Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-25
COAL AND LUMBER.
Improvements and Industries on the W.
Va. c. & r. r. W.

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Baltimore Times.
Major f. W. s. Moore secretary of the
West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Rail
way Company, has received from Agent
Harrison, of Piedmont, an interesting re-
port OF the Industries and improvements
on the line of the road. The report treats
of every station on the line, beginning with
the coal interests.
At Window the Big Vein Coal Com,
pany mines, Baltimore enterprise, have
q capacity Of $50 to 500 tons per day and
employ 100 men. The Atlantic mines, IL
miles from Piedmont, operated also by
Baltimore capital, have q capacity of 800
tons and employ lbs men. Elk Garden,
W. Va. C. L P. R W. mines have three
openings, capacity 1900 tons. 275 employ
ees. The Ii foot vein is worked by all oil
the above named.
At Thomas the mines-eight-feet vein
recently opened by Fl. G. Davis i Bro,
have had their capacity increased to 200
and 25O tons per day, employing Is to 20
men.
The Davis mines, two miles from DAVIS,
the present terminus of the road, are ope.
rating the eleVsnfeet vein, or lower kitta,
ming seam. They are new mines and the
present capacity is 100 tous. The coal is
shipped principally West for smithing pnr,
poses, and is an excellent steamer coal II.
G. Davis / Bros are the operators and Is
to 20 persons are employed.
The lumber interests are very extensive.
The sawmills at Empire, owned by D. s.
Jones & Soh, Philadelphia, have q cspsci
~ of 10000 feet day and employ Is OF
20 men. Near the Atlantic mine, r. l.
Sommerville has mill with daily cspac
ity Of 5000 feet; Is or 20 employees. Al
Chaffee is q. G. Davis & Bro mill; ca
pscity 5000 feet; Is to Is employees. AT
Schell is the shook and sawmill Of G. w.
Wilson; capacity 5000 feet; employees to
10. At Elkins is the sswmill of G. j. Lee;
capacity 5000 feet; to 10 employees.
Two mills, belonging to McCulloh
Brown and Sol Clark, respectively, are al
Bayard, and have q capacity each Of 5000
feet, aud eight to ten employees each. G..
". Wilson has 8 second mill at Camden
which has capacity OF 5000 feet and en-
ploys eight or ten men. The j. l.. Rum
barger Lumber Company operates q mill
at Dobbin; capacity 10000 feet; As en-
ployes.
NJ. Z. Howe has two mills at HANDLE.
ton filing q contract to cut spruce and
hsmlock for Miller / lowering, Philsdel
phis, and is turning out 10000 feet daily
with so employees The Fairfax Forest
Sswmills are at Wilsonis, with capacity
of 20, 600 feet and working so men. Tn ese
mills have 9 planer attached and are max.
ing spruce flooring. NJ. Z. Howe operates
another mill at Fairfax; capacity 10000
feet; Is to 20 employees. Two miles Fair
fax Is another mill belonging to q. G. Ds.
Wis i Bro. capacity $4,000 feet; 20 to %
employees. Shingles and lsths are also
manufactured here. VIM Evans has two
ssWmills at Davis; capacity IL, 900 feet; 20
employees.
At Davis the J. L. Rumbarger Lumber
Company is prepsriDgto erect large saw
mill of l50-horse power With plsner and
sash factory attached and will employ so
men. Fsyervesthes i Ladew are also
making preparations 10 erect q steam tan.
merry Of the largest capacity at Davis and
will employ 400 persons They have
bought the timber right of 10000 acres to
supply bark and have contracted for 80
to be finished By next July.
The W Va, C L p R. r. have built
machine shop here l30x60 feet and will
opsrats it in the early spriRE. They have
also laid the foundation for hotel and
will build foundry lS0x60 feet.
1 county road is being constructed from
St. George, the county seat Of Tucker
county, W. Va, to Thomas, which will
give an outlet to large and rspidly-d
Veloping section Of country. There is 8
United States mail route over the railroad
to Davis, which has been extended to other
points By . county road into Randolph
county, giving daily mail to q large sec
ton OF country heretofore served only
weekly, and the road has also given q
natural channel to market for an extern
siye grazing country, and g large number
Of sheep and cattle have already been ship
ped East and West from Davis.