Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-05
PIEDMONT INDUSTRIAL.

Piedmont, w. Va March 4.-The United
States Express Company last Wednesday
absorbed the business of the Cumberland
and Pennsylvania Express.
The West Virginia Central Railway this
week erected a shed at Luke Station for
the protection of passengers.
The coal shipments from the Georges
Creek-Cumberland region for the week
ending Saturday. Feb. IS, aggregated TO-
1874 tons-3,O94 tons less than for the same
week last year-an- for the year to that
date, $40 9S2 tons, a decrease of "A, 1872 tons
as compared with the corresponding Pc
rod of 1898. OF " output to February
%. 419, i06 tons were delivered to the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad an increase of l.
7S3 tons. and l57757 to the Pennsylvania.
a decrease of 2,o31 tons, compared with
last year. During the week 1851 tons Of
coal and 40J4 tons of coke were shipped
from the Elk Garden and upper Potomac
region of West Virginia. The total output
Of the region to February - is 1874 2o7 tons
OF coal and Sl,ooi tons of coke, in
crease of 1858 tons of coal and decrease
of Ala tons of coke, as compared with
the record for the same period in 1895.
All the coal companies report orders
plentiful, but cars scarce.
A. Z. Fretts of Westmoreland county,
Pa. has leased quantity of coal land in
Berkeley and Morgan counties, near Chez
ry Run, on the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road. Hhe has about 800 acres and will
prospect for coal, as the coal belt of the
Third Hill mountain is thought to extend
through Inese lands. The leases or OPP
tons which he is taking are in the nature
of an agreement by which the land-own-
ers agree to sell their lanas at prices stip-
ulated in the agreement the prices rang
ing from s. to $50 per acre.
There is abundant chances in these
lands for speculation. as the quality of
coal that has been dug and tested proves
to be anthracite coal of an excellent quail
ity. The only thing that seems to be in
the way is to nd whether it is in paying
quantities. If this proves to be the case.
this will be one of the finest coal fields in
the State.
The West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co.,
of Piedmont, will increase it's capital from
one million, five hundred thousand dollars
to three million dollars. A meeting of the
stockholders is called for that purpose, to
be held April LIST. in the company's east
ern office, No SO Broadway New York
his increase Oh cdpitdi 10 10 De uSeQ III
erecting another immense plant at some
other location, not yet selected. Had 1t
not been for the several costly and annoy
ing law suits by Allegheny county, on the
cahrge of polluting the Potomac water,
this new plant would have been located
here, the plans having been arranged and
the material contracted for before the
first indictment was found. Piedmont has
lost much by this prosecution.
Both the Black Water and the Beaver
Creek Lumber companies, of Davis. run
their mills three nights to I'LL orders.
The Otter Creek Lumber Company is
putting in an electric light plant at Its
mill at Hambleton to light the mill and
yard.
A marble factory is to be located at
Hendricks. Randolph county.
A railroad will soon be built from the
mouth Of Middle Fork river to the mouth
OF Casada. Upshur county.