The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-07-22
PROSPERITY THEIR ISSUE.
BUSY WEST vIR0INIANs CONTENT
WIN REPU BLICAN RtLE.
Marvellous Development Of the states C"e'
and LANDER Fields Under the Oing'ey
Tarin-New Mills GoinE Up Al Over the
state and Labor Is In Great Demand.

WHEELING, ". Va" July n-ihe "p"o-
licans OF West Virginia are confiden, that thsy
will carry the State this fall for Mckinley ana
Roosevelt and base their hopes on the pros
perity in the state. There has been a mar
vellous development in coal and lumber MADE
possible by The provisions OF the Dingley Tarih
law. In all parts Of the State unprecedented
activity prevails and labor is at a premium
There are constant calls for men. which other
States are supplying.
The coal output for 1899 WAS nearly is'0OO,Ooo
tons. an increase Of /. 500, 0OO tons over the pre-
cedinN year. More coal is being mined tins
year than ever before. and the total product
will 90 above the 10000 Ooo-ton mark. Scores
Of new mines are being opened and miles OF
new railroad are being built,
Apace with coal IL the timber development.
Gov. Atkinson. IN a recent speech to the editors
Of West Virginia, said: We have within tho
limits of the Mountain state perhaps 100000
acres OF what may be practically termed vir-
gin forests. which embrace all the classes Oh
hard and soft woods. No other state, In my
Judgment, can offer opportunities TO the lum-
herman comparable with those OF West VIZ
ginia. Already the song OF the saw Ia heard
In every vale that has thus far been penetrated
BY railroads. More railroads-more lumber
camps and more wealth for the citizens VINO
hold the titles of these undeveloped forests
The activity in numbering is marked along
the line Of the West Virginia Central and Pitts
burg Railway and it's branches. Miles OF tram
road spread In all directions. Train load after
train load Of lumber is distributed to the trunk
lines for the markets Of the world. New York
and Pennsylvania capital Ia largely responsible
for this activity.
There are sixty stations along the line of
the West Virginia Central and Pittsburs Rail-
way. and at all. or nearly all, there are saw.
mills. The extent OF some can be told by the
feat OF the Blackwater Boom and Lumber Com
pany at Davis, W. Va, In turning out 10000
feet Of finished lumber In ten hours This
does not include box boards and short stun
from the speciality department. The Black
water Company has an annual capacity OF
over 30 ON. 600 feet and the Beaver Creek Boom
and Lumber Company over 20,ooo.ooO feet.
These mills have modern electric plants and
work goes ahead the same at night a. during
the day. There are other mills running from
rs, OOo. 400 feet down TO 10, ZOO, 900 feet. to say
nothing Of the number Of portable mills with
smaller capacity
1t Ia conservatively estimated that $50, 900, 900
feet OF lumber is turned out annually
BY the mills along the line OF this railroad alone.
The tram roads operated run into the hundreds
Of miles. The Condor Lane Boom and Lun-
Der Company OF Horton has over forty miles
of tramroad on which 10 haul logs 10 the mill.
Nearly all the spruce lumber in the United
States Is In West Virginia. The interests con-
trolling the West Virginia Pulp and Paper
Company have organized the West Viz
ginia Spruce Lumber Company and are build
Inc a mill NJ m mn fact daily caparIfy nm TAatb-
e cass viii Be started. This mill viii Utilize the
timber nsnS hs not ,b %aae ,d ,nsS p s1Es, wo Of ,,m The 1 GS%.
and has already 100000 feet of pulp
| wood cut for transportation to the mills at Cow
inston. The pulp and paper company is d;
at Luxe. Just opposite Piedmont. q. Va. The
contract for 100000 bricks to enter into its
So IONS ao was let to n1.n q Cum Tas n Nd.
country. The soda process Is being ,substi.
t s@I|i rs TOR D ths submit 4ansin Dre ss;s,. and, I iI + s, ,Ss
United States postal card faotorr is in flil
blast, One e. d a0 fsS N'sns3 a, carlo ads' sSsrs;
eating ,b s.'G }sssopv nn' TbIe S sssds an r sItra 'h hpssd
growing and the factory force, now number
Ing about mm s,ssy I DsEs9 n,In will ml,i Pc Z 'PSs sirS s1sc.
at Parsons. ". Va. by the Parsons Pulp and
Paper Company. The capital Is ssOO. 600 and
the lnrOrDOrdvDTS are fDDtTI roe, DR., OF Cow
E inssSpi Harvey S1; hs sns Martin 4 nh lame. al i i ffSSG1iI :.:
delphis, The mill ste s on the Carriek Ford
ing the Civil War. The plant, which Will cost
$4,000 Is rapidly nearing completion and viii
employ $50 men.
The Greenbrier River Lumber Company 10
a. a cost Of 100000. IL will have a daily e.
padty Of 10000 feet, The company has q
S', 49, ssa '' Creek & ! R Pune st%S comp.n recent,
organized by Grafton. W. Va. capitalists has
erected q large, lumber manufacturing. plant
S Ssn sas R Railr psst d HTseGh miles & N from %si HeV Vd!Efsp's
v. Va. One Of the finest lumber mills along
the line Of the. West Virginia Central Rail.
GSy has and 1Ss' r bonn sp By the sP eoseson G famSep
weGEknown lumbermen Of fhilsdelphia. Pa.
are v III pr u. Esl. %sn MANAGE X ;b r p E%mo SSscS
company owns a tract Of 1900 acres through
which they are BUILDING I'M a lumber railroad
Tn Hssn Sase bS& V1 "i' / / s sisli 20 os S" York. Pa.
have started an Immense lumber plant at Crick-
{: :5d ;;n n III afIno ssenir sSp1 sSs .mp IIsSsns ed 81 lSo
the manufacture Of hardwood. an important
ipdustry, In Wet v,sisinia' and own many
On RoaTins Creek Mabis 4 Mcclure have
a large tract Of hardwood and a mill Of great
capacity. YAK . tDe CneI mar with
A'I Johnlon fBrothers OF Nestorville. W. Va.
have established a mill on their i~,iOo-acre tract
ip Tucker county. The Peerless Lumber
1 COMPANY of Moundsvilie, with 500. 100 capita,
has been organized.
Robert Whltmer a Sons new lumber mill
on the West virginia Central Railroad has
lished. A tranroad has been attended, into
the forest and many substantial houses have
been built. At the big lumber mill In the midst
OF the forest religious services, in which several
hundred brawny woodmen take part, are held
nearly every sunday.
The large mills of Thomas Berger 4 Sons
Of Cumberland. Md, at DcuRlas. ", Va,
was disastrous, tai ing be.iGes the mill 2 sou, 900
feet of sawed lumber and 4 number Of dwell
ings. The new mill will have a capacity Of
John T. Jarrett OF Charlestown. ". Va, is
completing the most extensive lumber contract
engaged for almost three years in getting ont
timber on Lower Lonp River for the loup
estate. The amount Of lumber sent out by Mr..
, Jarrett in that time will reach far up into the
billions Of feet. and some Of the greatest mon
archs Of the forest have fallen before the AZ
Of his woOdmen, One day recently he cut
and marketed two trees. the finest Of yellow
poplar, making Jour logs. each sixteen feet long,
which cut 10. rs feet The cut would have
been 400 feet greater had not one Of the logs
been badly shaft ared NJ the but. At any
rate the cut beat the record in West Virginia.
Last summer a pnrty 81 Nova Scotia capi-
talists moved down into Clay county. ". Va,
About two hundred ana fifty men from Ohio.
Pennsylvania and Kentucky are employed
Many native woodinen are also employed
There are twenty.six native Nova Scotians