Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-02-21
COMING THIS WAY.
Three Great Lines Tapping the
New Coke Field.
How the p. r. X. aud the b. & o. will
Reach the New Coal and Coke Field
just North of us-P. v. Il c. will no
Doubt Reach there the Present Year
0neMore Step to Morgant0wn.
Uniontown News Standard.

Uniontown News Standard.
The railroad developments in the
new Masontown coal and coke field
are equal almost to the coal and coke
developments themselves. The Penn
sylvania and the B. 81 o. are pushing
into the new territory as fast as they
can. The Pittsburg Sc Lake Erie is
also making out routes in that direc-
ton, while the promoters of the
Uniontown, Waynesburg and West
Virginia railroad are promising early
work on their proposed line. The
line road from Masontown to New
Salem, being constructed by the Fed
eral Steel company to connect their
works, is also under construction with
promises of speedy completion.
The Pennsylvania railroad company
taps the new field by branch from
this place. This branch leaves town
at the west end, near the Thompson
glass factory, and follows up Coal
Lick run to its source on Walnut
Hill. There a As foot cut through
Walnut Hill brings the road out at
the head waters of Browns run, which
follows to its mouth at the Mononga-
hela river. w. e. Howley & Co., of
Pittsburg have the contract for the
construction of this road from this
place to the Loucks farm near Mason
town. From that point down to the
Monongahela river Charles a. Simms
& Co., of Philadelphia are the con-
tractors. The grading is pretty well
under way, the greatest drawback be-
ing the Walnut Hill cut which is being
made with steam shovels. Track has
been laid as far as Walnut Hill, dis
lance of three miles from town. The
branch when completed will be ii
miles long. W. j. Rainey's new coke
works on the Beal farm will be reach
ed by three mile branch off the
Coal Lick run extension. Howley &
Co., are doing the work on this branch
also
The Pennsylvania company are also
surveying route up the Monongahela
river from Brownsville into the new
field. This will be an extension of
the Pittsburg, Virginia & Charleston.
The Pennsylvania extension will
reach the Beal works of w. J. Rainey
the Davis and the Brown works of the
Continental Coke Co., the four plants
of the Federal Steel Co., and all the
coal and coke works of the American
Coke Co.
The B. & O. extension into the new
field is branch from Smithfleld. 1t
crosses the summit on the Frank
Lewis farm near High House and then
goes down the south fork Of Browns
run intersecting the Pennsylvania and
the Masontown & New Salem at Leck-
rome where the Federal Steel Co., are
putting up a large coke plant. The
B. & 0. have good grade and will
soon have the roadbed ready for the
rails. Some track has already been
laid Bennett and Talbot of Green's
burg are the contractors. They have
been at work since early last summer
By taking this route the B. & o.
reach the Acme plant of Uniontown
Coke Co., near Smithfield and will al
so get to all the plants Of the Federal
Steel Co.
f. III. Clement & Co., of Philddel-
phia are the contractors on the Ma
sontown & New Salem road which the
Federal Steel Co., are constructing to
connect their various plants. This
road runs from the Leckrone farm
near Masontown parallel with the
Pennsylvania to the Allebaugh farm
near Masontown postoffice. There it
verges off to the west and crosses the
summit at the McClellandtown road
under which tunnel so feet below
the road is being constructed.
The Lake Erie has two routes in
view to reach the new field. One is
an extension of the Monongahela riv-
er road from Fayette city via Browns
vile and the other is line from New
Haven via this place. Both routes
have recently been surveyed.