The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-01-31

town to meet the righs-of way conditions
Of any railroad extending its branches TO
meet the pressing needs Of this time in
the development Of our mineral resumes.
lUDGE nAgs's ADDREss.
Feliosr Ctissa&
When LEFT home to come to Johns
town had no idea that I would be called
upon to say a word to this good people.
| came here for the purpose Of hearing
what was 10 be saii in view Of learning
something thst might be Of interest 70
the people Of somerset County. I knew
that the gentlemen who wOnld address
you here knew all about Johustown and
its capabilities and the capabilities ef
the surrounding counties. / knew very
well that could not add q word on the
question that has been discussed. The
gentleman who has addressed you is best
able to speak on this subject OF the
mineral resources Of Cambria and SON.
erset Counties. may say that I have
during the last few wears largely based
my conclusions on what be had said on
the subject Of Goals and the qualities Of
The State Geologists told IA that there
was nothing bnt sulphur and ash. Every
body got to believe that il was useless
to try TO get anything else, bur, after
examining some.Of the papers, came 10
the conclusion that the Young geolOgists
did not know everything, especially as
they did not go further into the bill
than the ground hog goes, and had not
seen anything but the out crop. We
have immense quantities Of good coal,
and, if We had railroad facilities il could
be used. After got of the Bench had
nothing to DO. and concluded that l
would take hand in looking around to
see what was in the earth. Finally got
some gentlemen to examine some coal
on this side Of Somerset. They were
impressed with it, and We made an effort
to see if We could not get coal to 90 East
as well as those from Virginia and Mary
land.
When We called on the b. & o. Rail-
road, 10 which Somerset is much indebt-
ed, We wanted them to put Us on the
same basis as the people Of Virginia and
Maryland. When we called upon the
Company, with a view Of getting them
10 furnish iron for a short side track into
the mines, we were met by one Of the
finest gentlemen 1 ever met lie said
you are going 10 make a mistake" Tie
frankly told us there Was a discrimina-
ton. Il cannot help il, he said, q am
not the head of the organization" The
President Of our Company, who hsd
learned mining in California, saiG :"Iou
give Us a chance, and we will get Our
coal out" The first thing was, the CITY
Of Baltimore took to commenting on tho
coal, stating that We had got car ortwO
down. BY and by report came that
our coal was not good for anything. by
and by the very man who said our coal
was no good offered 10 take the whols
output of our mine. lie did not get that
output. Il was small at first, but We are
now sending three hundred tons a day,
and have more orders Tor had en- Saturday
night last than they could fill. We are
supplying all the rolling mills of Chester
and Wilmington ami The orders come
i came domD here to-
night because Of the old adage, that
when a man can make two blades Of
grass grow where only one gsew before,
ne IS doing an immense good for human
ity.
Ifthe development Of the surrounding
country would bring another railroad
here, that if you put in two railroads the
prospects are there would be work
en1ngh for both Of them. The fabulous
growth Of your town has benefited SOM
erset wonderfully. Our faTmers, most Of
them, come down here to deal because
they sell their produce down here, and
it Is proper that they should do so. L
came here with a view that something
would be done to help this town along,
and have 10 doubt that As soon as the
railroad companies see the prOpriety Of
what Mr.. Fulton has said they will quit
charging the five cents a ton more then
the coal from this whole region would be
mined, and the railroad companies would
have more than they could do, because,
while they may travel five miles further,
they have a couple Of hundred miles
here and the seabosrd.
l did not come down here to make
speech. hope that whatever is done will
be done with such unanimity that the
r. & y. and the Pennsylvania viii work
harmony and come in. Just as soon
as the Pennsylvania RIilroad goes up the
5 onycrcek, that moment We viii get the
< Olio. AID there is no Iea-
son why that siould not be. You need
that road jlst as much as you need the
Beech Greek, if this county IS developed
as Y shCffiI hs