The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-09-03

which formerly supplied the charcoal here
drive seven miles with their loads to busy
FORCES at Principle. If the forges pay
there, with that haul added, why will they
not pay here with the haul deducted? The
FORCES run there day and night and the vast
banks of material in sight indicate their
expectation to continue.
The loss by the inaction at the works
here reaches much further than the limits
of our town. The farmers, as far as the
Pennsylvania line, make inquiry of our
citizens as to the prospect Of resumption
OF work, saying, they feel the loss of this
market for their products.
There is unquestionably an opening here
for enterprise and capital in the making of
bar and sheet iron. The iron made under
the old management had high reputation,
and was in demand throughout the United
States. These mills largely contributed to
the large fortunes of the late lamented
Jethro j. Mccullough and Delaplane Nc
Daniel
The enterprising Maryland Clay Com
pany, employing from seventy.tve to
eighty men, compensates in large meas
ure for the loss of employment at the iron
works.
This company having secured large de-
posts of fine clay and kaolin which abound
in this neighborhood along the lines of the
Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio
railroads, are running day and night in
the refinement Of the same for use in paper
making and other arts. The works have
been recently much enlarged and additions
and Improvements are constantly being
made. Among them are track and cars
and engines for the removal of surface and
other material, electric lights about the
whole, and running along the track To the
river, where the dump is made of surface
material
The view Of the lights from Church
Point in our village attracts much attep.
ton at night.
Messrs. Spencer & Silver are operating
the eannery Of Rutter & Thomas. The
prospect for full crop of tomatoes is not
bright
Our steady industries, the Fire Brick
Works, Green Hill, Wakefield and Cecil
Fire Brick Company, are moving, and the
always busy days basket factory is in steady
operation
The work of removing the curves in the
railroad above and below the town is
nearly completed so far as the contractors
are concerned. But the appearance OF
twenty to twenty-five men in the section
gang indicates that the company intends to
keep close watch and do much further
work upon the new embankments
have noticed in the city papers admir-
ing mention of the view of our river and
the head of the Chesapeake obtained from
the new line of the Pennsylvania road
Some years since two of our citizens sail
ing upon our river after years of absence
during which they had viewed the Hudson
and other rivers, expressed the opinion
that the scenery of none was superior TO
our own. The view from the Disston
mansion, below Charlestown, has called
forth expressions of admiration from
visitors who have travelled widely at home
and abroad There are scores of sites of
equal beauty along our river. Our is q
favored location in many essential particu-
lars.
Sink the wells through the first strata of
clay, usually not more than twenty feet,
and we have cold water which is purity
itself. Surface water and surface matter
cannot penetrate the clay. Ours soils are
good. Fuel is abundant and cheap Fish
and game abound. The former are to be
had fresh from the river every month in
the year. Our butchers supply the best
meats delivered at the door. The ice man
makes the round Of the town twice daily.