The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-10
!. Z . | CARDS |;
Used by Uncle Sam Made IN d Lit
Il. tie West Virginia Town I
THE MILLIONS.
Spruce Wood Used for the Pulp Cut
from the Adjacent Forests-Big-
gcst; Single Shipments "a, 100000,
s cards-Reasmbles q Bec Hive in
Indu:stryi-Ho They Are Manu-
featured.
factured.

Where do al the millions Of postal
cards used annually by citizens 81 the
4 United states come from? Where are
they made and printed? The average ave rage
I 7man would answer these questions on
I hand why, Washington City, 81 OF
{ course But the average man would
\ be- be: wrong, for the modest plant that
tufns out millions OF postal cards every
ninth for Uncle Sam is located In q
Glittlc West Virginia mountain town,
Z high up in the Appalachian range, not
;alfar from the border line OF. Maryland,
1 says J. Forsyth Harrison, OF Piedmont,
Vain the Cincinnati Commercial
& Tribune.
The town is Piedmont, Mineral coun-
ity, West Virginia; and here the busy
\ factory is iatwork SIX days in the week,
s making the little ,oblong sheets OF card
board on which so many messages Of
all sorts and kinds are written by ;all
conditions Of people. Here the card
board Is made from the fresh, sweat
4 snFuee trees; here 1t is cut into the
I REQUISITE sizes and here the cards are
s Printed. packed aud shipped, eventual
Z ~, finding their way into ever state,
city, town and hamlet in the country,
and to Cuba, Porto Rico. Hawaii and
the Philippine Islands.
go Piadrnpnt ]. 10 ~ ~ ft,,{t,a.n. H.,
at the foot OF the mountalns."l and
the range Is the well-kaown Appalaeh.
y ian, IT Is also the commencement of
the famous seventeen-mile,g grade on
the main line Of the Baltimore < Ohio
railroad to 5Altamont, in Carrot county;
z Maryland. The levation OF Piedmont
I above tldewatert is $50 feet. >.
The Thriving Town.
The population of the town and the
surrounding country within h radius
Of six miles aggregates 1000 people.
Like allsof the citizens OF our glorious
Union, everyone here is enjoying. this
era OF prosperity. Everything :apper-
tainlng TO the town resembles "a bee
hive in industry, 1t Is aSlaw- abiding
community, too, for every citizen is
apparently on friendly terms with his
L neighbor, and, even during the, excite
Z ment attending political campaign,
there are no quarre!s DETERMINATIONS.
and rccriminations. Every voter casts
his ballot according to his own politi-
cal views. and in accordance with the
{ dictates of his own conscience--nnd It
is generally correct, for the party OF
protection and prosperity carries this
x county by over 800 majority.
The paper out OF which the posta!
cards are manufactured is all made by
& thr West Yirginin Pulp and Paper
company at the large sulphlte pulp
Il and paper mills located here, and adj
Joining the postal works. This Is the
largest pulp and paper mill in the
United States. and has branch plants
II Davis. W. ya.;. Covinston, Va, and
Tyrone. Pa. The plants are not in
= the paper trust.
The United States postal card works
were located at. Piedmont on Decem-
Der 1. 1897, having been transferred
from Castleton, n. Y. Hon. Albert
DGggett, Of Brooklyn. n. Y, has. the
contract for the term of four years 70
Manufacture ali the various kinds OF
postal cards required by the govern
msnt. Mr.. Daggett held the contract
under the administration OF President
Harrison, but lost 1t on the advent OF
the administration of President Cleve-
land. Piedmont Is a picturesque noun
tain town. and any one who has been
in the Grand Canyon OF the Colorado
would say that this town Is in box
canyon, as they are called In the west.
The postal works proper are situated
3 at Luke, n suburb OF Piedmont on the
banks Of the north branch OF the Poto-
mac river. The works are between the
West VirgInla Central and Pittsburg
railway on the northand the Baltimore
\ & Ohio railway on the south. but the
tracks OF both companies run into the
yard OF the postal works to facilitate
the loading OF full carlots for shipment.
Z The distance by railroad from Pied
mont to Cincinnati Is 3T3 miles: to
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