Freight car reductions and new rail system notes
Idle freight cars on Pennsylvania lines dropped from 86 033 on January 4 to 67 637 on April 23, with Eastern lines productive by 80 485 and Western lines at 37 152 idle cars. The West Virginia Coal Association formed an executive committee led by W P Ord and A H Land. Railroads nationwide adopt the Continuous Slip system to reduce penalties for foreign cars. Martinsburg B&O yard repairs a burned box car after lime spontaneous combustion.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia Coal Association
Huntington
W. PD. Ord
Langraff
A. H. Land
Bar
United States
Martinsburg
Baltimore and Ohio
Theastern and
Western
Consolidation Coal Sets April Loading Records at Port Covington
The Consolidation Coal Company reports a record April with 266,222 net tons delivered for loading at Port Covington and Curtis Bay. Western Maryland contributed 67,780 tons at Port Covington and B and O 188,442 at Curtis Bay. Next week shipments total 149,016 tons with a midweek ramp to 50,000 tons daily. The annual production equals 15,000,000 tons. Bookings for the year assure steady mine activity, pleasing President Jere H. Wheeler Wright.
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Consolidation Coal Company
Port Covington
Curtis Bay
Maryland
Jere H. Wheewright
Gold for Pensions and Vaccination at Altoona Shops
In Altoona Pennsylvania three veteran Pennsylvania Railroad shopmen were honored with gold watches purses and other tokens. A mass vaccination drive followed a suspected variola case with over 300 workers receiving inoculations and more than twenty refusing. Also reported are rate and legal actions involving Baltimore and Ohio trains and coal land sales and railroad development in West Virginia.
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Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Isaac England
William Watson
William Waite
W. M. Railroad
W. M
J. Chas. Norton
Waring
Baltimore
Ministers to Publish Licenses Indorsers in Washington County
The Rev. Dr. William E. Biederwolf announced that bondsmen for Washington county saloonkeepers will have their names published. Ministers and revival committee members agreed after opposition. He cited WCTU practice nationwide and argued public exposure will deter men from serving as bondsmen.
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William E. Biederwolf
Hagerstown
Washington County
Biederwolf
United States
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Cox Arrested in Parkersburg for Bad Checks
Parkersburg West Virginia May 3. D B Cox a prominent figure in insurance and real estate was arrested and jailed on charges of issuing seven alleged bad checks. Friends expect he may settle the matter.
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D. , Cox
Parkersburg
W. Va
Oeal
D. BE. Cox
Cox
Abe
Fresh announces candidacy for County Treasurer post
Henry Fresh declares his run for Allegany County Treasurer subject to Republican primaries and asks voters for support.
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Allegany County
John J. Price
Henry Fresh
James Chapman
J W S Cochranes Cumberland Delegates Candidacy
J W S Cochranes Cumberland announces Democratic nomination bid for the Maryland House of Delegates. He vows lower taxes for state and county and seeks party support.
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Allegany County
William C. Walsh
House OF Delegates
J. W. S. Cochrane
Cumberland
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