Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-14

A Big Coal Deal About to Be Com
pleted-News Notes and Person

0AS
Special to the Register.
MORGANTOWN, w. Va, December
Electromagnetic county is the scere Of
| another coal deal that is the largest
that has ever taken place in the State
The New York Title and Trust Com
pany has bought fifteen thousand
acres of coal in the county and ter
thousand acres in Greene county, PA.
Joining it to the north and has paic
approximately one hundred dollars an
scre for the coal bought.
They are buying it for development
and not for investment. They viii
start the work of opening the mines
and building coke ovens. An immense
railroad bridge is to be built across
the river at Randall, three miles be-
low here by the B. & o. and a branch
road is to extended back into the coal
fields to bring out the product OF the
mines ava ovens.
The surveys are being made, title;
distracted and the money will be PAID
over within sixty days. The work on
the bridge is to be begun at once AMI
it is to be finished before spring If the
present plans are carried out. Several
thousand ovens are to be erected with
in the next few months and the mex
year or so will see the largest devel-
orment in this county that has ever
been seen in the State.
The coal land bought includes prac
tically all that isl left of the coal OF
the county and extends clear acros;
the county from the river on the weSi
size and runs from Scots run to the
Pennsylvania line and then into
Greene county for an equal distance.
South of this the IL, 900 acres recent
ly sold in the Grant district adjoining
the land owned by Elkins and Davis
and that runs south In Marion county
where it adjoins other holdings of cap
italists. There is nc coal On the west
side of the river that is not bought
from Pittsburg to the head of the river
and southwark among the West Fork
the same holds good.
The rest OF the coal land bought in
this county has brought about one
fifth OF what this last sale did. The
first sales are thought to have been
made and the land held for speculation
The New York People will develop al
once. A number of local people inter
ested in this deal. Arnett & Co., OF
Fairmont helped to engineer it while
John Davis, OF this place, and Alex
ander Kicks, of Daviston, were also
concerned in 1t.
Prof. John l. Harvey has sold hi:
| property here and willsmove to Hunt
ington in the spring where he will
/ make his future home. He has been
| living in M%organtown for thirty years
! and for the greater part Of that time
was a member Of the University fac
ulty.
t. B. williams has gone to Fairmoni
| and started a brick yard at Colfax.
Both the Morgantown brick plant;
| have closed down for the winter. They
have a great many orders on HAND
| but are unable to run until some
| needed improvements are made. 4
new FIRE brick plant is to be erected
this winter and it will be ready &c
| start into the work by spring.
A window glass plant is employing
two hundred and fifty men and witt
| . pay roll of five thousand dollars a
| week wants to come here, and the cit.
| izens are busy raising a bonus Of te.
! thousand dollars to get them. A FREE
| site of i've acres viii also be giver
them. Work on a new factory recent
ly landed Il being rushed and 1t vii,
| be ready for business soc
| II the present boom locally keeps VI