Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-27
ADDING TO THE MAP.
The New Summer Resort at Rock
Point to be a Great Town.
OVER 600 ACRES OF LAND BOUGHT.
Three Manufacturing Plants to be Erected
There at Once.
ONE OF oLIvER'S MILLS MAY MOVE

A charter was granted at Harrisburg
yesterday for the Ellwood Short Line Rail-
road Company. The line will run from
North Sewickley to Rock Point station on
the Pittsburg and Western Railroad. 1t
will be three miles long and will really
be part Of the P. & W., between the above
named stations. The object in building the
line is to cut down the heavy grade on the
railroad, and make short cut across the
Connequenessing river. 1t will be double
tracked, and will cut off four miles in a
distance of six off the road. The
short line will be owned by the
Pittsburg Company but will be part Of the
Pittsburg and Western system. Rumors of
land deal by Pittsburg syndicate have
been flying thick and fast for the past few
days in the Beaver Valley, but nothing
definite in regard to the proposed new
summer resort at Rock Point was known
until yesterday.
WHAT WAS FOUND THERE.
A visit was made to the place. and it was
learned that arrangements were being made
for the building of new manufact-
uring town on the banks of
the swift Connequenessing river. 1t
is probable that several Pittsburg
establishments will be moved there. Three
manufacturing firms have agreed to build
new plants in the town, and it is expected
that many more will be attracted by the ad-
vantages of low taxes, cheap gas, free
sites, etc.
A number of men are now at work at the
place. The project, together with num-
Der of others, is owned and under the con-
troll ct the Pittsburg Company. The
latter is composed of H. W. Hartman,
of the Hartman Manufacturing Com
pany, President; L. II. Williams,
formerly cashier of the Fifth National
Treasurer; and Merritt Green, prominent
manufacturer of Iowa, General Manager.
The Directors are 81. W. Hartman, Judge
E. H. Stowe, John W. Chalfant. George I.
Whitney, o. P. Scaife, L. II. Williams and
w. L. Standish. The capital stock of the
company is $500, 600. 1t owns over 600 acres
of ground lying less than a mile just north
of the Pennsylvania Company's picnic
grounds at Rock Point. The company
made contract with tine Pittsburg and
Western Railroad to build short line rail-
road to connect with their line at two diff
ferent points. and the charter for the rail-
road was issued yesterday.
A HEAVY GRADE CUT DOWN.
The grade to be cut down by the new line
is over 20 feet to the mile. From the summit
this short line will have grade OF but 1S
feet to the mile. The new road will pass
directly through the ground of the Pitts
burg company, and as all Pittsburg and
Western trains will 60 over the line, the old
road will be abandoned except for local
business.
The new town will be named Ellwood.
Competent judges who have visited the
place say it is one of the best manufacture
ing localities in this section of the country.
There is an abundance of coal, limestone,
fire clay, extensive water power, etc.
ing the ConnequenessiDg. Two dams
will be constructed, with a fall
of about 25 feet. Another connecting
railroad to be called the Bearn and Ellwood
road, will be built to connect with the
tracks of the Pennsylvania Company, at a
point short distance below Rock Point
station. The Beaver and Ellwood Railroad
will eventually be carried across the river
to the Pittsburg and Lake Erie tracks
The road will be mile and half long.
On the line of the Ellwood Short Line,
two bridges will be built and long tunnel
bored through the hill. The tunnel will be
over 700 feet in length and will be con-
structed with the best of material. The
bridges will be 30 feet higher than the Ohio
river bridge at Beaver, and will be among
the highest bridges in this section of the
State.
NAMED AFTER H. W. OLIVER.
A hotel to be called "The Oliver" after
the well-known iron manufacturer, will be
under way next week. 1t will be located in
beautiful grove some distance from the
ConsequenessIng, and it is said the
scenery is unsurpassed in this part
of the country. It is the in
tention to make the place a great
summer resort. Over 20 springs of the
purest water, many of them impregnated
with iron, abound on the property. The
summer resort will be separated from the
manufacturing part of the town far enough
to avoid any objection from the most fasti-
dious tastes. A circular driveway will also
be constructed, and elegant summer resi-
dences will border the drive. The latter
will be 80 feet in width and one
mile in circumference. To one side of 1t
will be chasm 160 feet below the level of
the road. At the bottom of the canyon is
stream of water, which will also be damned.
An electric plant will furnish light to il
Illuminate the canyon and grounds at night
Lakes and fountains will also be excavated
near the hotel, and it is the intention to
make the resort take the place of South
Fork. The hotel will be completed by
July 1.
A pleasant feature will be the boating on
the river. A dam will be constructed at Bea-
yer Falls. A solid sheet of water will be at
the disposal of the residents, from Beaver
Falls to Rock Point, a distance of seven
miles.
TO BUILD WATER WORKS.
Water works will be built at the Beaver
Falls dam to supply the residents of the
Beaver Valley. The company has pur-
chased all the water power interests, to-
gether with the land formerly owned by
Mr.. Hartman. The water system will be
second to none in the United
States. Twenty-Five thousand dollars
will be invested in filter to purify
the water for domestic consumption.
The owners of three manufacturing plants
have agreed to build works on the banks of
the stream at the new town. 1t is reported
that one of the Oliver iron interests is to be
removed to the place. 1t is certain that Mr..
Oliver will build a large foundry there.
An effort was made to see him last
night, but he could not be
found. Mr.. Hartman was asked about the
matter yesterday, and he refused to say any
thing. 1t was learned that no property
would be offered for sale for some months.
The natural gas of the town will be sup
piled from the Bakerstown field. A pipe
line is now running through the
town. Wells will be drilled just north of
the new city, and it is expected that large
quantities of gas will be found.
The three railroads running past the pro-
posed town have agreed to run trains to