New-York tribune., 1900-03-25
HUcH ACTIVITY IN COAL AND LUMBER.
DEFELoPMENT OF NEW INTERESTS IN wEsTEl 4
MARYLAND AND WEST VIRGINIA

Cumberland Nd. March q SpeciaD-Marvellous
UeVeiopment Is in progress in Maryland and West
Virginia. in the immediate vicinity of Cumberland
wAich is largely the distributing point for coal and
iiilOef In Garrett County, Nd. Industrial activ-
i'y is marked and II is predicted that il is the
coming county of Maryland, with its immense coal
anu TIMBER resources practically untouched. Op-
uons are being obtained on the thousands of acres
largely by Pennsylvania capitalists A railroad is
now being built along the CastIeruan River in
Jarrett county 1t connects with the Baltimore
ana ONO at Salisbury. Somerset County, Penn,
ana crosses lands rich in minerals and timber.
Coas development in the immediate vicinity of Oak
land, the county seat. is promised.
Justice William Birmingham. Of Barton This
county mas purchased a large coal tract that
place from ]. o. J. Greene and others for Eastern
capitalists Mr. Greene is 10 receive $4,000 for 325
acres near Westeruport this county on which he
gave an option, expiring April TO- The Davis
CoaI ana Coke Company are troubled much with
water in mining the six foot vein at West Vir-
gnia Junction. and in order to afford good drain
age viii make a opening az Franklin this
county mile from. and sixty feet lower than the
present opening The new opening will enable the
company to work much larger number of miners
All the West Virginia counties contiguous TO
Maryland viii this year witness marked change
along Industrial lines if the millions pouring into
'hem mean anything, and new towns building
on all sides Nearly all Of the fifty houses con-
tracted for by the Southern Coal and Transporta-
ton Company at Berryville at the headwaters of
Simpsons Creek, between EIkins and Philippi
w Va. have been completed This is a new town
The company is installing modern mining plant
and two sawmills are in operation to supply
building material for the various works The
grading Of the Hackers Valley branch Of the
GRAFTON and Bengton division of the Baltimore
and Ohio IS being pushed all along the line II
will be double track road.
In the same locality the Century Coal Coulpany
OF which Major Alexander Shaw a Baltimore cap
italst, is the head. is building a new town. TO be
known Burnersville. Twenty double and ten
re rars
i75 feet deep and % by 60 in size is being sunk
The company Will shortly begin TO ship one hun
dred carloads daily over the Grafton BeIington
The Srnokeless Coal Company has purchased the
11In 3r6ad q running from lexington TO Monroe
Junction the latter place the centre of 5000
tract Of the richest coal in the Roaring Creek
property from the Berwind & White Coal Com
pany the wealthy PENNSYLVANIA operators. The
negotiating Tor other valuable tracts in the same
The Davis Coal and Coke Company Is sinking a
large shaft at Henry, which is building up rapidly
coal producing centres of the West Virginia cen
pete the Shaft R chaffee of Of wam I W van Ta
IS building large uamWay. and will erect a
Garrett Count Md line is ieveIo9ing Tapidy
1ecause of - coaI raeo11rcas t4oi1sas are beig
removed from Elk Garden. a decaying mining town,
barger Lumber Company, Of Philadelphia, is erect
ing large lumber mill at Waldman, on the West
p one section Of Preston c0unty 9s m alone which
in the development OF coal tract; The COM
Company, the Austen Coal and Coke Company, the
Hite Coal and Coke Company, and the German
Coal and Coke Company. Philadelphia and New
York capital is largely interested in the Orr and
Hite companies Ex-senator Arthur P. German,
Of Maryland is the principal owner of the German
company's plant, OF which his brother, William
II. German. is manager. \ road three miles long
is now being built into this tract from Newburg.
the Baltimore and ohio A large force OF
negroes has been brought from Virginia to work
f. The tract owned by The four companies
embraces 5000 acres. and they viii soon have over
six hundred men at work The Irona Coal Com
pany, with headquarters at Philadelphia. is put
ting in plant tract Of steam coal.
Kingwood. with capacity OF seventy-ive cars a
day. a large force OF Virginia negroes is also
working the grading OF the Belington and
Beaver Creek Railroad. a coal line which will
touch both the West Virginia Central and the
Baltimore and Ohio.
Logan NJ, Bullitt- of Philadelphia. is at the head
Of the Raleigh Lumber Company and the Raleigh
Coal ard Coke Company, which have acquired eX-
tensve interests Raleigh County, ". Va The
company proposes to install coal plant near Hin
ton Of 100000 tons yearly capacity Two hundred
buildings under construction, including a
hotel. a stOrehOUse, a bank and power house.
The company recently purchased several lumber
plants, and has a lease on 5000 acres Of timber
additional.
ANOTHER SAMOAN OUTBREAK FEARED.
Chicago. March PA dispatch 10 The Chronicle