Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-09-07
CAL fIiFer Improvements.

Virginia HIf
AZ Peytono, thirty. five uaileskfrpm tht
mouth Or Coal river, extensive prepare
lions ara being made BY the Western
Mining and Manufacturing Company. FL
mining loading and shipping canaet-coa
70 DE Western markets this coming win
tor, ThiiH. C2nlpany has now miGed abou
one hundred and fifty thousand busels3 II
1.-The weIl known !" Peytbpa camel coal,
and il actively engaged in mmiag coal
I'm building boats and IN loading the sam,
| fors shipment Ito Cincinnati and elsewhere
A year -or two ago this Company erectet
4 large steam Saw and grist Millatia COS
Eof SIC 900, and at this season oflhe yea
when water mills are not running, thiE
mill III. Kept busily running. (frequentll
all day and night, J il grinding corn, ant
wheat, which are brousht to Peytoni
from the counties Of Cabell, Wyoming
Raleigh, Boone and Kanawha. Some
I times grain IS wagoned for 40 and evel
so miles to3this steam mill.
This Company has constructed + goot
and substantial railroad from Coal rive
to its. mines, assistance Of two miles, anc
the Coal cars are now drawn BY a#heayy
locomotive. FL 4 word, its arrangement:
are com plete for doing a large and fucra
tive business this coming winter bwmin,
ing and shipping camel coal.
Ar DAM NUMBER SEVEN,
Major KupP has many hands employed
in repairing the damages done last De,
cember. Hetis having an inner lock wal
erected, and sixty seven faet Of new dam
built, which is the quantity Of the old
dam thai was impaired and destroyed
last. winter. #. It'll
An DAM NUMBER SIX,
A large. force Hid busyI5$at work ID re-
pairing he damages Idpne--nore injury
was done Ghe Navigation at this dam than
at any other, The water besides wash
ing away the abptmeht and a good deal
of the emBankment, destroying and Jim
pairing nnsfnety-sigAt Jeet q the dam,
washed and eut away the earth to The
depth Of tatentYrone .fset below the bed Of
the river. Therefore to restore Manga
ton at this point itiFeauired 4 dam Of
tapeaty .oae teef ID height 70 be construct
ed. as the foundation Of the dam proper:
Major KuPf has already constructed and
sunk, this liquidation dam, which IS built
Of hewn timber, well fastened with heavy
iron spikes, land filled in with solid rock
The amountFof new dam 70 be erected at
number. IS, is ore haadred and SERENITY
louf fedt IN length and about rs feet ID
height above tie bed Of the river, and, the
foundation dam. And when completed,
lam number six will be segentg-sir feet
longer than twas when FIRST built.
Ill., Al DAM NUMBER EYE, Il, "
Great damages were also done to the
Navigation. il The loek and dam were not
injured, but The river cutIa new CHANNEL
entirely around the abutment. Across this
new chapa1esl, Major KuPP il constructing
an entirely new dam, one hundred and tif7
ty4seven feet long and about i6 feethigh.
This new dam WILDE one or two feet
higher than tile old dam. 10 order to keep
the river il i'd Old chanpel during ordin-
ary stages pfthe water.
HIS Al DAM NrMEg.T TWO, \
The navigation was inpairedfby the cana
leading from the dam TO thelloek. "a dis
lance IF about 600 feet, being filed up
with all manner and kind Of drift wood.
A considerable force is engaged in re-
moving this large mass Of drift wood -
After this iii d5ne, some 400 oE 500 fee,
Of the ctibbed work Of TIE canal will be
repaired and reeonstructed.
AZ DAM NUMBER ONE,
The damages: done were similar to those
at dam number FIVE. The river washed
away the embadkment ladjacentthe abut:
ment until an entirely new channel was
made. Across this channel, Major Kupp
i building an entirely new dam, which
will be aiaety.sdr tdet Tong, and about a
foot higher than the BID dam. F.5 d
Thus It will be seen that dam No, s,
will be III gthened- ninety eight feet, dam
M. Gye,!will be heightened one hundred
and fit seven feet, and dam No. /, will be
heightened niney-six feet. This length.
eningof the dams will fender very mucl
more permanent the navigation works
vi these several points. AS the water il
high rises viii khereby have $50 mucl
more space to discliaAse itself. ~
Tie entire force at present, employee
Ipy Major.Kupp. On coal+riyeer, in making
these and4other repairs of The navigation
works. is about 800 men, and he prom
ises the completion Of his work and con
tractsby the Isl, November next, for thir
| ty-three thousand three hundred an
| ,h;rt, Il, ~ u oilare and thirty traa rants