The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-05-10

to be, what it is really, an active induatri-
al locality. The skilled labor is chiefly of
Welshmen, and the proprietors are in some
cases men who began as day laborers.-
Some of them still work in the quarries.-
Bangor is q thriving town, inhabited
chiefly by quarrymen and their families
The quarries are operated by the following
firms and companies: John w. Jones &
Co., Thomas w. Jones Sc Co., Foulk Jones
& Co., Peach Bottom and Hartford Slate
Mining Company, VIM. G. Roberts & Co.,
VIM. e. Williams 6 Co., Isaac Scarboro,
Stevenson Archer & Co., John Humphreys
& Co., Owen P. Owens & Co., John A.
Barnett & Co., Isaac Parker & Co.
Then there is also the slate planning and
mantel factories of Whitaker Sons and
James Parry 6 Co. Slate is quarried from
the top. On this ridge twenty-four feet of
of top is generally removed before good
slate is reached, and every one hundred tons
of rock taken out ten per cent. is market
able. The slate is of an excellent dark,
durable color,and said to be superior to any
in this country. Some of the quarries are
leased, and others are worked on royalty of
80 cents square for first quality and 25
cents for second and third quality. Not
only slate for roofing, but materials for
mantels, billiard tables, &C., are gotten out.
Steam for pumping and working hosting
cranes, powder Tor blasting, and machines
for trimming constitute the labor-s saving
appliances of slate quarrying. For the rest
the crow to take out the rock and a chisel
and mallet to split the shingles are neces-
sary. Until recently the trimming was also
done by hand, but, like type-setting the
splitting requires touch directed by in
telligence, which cannot be impaired to
machinery.
The older quarries lie in York county,
Pa, from which development OF the ridge
progressed into Hartford county, Md, where
all the quarries lie, except two, which are
not at present operated. The MARYLAND
quarries are all in full blast, and in the
past six months contributed 1,700 tons of
freight to the Peach Bottom road to York,
and an equal quantity to the Susquehanna
and Underwater canal. The slate ridge ex-
tends to the river and underies it, reap
pearing on the east side of the Susquehan.
ma, in Lancaster county. From the quarry
of Foulk Jones, the highest point of the
ridge, Lancaster and York counties, Pa.
and Cecil and Hartford counties, Nc. :, and
out in grand panorama. The town of
Bangor has about sixty or seventy houses
and two churches, one Welsh Presbyte-
rian and the other Independent. The
dwelling houses are comfortable small cot
tages, belonging chiefly to WiIliamss heirs.
Delta, the present terminus of the Peach
Bottom railway, is chiefly on the Mary
land side of the line. 1t has about fifteen
houses and has grown up with the rail
road.
COST OF NARROW GAUGE.
1t is estimated that it will require $780,
900 to construct the narrow gauge three.
foot track and equip the road from Delta
to Baltimore the right of way having been
given to very large extent. Independent
of the work already done on the road be.
tween Towsontown and Baltimore, sub
scriptions have been made to the consolida-
ted enterprises of $165000. One hundred
thousand dollars more is wanted to the
stock subscriptions. On this it is propos-
ed to issue bonds for the rest needed. The
officers of the Baltimore and Delta road are
as follows: VIM. H. Waters, president
Stevenson Archer, E. Stanley Rogers, James
L. Sutton, A. w. Bradford, Philip r.
George and Foulk Jones, directors.
SUBSCRIBERS.
Among the leading subscribers are the
following, in addition to the president and
directors:
Baltimore City.-A. w. Bradford, Jos.
A. Edmundson, Judge Robt. Gilmor, Ty-
son Brothers, e. G. Hipsley, Charles Hat
ter and Mr.. Stork.
Baltimore County.-Dr. w. r. Monroe,
DIR. G. NJ. Bcsley, Geo. Smith, G. Fl. Mann,
Arthur w. Shanklin, Thomas Gorsuch and
Geo. Dilworth.9
Hartford County.-James Farnands, H.
w. Archer, H. d. Farnandis, E. II. Web
ster, w. G. Scott, Caleb Moore, DR.. E. II.
Richardson, d. Hopes, Roe & Tucker, S.
Whiteford, Merryman Street,, T. II. Street,,
j. p. Street, and Nathan Grafton
In future letter some facts will be Civ
en- in regard to the Peach Bottom railroad
and its agency in the progressive develop
ment of York county, Pa.