Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-20

through Green county via Waynesburgs
Rogersvflle, Rutan, Bristoria, Ryen-
son Station to the south branch OF
Wheeling creek to Crows Mills. on the
Virginia line; from the Virginia line
down Wheeling creek to Elm Grove and
entering the city of Wheeling on
Wheeling creek, near the centre of the
city, and from thence will continue
south on the bluffs to Benwood, and
cross the Ohio river at Benwood, there
connecting at Bellaire, Ohio, with the
Wheeling, Cleveland & Lorain rail-
road, Wheeling & Lake Erie and Cleve-
land & Pittsburg railroad for the west
and northwest, and at Wheeling the
Ohio River railroad, Baltimore & Ohio
railroad and Pennsylvania railroad for
the west and south.
Uniontown, Fayette county, the east
ern terminal of the road, is a city con-
tanning a population of $4,000 and rap
idly growing. The county of Fayette,
according to the United States census
of 1890, was 80,006. The rapid devel-
opment of the coke industry in the last
ten years has about doubled the popu-
lation. In the last eighteen months
contracts have been let and are now
under construction for 5000 additional
coke ovens, which will give employ
ment to 5000 men, and float 10000 adj
ditional population, and as the average
output of each over is 2h tons per day
Of twenty-four hours, will add $4,000
tons of coke per day to the present out
put of Fayette county. These ovens
are owned by Rahey & Co., the Federal
Steel Co., the National Steel Co. and
the National Tube Co., and have a
capacity to produce 100000 tons OF
coke per annum. According to the CEN
sus of 1890, Fayette county produced
6,261, JAG tons, and in 1899, 10000
tons, and in 1901 the capacity OF the
coke ovens in Fayette county Will
reach 1000, 900 tons of coke.
The bulk of the new plants aus
be shipped West and Southwest. The
Wheeling district, including Steuben-
vile and Mingo Junction, will con-
sumo 1,S5O,0O0, Chicago owe 100000
tons, and western and southwestern
furnaces 1000, 900 tons; this amounts
to $3.50, 900 tons. IN addition to this
there are 1900 towns and cities west
and southwest containing from one to
| seventy-fve foundries and machine
shops consuming Connelsville coke.
The distance saved by the Uniontown,
| Waynesburg & West Virginia Railroad
over all other railways is to Chicago.
From the new coke fields is Al miles,
and from the city OF Uniontown ~
| miles. The distance saved to Mingo
Junction and Steubenville is II miles,
and the distance saved to Wheeling
and the Ohio Valley furnaces is 81
| miles, and the same to all the west
ern and Southwestern furnaces. The
road will compete in equal distance
with the Mehoning, Shenango and
Cleveland furnaces.
Uniontown is now connected with
the branches of the P. R. R. and B. &
o. R. R. systems, east, north and south.
Fayette county contains 81, 1888 acres
of farm land. and the largest area of
Connellsville coking coal in the State
of Pennsylvania, in inexhaustible
quantities. Value of farm products
in 1890 was ST. 55, $40. Live stock and
poultry 81 ,695, $50. There is at pres
ent a population of not less than 160,-
900.
Greene County.
Waynesburg, the county seat, con
tains a population of about 5000, and
Green county a population of 10000.
1t contains 351, 1886 acres of farm land
produced, according to the n of
1890: Farm products, 1888, 410; live
stock and poultry, $2,076, $50. This
country is underlaid with what is
known as the Pittsburg nine foot vein
of coal, every foot of it, and is the
basin of this great formation, and as
yet has been untouched by the operator
as there has been up to this time no
way of transportation to get it to
market.
Since the agitation of railways and
possible transportation has been
brought before the public almost 100,-
600 acres of this coal has been ptr-
chased by capitalists and there is
over 81, 000, 600 of money now idle in
the Waynesburg banks, money receiv-
ed by the farmers for coal land. This
vein of coal extends into Marshall
county, West Virginia, to within s
miles of the Ohio River, and is rapid
ly selling for cash, and as 500 as the
Uniontown, Waynesburg & West Vir-
ginia R. R. is completed operations
will commence all along the line. The
road connects at Wheeling, Benwood,
West Virginia, and Bellaire, Bridge
port and Martins Ferry. Ohio. This
cluster of towns is similar to Pitts
burg, Allegheny, McKeesport, Sharps
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