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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1927
Page
9
Testimony before the Interstate Commerce Commission shows Pittsburgh Coal Company leaders arguing against rapid development of West Virginia and Kentucky fields until Pennsylvania exhausted, while southern districts press for fair freight rates. The record highlights claims of monopoly, political influence, and shifting lake cargo patterns affecting coal pricing and regional competition.
In a long running pattern the Interstate Commerce Commission has repeatedly raised the freight differential favoring Pittsburgh and eastern Ohio over Kanawha Thacker and other southern coal fields in the lake cargo trade. By 1912 to 45 cents per ton and later adjustments, the Pittsburgh district gains grew to 66 cents per ton over New River Pocahontas, while southern fields face reduced advantages or losses unless shippers contest the orders.
Senator M M Neely of West Virginia presented figures to the senate showing Pittsburgh shippers pay lower freight rates than West Virginia rivals on several 100 pound shipments across multiple routes despite longer distances. The testimony argued mileage alone skews rates, urging reconsideration of southern district rate structures and noting consumer interests in Wisconsin and Michigan oppose broader rate differentials.
A June London report says American tourism to the British Isles will surge this summer with hotel bookings filling well into the season. Officials note record applications for royal court presentations, with about 200000 to 900000Americans expected to visit and spend roughly 1000 per person. Higher continental prices and lower English costs drive the influx, aided by cheap travel on transatlantic liners.
Pirs of Binefield Institutes president visited the state Department of Education offices. Graduates total on June 1. Browning to Greensbrier on a first trip. three laps in district. Compensation board ruled on 135 damages for workers. Notary commission granted to S. J. Weinberger Morgantown. Slanston Bakery charter approved with $5,000 capital. Incorporators listed. Logan High School commencement. 77 graduates. 400 enrollments expected next year. Huntington home of P. W. McCullough noted. West Virginia University alumni meeting and commencement attended by J. Frank Moran.
R C Rowan field manager for Dust ed Fuel Gas buys a home on upper Washington street from C A Harmon of Virginian Electric. Price about 14000. Rowan to move in within 80 days. Arranged through B B Cohings and David Two Hig of Southern Reality and Development. Also notes arrivals, births, a blind man in New York tapping city streets, and ongoing Interstate Commerce Commission coverage with Pittsburgh political intrigue.
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