The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-02-06
"THE BLACK BOTTLE"
Will be Extended Next Sumner
Taking Boom-Many Railroads
and new Blood In old Industries.

KINGwooD, w. VA, Jan. 30.-The
outlook for the development of the
resources Of this county has never been
better than at this time. New enter
prises are heard of almost every week
The Cheat River railroad, mentioned
in recent dispatch, is an assured
thing. Several car loads of horses, carts
and equipment for grading arrived at
Rowlesburg yesterday. Two corps Of
surveyors are locating the line and
work on the construction will COM
mence very soon. The two largest share
holders in the company also arrived
yesterday and will be In general super
vision Of the work from now on. They
are A. II. Warthman and J. j. Steer.
of Philadelphia. The chief industry
along the route will be the timber
business, but there is coal and iron ore
in abundance along the line.
The purchase of the Reno coal field
Of about 45, 900 acres has not been con-
summated, as so widely published in
Morgantown dispatches. This deal will
be made before spring, however, and
means an outlay of nearly half mil
lion dollars which will be put in circu-
lation here at home. Mr.. John Sliney, a
wealthy coal operator OF Cory Pa,
owns the options on the land, and sta
ted to your correspondent that as soon
as he had some important details ar
ranged In regard to the purchase he
would commence taking up the land
as fast as the deeds could be prepared
and the money handed out. Mr.. Sliney
and three other parties, whose names
your correspondent is not at liberty to
mention, constitute the company.
This company expects to open the coal,
mine 1T on large scale and build a
railroad to reach the Baltimore & Ohio.
The purchase of the famous Preston
county blue stone quarries, at Rowles-
burg, by Mr.. W. w. Schoch, the veal
thy merchant of that town, means
more than the general public are aware
Your correspondent has it direct from
Mr.. Schoch that he will manufacture
this building stone upon a large scale.
There has been steady increased de-
mand for this stone. 1t is valuable for
its perfect and uniform color and is
pronounced by many city contractors
and architects to be the best blue stone
in this country.
The Johns Hopkins hospital and
main Baltimore & Ohio buildings at
Baltimore are constructed from this
Preston county blue stone. The blue
stone quarries elsewhere have been una
bic to compete with the quality of the
stone at this Rowlesburg quarry, and
the demand became so great that the
plant was not of sufficient capacity.
The stone exists in great abundance
and is easily prepared for shipping, as
it is near the railroad. Mr. Schoch will
operate this quarry in connection with
the Bishop quarry, which has been in
operation for several months by the
firm of Rightmyer & Schoch. A vast
amount of machinery will soon be on
hands, such as mill to saw the stone,
and other expensive quarry machinery.
This enterprise will give employment
to alarge number of men and be
great help to the town and county.
Mr.. Schoch is one of the wide-awake,
pushing men Of Preston. who under
takes nothing which he does not con-
summate.
The West Virginia Northern rail-
road, of which Hon. George @. Stur-
giss, of Morgantown, is president, con-
templates, the extension of the road
to Morgantown during the coming
summer. This is their present plan,
should nothing interfere.
There are great many stave mills
springing up here and there over the
county, and the business gives employ
ment to large number of men who
would be otherwise idle. The stave
mills are taking the place of many of
the saw mills where the big timber
has been used up.