Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-12-27
COAL AND LUMBER.
Improvement and Industries on the w
Va. &. n =. X. w.

Baltimore Tu"'sJ.
Major E. W. ). Moore secretary OF the
West Virginia Central and Plttsbdrg Kali
way Company, has received from Agent
Harrison, of Piedmont, az interesting re-
mort OF the industries and improvements
on the line of the road. The report treats
of every station on the liIe, beginning with
the coal interests.
At Window the Big Vein Coal Com
oanys mines, a Baltimore enterprise, have
a capacity OF $50 to 500 tons per day and
employ 100 men. The Atlantic mines, II
miles from Piedmont, operated also by
Baltimore capital, have q capacity OF sou
tons and employ l25 men. Elk Garden,
W. va. C. Il p. K W. mines have three
openings, capacity SEQ tons, 27j employ,
ees. The Ii foo; vein is worked BY al OF
the above named.
At Thomas the m.ues-elght-teet vein
recently opened by Il. G. Davis \ Bro.
have had their capacity increased to 200
and 80 tons per day employing 10 to 70
men.
The Davis mines, two miles from DAVIS,
the present terminus OF the road, are ope'
rating the e~leven.feet vein, or lower hitta'
ming seam. They are new mines and the
present capacity is 100 tons. The coal is
shipped principally West for Imithing pnr,
poses, and is an excellent steamer coal. d.
q. Davis Il Bros. are the operators and 10
10 20 persons are employed.
The lumber interests are very extensive.
The sawmills at Empire, owned BY D. 5.
Jones / Sob, Philadelphia, have a capsci-
ty of 10000 feet q day and employ 10 or
20 men. Near the Atlantic mine, r. l..
Sommerville has q mill with a daily cspac,
ity of 5000 feet; - or 20 employees. AT
Chafee is II. g. Davis u Bro. s mill; ca
pscity 5000 feet; 10 to Is employees. AT
Schell is the shook and sawmill OF G. w.
WiIaon; capacity 1000 feet; employees 3 to
10. At Elkins is the sswmillo of G. j. Lee;
capacity 5000 feet: 5 to 10 employees.
Two mills, belonging to McCulloh
Brown and Sol. Clark, respectively, are a
Rayard, and have a capacity each OF 1000
feet, and eight to ten employees each. q,
W. Wilson has q second mill st Camden
which has a capacity OF 5000 feet and en-
ploys eight or ten men. The }. l.. Rum,
barger Lumber Company operates q mil
at Dobbin; capacity 10000 feet; Is EN-,
ployes.
n. f.. Howe has two mills at Handle,
ton filling a contract 10 cut spruce and
hemlock for Miller i lowering, Philadel
phia, and is turning out 20,c0O feet daily
with 50 employees. The Fairfax Forest
sawmills are at Wilsonia, with u capacity
Of 20, 600 feet and working 80 men. These
mills have q planer attached and are max
iny spruce flooring. NJ. f.. Howe operates
another mill at Fairfax; capacity 10000
feet; 10 10 20 employees. Two miles Fair
taxl 10 another mill belonging TO II. 6. Ds
Wis y Bro capacity $4,000 feet; 20 to %
employees. Shingles and lath5 are also
manufactured here. VIM Evans has two
sawmills at Davis; capacity 1000 feet; u
employees.
At Davis the j. l.. Rumbarger Lumber
] Company is preparing to erecta large saw
mill Of ljO-horse power with planer and
sash factory attached and viii employ 81
men. FaTerweather d Ladew are also
making preparations TO erect a steam tan
merry Of the largest capacity at Davis anC
will employ 400 persons. They have
bought the timber right Of 10000 acres &c
supply bark and have contracted for 81
Il nont-houses to be finished by next July
The W Va, c & P. R. R. have built Q
machine shop here l3Ox6O feet and viii
operate it in the early sprisg. They have
also laid the foundation for a hotel snt
will build a foundry l30x60 feet.
A county road is being constructed from
St. George, the county seat Of Tucker
county, W. Va, to Thomas, which vii
give an outlet to a large and rspidly-de
velopiug section Of country. There is {
United States mail route o,cr the railroad
to Davis, which has been extended to Other
points by d county road into Randolph
county, giving q daily mail to a large sec
ton OF country heretofore served onl!
weekly, and the road has also given {
natural channel to market for an exten
sive grazing country, and a large numbe,
of sheep and cattle have. already been ship
ped East and West from Davis.