., on Thursday there were
GAS cars OF coal loaded east, while
IS cars were moved west. Two cars
OF coal were loaded by wagon mine
plants yesterday on, the division
Eighteen loads went to Curtis Bay
yesterday.
u 4,
OF other roads yesterday were az
follows: B. & o.-Charlesten, II
cars: Cumberland, 43 cars; NJ. &
r., 65 cars: NJ, & w, 10 cars: ",
M.-Wyatt-Bingamon & Helen's
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