The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-20

WHEELING DAILY
Benwood. there connecting at Ballaire,
Ohio. with the Cleveland. Lorain &
Wheeling, Wheeling & Lake Erie and
Cleveland & Pittsburgh railroads for
the west and northwest, and at
Wheeling the Ohio River railroad. Bal
timore & Ohio railroad. and Pennsyl-
vanla lines for the west and south.
uniontown, Fayette county, the east
ern terminal Of the road. Is a city con-
talnlng a population OF 1900 and rap
idly growing. The county OF Fayette.
according to the United States census
OF 1890 was sO.OO6 The rapid develop
ment 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 G,OOO additional
coke ovens, which will give employ.
ment to 6.OOO men. and float 10000 addi-
tional population. and as the average
output OF each oven is two and one-half
tons per day Of twenty-four hours. will
add 5000 tons Of coke per day to the
present output OF Fayette county.
These ovens are owned by Raney & Co,
the Federal Steel Company, the Ma
tlonal Steel Company and the National
Tube Company, and have a capacity to
produce 100000 tons of coke per an
mum. According to the census of 1890,
Fayette county produced G,261,1 tons.
and in 1898, 100000 TINS, and In 1901 the
capacity of the coke ovens in Tayette
county WIN reach 100000 tons of
coke.
Short Line For Coke.
The bulk OF the product of the new
plants must be shipped west and south
west. The Wheeling district. including
steubenville and Mingo Junction, will
consume l.S5O.OOO; Chicago over 100000
toas, and western and southwestern
furnaces 100000 tons: this amounts to
5,45O.OOO tons. In addition to this there
are 1000 towns and cities west and
southwest; containing from one to sew
enty-Ave foundries and machine shops
consuming ConnellsvilIe coke. The
distance saved by the Uniontown,
waynesburg & West Virginia railroad
over all the other railways to Chicago
from the new coke fields is forty-one
miles, and from the city OF Uniontown
twenty-five miles. The distance saved
to NIingo Junction and steubenville is
seventy-one miles, and the distance
saved to Wheeling and the Ohio valley
furnaces nlnety-ons miles, and the
same to all the western and southwest.
ern furnacea The road will compete ir
equal distan = with the MahonIng. She
mango and Cleveland furnaces.
Uniontown ia now connected with the
branches Of the Pennsylvania railroad
and Baltimore & Ohio railroad sys,
TENS, east, north and south. Fayette
county contains 81, 1888 acres of farm
land, and the largest area of Connells-
Vile coking coal in the state of Penn
sylvanla, in inexhaustible quantities.
Value OF farm products in 1890 was
81 1854 live stock and poultry, 81. $685.
ESQ. There is at present a population
of not less than 100000.
a...Do. County
waynesburg, the county seat of
Greene county. Pennsylvania, contains
q population Of about 1000, and Greene
county, population of 10000. 1t con-
tains 351 ,2ss acres OF farm land and
produced. according to the census of
1890: Farm products, Sl,593,4lO; live
stock and poultry. 81. O76.5SO. This coun-
try is underlald with what is known as
the Pittsburgh 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 100000
acres OF this coal has beer purchased
by capitalists and there is over $1,000. =
900 OF money now idle In the waynes-
burg banks. money received by the
farmerg for Goa: land. This vein of
Goa; extends into Marshall county,
West Virginia, to within eight miles of
the Ohio river. and is rapidly selling for
cash, and as soon as the Unloutown,
waynesburg & West Virginia railroad
is completed operations will commence
all along the line. The road connects
at Wheeling. Benwood. BellaIre, Bridge
port and Martins Ferry. This cluster
Of towns is similar to Pittsburgh. Allie
gheny, McKeesport, sharpsburg and
other TOWING. and forms community
OF over 100000 population.
The population OF Marion and Mo-
mongolia counties. West Virginia, and
Fayette and Greene counties, Pennsyl
vania. Is about 100000. The agricultur-
al wealth of Fayette county, in farm
lands. in 1890. was sl9,7s525O; Greene
county. S15,652,sOO. The value OF farm
products per year in Payette county, is
81 ,S55 $40; Greene county, Sl,593,4lO; live