The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1892-05-14
CECIL COUNTY.
Its Resources and Advantages.


e Maryland" from which we take th
y following relative to Cecil county.
a Cecil county, the northernmOst Of thu
= Eastern Shore counties, is bounded OF
by Delaware, on the south by Ken
county, and on the west by chesapeake
bay and by the Susquchanna river, which
separate it from Hartford county. The
follows: White, 81, $50; CO ored, 97S.
Cecil county contains 375 quare miles,
aud the properly o. all Kinds is assessed
at $l3 $50 l01. Tie county tax rate is
60 cents on the 500. The soil of the
county includes almost every variety.
The first district. SassaTras Neck, is
chiefly sandy loan, capatie OF beng
brpugh 10 the highest stat, OF proiIc
tINeues,. Many, il not ali the fartas
are now in u fiue condition, producing
large crops of wheat, corn, oats and
clover. II has not been found we'll
adapted to timothy, Or at least bus little
attention is paid to timothy hay in that
district. Some of the lands, composed
largely OF clay, grow wei - natural
grasses aud are excellent pasture Ueids.
TINS is the great h-growlug district
of vhe county. The second district is
much like the other. 1t Includes the
historic Bohemia Manor, which is called
| hyS nf
The capabilities OF lost of the acreage
of these districts have never been tested.
They could be made to grow everything
that can be grown in this latitude. A
well-informed gentleman of Cecil county
says he does not hesitate to state that
finer lands are not to be found in the
Middle States. The third or Elkton
district embraces a greater variety of
soil than either of the other districts
named. 1t runs from rich loan to an
almost worthless clay or gravel. Grain,
clover and timothy are raised and many
cattle tatUened on its fine pasture lands.
| The fourth, sixth, seventh, eighth and
| ninth districts are perhaps in "a far higher
state OF Improvement than the lower
| districts. The farms are SIN aller and the
farmers practical men of superior intelII
genee as farmers. From these districts
the Baltimore market is supplied with
| its we'll known Cecil county hay
There are fine dwellings in both the
upper and lower districts of the county.
and fine, large barns, especially 10 the
former. Churches and schools afford
every facility for religious and secular
improvement. The fifth or North East
district, the largest district in acreage, is
inferior as an agricultural country, con.
tanning large acreage of barrens. Many
OF its farms along the North East and
Elk rivers are fine grain and truck land.
Tobacco is cultivated to a small extent
in the upper districts, and could be pro
duced in large quantities.
There is considerable unimproved land
in the county, which can be purchased
at low figures, aud give good oppor
tuuitives to poor but industrious immi-
:
good. The Philadelphia, Wilmington
and Baltimore Railroad, and the Phila-
delphia extension of the Baltimore and
Ohio, pass through the colnty from west
to east. The Columbia and Port Deposit
and Baltimore Central traverse some of
the upper districts. Farmers in the
lower districts ship some by the Delaware
Railroad, which is within few miles of
the county. The Chesapeake and Della.
vase Canal, and Elk, North East, Sassa-
fras and Bohemia rivers are also used
extensively in transportation.
The manufactures of Cecil represent
considerable capital and interests. The
rolling mills aud FORCES OF the Mccullough
Iron Company at North East, and Row
laudsyille employ several hundred men.
The George p. Whitaker Co. has blast
furnace on Principle creek. The census
of the county in 1880, gave the amount
Invested in these iron manufactures as
$3.50, 900. Paper manufacturing is also
an old industry of Cecil. William NJ.
Singerly's Record paper mills at Elkton,
are an important industry to the town.
Mr.. Sngerly bought the Providence
Paper Mills in 1880 and built extensive
pulp works in 1888. In the pulp works
one hundred and twenty men are EN-
ployed and sixty at the paper mills. At
the latter $4,000 pounds of pulp are
made per dag, and 20, 900 pounds of paper
are made at the other. Both works run
night and day. Contracts are also filed
for government paper Marley Paper
Mills, owned and run by the Messrs
Garrett of Phi ladelphia under the mango
ment of Mr.. ID. G. McCorkindale manu-
facture wall paper blanks and employ
about 40 or so hands. Harlin & Bros.
manufacture book binders pasteboard
Paper is also manufactured at the Cecil
Mills, on the Ootoraro river.
The Scott Fertilizer Company, at
Elkton employs many hanos. Tue Eureka
Fertilizer Company has works at French
town.
The Stone quarries at Port Deposit
are an important industry. McClennahan
Bros, at that place, employ from $50 to
200 men. and Port Deposit stone goes to
all parts of the country. L. G. Bib &
Son manufacture stoves atd Reynolds
Brothers manufacture tin cans at Port
Deposit. There are fire brick, kaolin
and pottery manufactures at North East.
The populrtion OF this town is ,249, an
increase of 26 AZ per cent, since the
census of 1880 Two brick manufactures
the EIkton Foundry aud Enterprise
Machine Works, are at Elkton. There
are many Touring mills in the county,
some of which have the roller process.
The Elk Mills, the only cotton manu-
factory in Cecil county, which have been
closed for many months, were leased
some time since by NJ. G4mbriIl & Co.
The farmers of the county are replace
ing old machines with improved new
ones, several dealers doing large busi-
ness in farming machinery.
The live stock of the county has been
improved during the past few years,
doubtless caused greatly by competition
for honors at the Cecil fair.
Elkton the county seat, has popul-
alton of 2,3lS, and has advanced 80 81
per cent, since the census of 1880. Many