The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1874-05-21
RANDOM THOUGHTS
By THE EDITOR.


or organized, to build a railroad from
Columbus through Cireleville to the
Jackson county coal fields, and that
delegation of capitalists would come in
private conveyances over the proposed
line, arriving at Hamdeu on Thursday
night. On Friday 1 concluded 1 would
90 to Hamden and see what could learn
about the matter At Milton Furnace
Prof. E. B. Andrews got on the train and
went to Hamden. He informed me that
he had been with the party portion of
the way on the proposed railway line,
and that it was found to be entirely prae-
ticable. l had considerable conversation
with Prof. Andrews about the coal veins
of our county. l am always interested in
hearing him talk about geology, as his
theories are based upon practical com
mon sense. He said the lower coal vein,
or the Jackson shaft seam, appeared to
have been deposited upon an uneven sur
face. The ground must have been un-
even from some cause, and when the
coal was deposited, the depressions would
of course receive a greater portion of the
deposit than the more elevated places,
and at many points the elevations had
been so great as to cut out the coal en-
tirely. He said the veins above this had
been deposited upon much more level
surface, and consequently they were
much more regular. | had myself no
ticed the great difference in this respect
between the jackson vein and the Milton
Furnace vein, when 1 was in the mines
at the two places.
put up at the American House, kept
by Mr. Cartwright He was not at home,
but Mr.. Fox was there and was kindly
treated, and had good dinner. l went
around town little, and noticed many
improvements. l inquired for the cru
saders, but was told that l was a week
too late-that they had given up the
struggle. They told me that liquor
seller had assaulted and abused some of
the women, and they had gone before
/ the Grand Jury, but no indictments
were found, and as there was no law for
their protection. they had abandoned
the contest Bitter complaint was made
against Judge DuHadway, and it was
claimed that his course was very unsatis-
factory to the temperance people. l told
them that I did not know that the
Judge was under any pledges to temper
ance people, but perhaps the reverse.
noticed that the saloons had different
kind of screen from those used in
jackson. The. Hamden saloons had
false shutters to the door, like common
window blind. One of these stood a
little ajar, and l saw dozen of the hard
est looking bummers in there some OF
them in the act of emptying their beer
glasses down their throats.
When l passed the Depot noticed a
sign put up for an eating house. On
one corner of this building were these
ominous words:
No, Ale
Beer, or
Liquor
Here
I do not know whether this was in
tended for poetry or prose, but from the
punctuation, am inclined to think it is
poetry.
1 walked down through Wellston tc
Milton Furnace. A person who only
reads the correspondence of the city pa
pers, would never know the truth about
Wellston. One correspondent will de
clare that there are two furnaces and e
hundred houses completed, while another
will declare that there is not a house in
the place. 1 think those city chaps write
most of their letters from the saloons
attached to the taverns of some town IL
the vicinity.
In the bottom short distance east O.
Mr.. Bundy's residence is an extensive
brick yard, and two kilns are partly pu
up, but none have been burnt | think.
lively. East of this, at the foot of the
rising ground, the coal shaft has beer
sunk, and a little coal taken out. A
railway switch has been partly graded t.
the shaft The frame for the building a
the shaft has been put together, and thu
"bents'' are lying ready to be raised. A
large frame building for store anC
Office is so far advanced as to be plaster
ed. A blacksmith shop is also put VI
near the shaft | counted the frames o
eight other houses up. Some had th'
roofs ana weaUnerooat Dis on while other
only had the frames up. They all up
pear to be cheap residences, but some o
them quite neat. l noticed the founda
tions of about dozen more residences
They are scattered all over the tow
plat, apparently without regularity.
There is a steam saw mill at the soutl
side of the town, near Milton Furnace.
had never taken particular notice o
these saw mills, and had no idea what
complete piece of machinery they are
The engine is twenty-five horse power
and carries so lbs. of steam to the squar,
inch. A great oak log was sawn intc
sills and joists in a few minutes. A
some other time may describe this mil
more in detail, and compare it with tn,
manner in which Evan Jenkins anC
James R. James sawed lumber for n'
with whip saw, in the summer of 1912
l went to Milton Furnace, and found
it nearly ready for blast. 1t is one of the
finest furnaces l ever saw. Alanson Rob
bins is not a demonstrative or talkativ,
man, but he appeared to take much de
light in showing me around. l though
he felt a little proud ofetbeir fine nev