The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-07-25
Up THE Y0UGH
TO OAKLAND.
The Confluence & Oakland Branch
May Be Extended.

The ever vigilani railroad editor OF the
Pittsburg Post Is authority for the state
ment that = movement Is afooi 10 extend
the Confluence & Oakland railroad, now
operated by the h. x O, under lease,
through TO Oakland, Md. The original
| prOprietors Of the line were Philadelphia
capitalists operating under the name OF
the lough Manor Lumber Company.
I Thay owned immense timber tracts
along the Youghiogheny above Confiu-
ence. The largest of these tracts contain
I ed nearly l0,00 acres. II was located %
miles up the river from Confluence, and
about , miles above Friendsville, Md.
! The name in the patent was Manor
/ Lands. The lumber company built the
| Confluence d Oakland to Manor Lands,
their primary object being the develop
ment of their timber lands. Subsequent
| ly they leased to the B. & O. upon such
terms a. practically amounted To a sale
\ few years ago they sold their Manor
/ Lands tract 10 a. knabb x Co. This
| firm are extensive stavc manufacturers.
/ They have put up several large mills and
have built quite a system Of narrow
giage railway through the Manor Lands
tract. One branch extends up the river
| five miles from Manor Lands. 1t is esti-
mated that ~ miles Of track will put the
| Confluence a Oakland into Oakland.
.-The extension" says ihe PpSi, ''is in
/ the hands of private parties, who own eX-
tensive timber lands along the route a.
first surveyed. The gentlemen interest
| ed have made several visits TO this city
and have entered into negotiations with
the Baltimore & Ohio officials here rela-
tive TO the building Of the extension.
| They propose to furnish the capital for
/ the construction and then lease the road
to the b. Il O. TO be operated, their object
being TO obtain an outlet for the ship
nicnt of timber which lines the route for
many miles ON both sides. The b. n o.
has been asked 10 name sum for which
| il viii operate the road when finished,
and ii is upon this proposal that the pri-
vate company is waiting. The b. * o.
/ has encouraged this project, as it will de-
rive almost as much revenue from leas-
! ing as if il owned the extension, and ii is
quite probable that il will submit pro-
posal that will he accepted by the compa-
( ny which has been formed to construct
/ the road. In addition 10 the freight
route which will he opened into a COM
paratively new country, the fact that
! Pittsburg Will be brought almost 20 miles
| nearer 10 Oakland than before will make
! the extension a valuable one"
The extension would put ConnellsVilie
within O. miles of Oakland. Confluence
would naturally take on a boom in the
! event of the roads extension. The con-
struction, however, would be expensive.
The topography above Manor Lands re-
! sembles that between Indian Greek and
| Ohiopyle, only more 50. Grading would
/ classify more rock than earth. However,
! there are immense tracts Of valuable tim
/ ber awaiting development in that part of
! Maryland. These lands have been
! bought for mere trifle, and the owners
probably feel that they can afford 10 pay
something for their development.
Henry Krug, junior member Of the
! firm of \. Knabb x CO., above referred
I to, says his company take no stock in the
venture. They are unable 10 see any
profit for themselves in it. He does not
! think the road will he built.