Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-13
THE UPPER END.
A Prosperous Section of the County.


A reporter Of the Reading Tasss and
Dispatch, having visited the upper section
Of our county, writes glowing account
of it for his paper. We make the follow
ing extracts:
EeInhO!d's Station and Vicinity.
During the past few years number of
dwelling houses have been built i'll the vi
cinity of Reinhold's s station, and the neigh
borhood is becoming thickly settled. The
farmers are also improving their premises.
and handsome buildings are being erected.
At the station 4 large freight business is
done. this being the shipping point of 4
large section of country The goods man.
ufactured i'll the Adamstown hat fac
tories are all shipped from Reinhold's
station, while there are large shipments
annually of dressed sandstones. posts and
rails, bark and other articles Reinholds-
VILE, one and 4 half miles west. and Flick
ingerS. five miles west, have large business
transactions with the railroad company at
ReinhOld's station. The large three story
brick hotel ut the station. erected in 1861
by Col. Jesse ReinhOld, when the Reading
and Columbia railroad was completed, is
now occupied by Absalom Hartman.
There are no particular industries at Rein
holds station. although several years ago
the subject of establishing 4 foundry and
machine shop at this place was aSitated.
improvements at Lutz's Crossing.
One mile below the station is Lutz's hat
factory. at the point where the railroad
crosses the Swamp creek, or east fork of
the COcaiico. Here quite Il village has
been started by jesse Lutz and his sons.
Mr. Lutz erected five years ago a large
hat factory, supplied with steam. which
gives employment to some % hands ut
present. and turns out an average of 45
dozen hats of medium quality per day.
Jesse LutZ is the owner of the building
and his son. Cyrus Lutz, proprietor of the
Black Hotel and store. is a partner with
him in the hat manufacturing business.
Facing the railroad are two fine residences
recently erected by Joshua Lutz and
Jacob Hagy. Dwelling houses have
also been erected lately by John
Sweigert, Frank White. Edward Eb-
erly and others. ard the erection of others
is in contemplation. a project is on foot
to make application for n flag station at
this point. Jesse Iutz, who OWLS most of
the land in the neighborhood. is now -
years of age, and in the enjoyment of go"d
health. He is in many respects remark
able man, having been engaged in numcr
Gus business and manufacturing enter
prises and led an exceedingly active life.
He owns 4 number of fine properties i'm
Lancaster and Berks counties-farm%.
mills, hotels. factories and tracts of wood
land, including one OF the largest hotels in
the city of Lancaster. At LutZ crossing.
the commissioners of Lancaster county
have erected a handsome bridge across the
east fork of COcalico creek.
Ouarries operated for Reading Furnaces.
Between Lutz's Crossing and Union Sta
tiOn, and less than Onr-half mile from the
latter place, are extensive limestone quar-
ries operated by the Reading iron works
and Eckert & Brother, of Reading. They
are located along the sides Of a high hill
known as KOhTs Peak. The quarry of
the Reading iron works is known as the
Union quarry, and is within Il quarter of :.
mile of the Reading & Columbia rail
road, with which it is connected by grav-
ity railroad. Iron trucks, leach holding
two and a half tons of limestone, run over
the gravity railroad to wharf or landing
above a siding of the Reading and Column
bia railroad, where the contents of the
trucks are dumped into limestone ears
belonging to the Reading iron works.
Each car carries five tons of limestone.
The weight of the loaded ear in de-
scending the inclined gravity railroad
draws up the empty truck, the cars being
connected by an iron rope which moves
around an axle at the quarry. On several
occasions the rope has parted, and the
loaded trucks. descending with frigh!fuI
velocity, has been dashed across the K. 81
c. II. r., clearing a gap of thirty feet and
landing in an opposite field. The gravity
railroad is arranged with u turnout in the
centre where the loaded and empty trucks
pass. The Union quarry is about eighty
feet in depth and extends into the side
of the mountain some distance. The
everything rocks arc sandstone, the entire
brow of the hill being of sandstone
formation, while at the base is a lime
stone formation extending indefinitely
into the bowels of the earth. The lime
stone rocks are of superior quality for fur
mace purposes, and arc in great demand.
The Union quarry gives employment to
from twenty-eight to thirty men. From
sixteen to eighteen cars of limestone are
loaded and shipped daily. AS many rs
twenty-seven cars can be loaded in Il day.
Stephen Danner, of Sinking Springs, is
the superintendent, and ChaS. Whtmnycr,
assistant superintendent. The quarry Of
Eckert & Bro, is about half a mile from
the Union quarry. and three-fOurtiIs Of Il
mile from the railroad. A new road lead
ing to the railroad has been constructed.
and the limestone is hauled to the railroad
siding at the rate of fourteen car loads per
day. Fifteen men are employed at this
quarry.
Town of Rapid Growth.
Union station is one of the most thriving
places on the line Of the Reading and Co
lumbia railroad, and has greatly improved
within few years. 1t contains two large
hotels, kept by S. III. Eberly and Henry
Eberly respectively, and several stores and
manufacturing establishments. New street,
have been opened and the town has
been laid out with the view to con
siderable future growth. William Vein
hold, cigar manufacturer, started this
sprin. cigar manufactOry in a large
buiIdin. on Miller street and employs
at present thirteen hands. A gentleman
has been negotiating for the purchase Ola
corner lot, upon which to erect a large to-
bacco warehouse and packing house.
George Gensemer conducts al extesivc tan
merry, and Emanuel Stark large grist
mill. Other manufacturing establishments
are expected to follow in the course OF a
few years. There is an excellent water
supply, the east and west forks of tn; CO.
calico creek uniting at this place. isaac
Miller, brother of S. H. Miller, proprietor
of the oldest hotel. has large wholesale
drug store at Union station. j. q. Gar
man, esq, has printing sflicc, and will
erect large building on Union street this
spring.
SchOeneck's Beautiful View.
,,Io,c,nf drive Of fEree miles from