Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-06-09
MORE FACTORIES
Waiting the Result ofthe Rail
road Election.

road Election.
Mr.. Gowing Practically Guarantees the
Location of Several New Factories If
the Deckers Creek Railroad Is Built -
It's Dead Dnck If the Subscription
is Defeated.
Mr.. ID. H. Gowing who owns the
scale board mills at Dellslow, is in
town and in talking about the posi-
bility of locating additional factories
up the Greek to work off the cheap
timber which still remains there in
very large quantities. Hesays that he
has spent good deal OF time figuring
Oh the cost OF furnishing chair stock,
slaves for butter tubs, candy and to-
bacco pals, lard tubs, etc, but after
getting the cost OF this line OF goods
and adding to it the freight to the
markets, there would seem to be suf-
flcient margin to warrant the enter
prises, but for the heavy cost OF draw
ing the goods by teams to this point.
With this difficulty overcome by the
new railroad, there is every reason why
several additional factories may be
built and profitably operated, either
up the Creek or on the edge of Nor
gantown. Mr.. Gowing says that at
different times in the past five years,
he has had manufacturers here TO look
over the situation, and while they
were all pleased with the timber and
with the opportunity for satisfactory
business, yet every time the question
of the teaming has proven to be an In
surmountable obstacle.
At least four different lines of man
iufactGring can be profitably opened up
with the advent of this road, viz: but
ter tubs, candy pals and like goods,
cooperage stock for lime, cement and
other barrels for shipping purposes,
rough or finished chair stock, made
from the slabs and edgings taken from
the sawmill waste and excelsior. This
last article is in very large demand In
Pittsburg and Baltimore and at price
that will warrant its manufacture
here il the transportation facilities
are provided.
These various lines of manufac-
turers can be largely extended. The
question of the manufacture of lime
has been frequently touched upon yet
few people have any adequate concep-
tion of the magnitude OF the business.
One manufacture and not a large one
operates seven kilns, each of about 400
bushels per day capacity. The ope-
ration of such plant uses the labor
for Quarrying stone, and mining, the
coal necessary to burn it, the loading
and shipping in bulk, and also in
wolves the building and operating of a
stave and heading mill, and cooper
shop to manufacture the barrels in
which large percentage of the lime
must be packed for shipment. An in
dustry of this kind will not only prove
profitable to the owners and produce a
large amount Of tonnage for the rail-
road but will enable the citizens OF
Morgantown and nearby towns to Sc
cure their supplies of this article with
out going out of the State.
Some of our citizens have asked Mr..
Gowing if he would guarantee the es-
| tablishment Of these factories If the
road was built. He feels that it is
hardly fair or just to ask this but says
that as he has established the enter
prise now up the Creek without any
! assistance whatever and has operated
it for several years against the disad-
vantage of the high cost uf teaming,
that with that serious objection done
away with, he then has every induce
ment to add to the interests now uI
the Creek as rapidly as possible, and
now has spondence with two diff.
ferent parties one in relation TO large
tub factory, who desires to employ
from thirty to forty men, which fac
tory they wish to locate in the edge Of
this city, and the other, party who
desires to purchase from some factory
here a large quantity Of heading an
nually.
Mr.. Gowing recently had CONVEX
sation with party who is interested
in an excelsior factory, which has not
been operated for some time on ac-
count of excessive freight from theil
present location. This party says
that If this road is built, so they car
get the cheap line from which excel
sior is made, they will be willing II
move the machinery here.
&C.