The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-01
A NEW TOWN ON THE POTOMAC,
Pcarre, nd. Suddenly Springs Int
an Active Existence.

| an Active Existence.
| CUMBERLAND. Nd. April AT the
mouth Of SideIong Hin Creek the boun-
| dairy between AlIegany and Washington
/ counties, has sprung up the town Of
J Pearre, named for Representative George
| A. Pearre. OF the Sixth Maryland dis
| trict. The town is on the Washington
| county side, on the edge of the Potomac
/ River, and is about forty miles east of
/ Cumberland Tne Chesapeake and Ohio
! Canal passes ct this point. where Is To-
! Gated Lock No. Sc. more Familiarity known
| as Dunnigan's Lock
| Contractors are on the ground. and
/ building is active. several houses having
| gone up. and more being planned. \
| postoffice has been established. Lewis
! Mizell has bought several thousand acres
| of timber and mineral land in the fmme-
date vicinity, the purchase including
| portion OF the historic Cacapon tract Mr.
| A1izen already has several sawmills in
! operation along the creek. and IS opening
| d coal mine in the mountain just back Of
| Pearre- This mine was opened several
| years ago. but had been abandoned \
/ good quality of coal is now being taken
| out, and the work OF mining will be push
| ed rapidly. The coal is used in the boil
| ers of the sawmills The tract abounds
| in forests, and charcoal pits are kept
| burning
Mr. MizeH win start lumber boom al
! the mouth of Sidelong Hill Creek. He re
Gently acquired several thousand acres Of
untouched timber land on the south
branch Of the Potomac and it is his pur-
| pose TO raft the logs down the Potomac
! in freshets TO the boom. Pearre is about
two miles west of dam No. 6, one of the
main feeders of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal which affords a magnificent sheet
| of slack water four or FIVE miles back
All this IS conducive 10 4 successful Iuni-
| Der BOOM Great Cacapon is nearly oppo-
| site on the West Virginia shore. and is
one OF the most important smaller ship
| ping points along the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad.
Aside from being rich in natural re-
sources, the country about Pearre is at
| tractive from an historic point of view.
IN the town are ruins Of an old iron fur
mace erected long before the civil war for
Lady Stafford. Of the English nobility.
VINO owned the CacaDOn tract, and from
the agents of whose heirs. in Baltimore,
the purchase was recently made The
bricks Of the furnace were brought from
England The plant is almost intact and
passengers on the Baltimore and Ohio
trains often wonder what the letters Il.
s on the towering brick stack standing
for Lady Stafford, mean
A few days ago was RACED old HIber-
ma log building, which had stood for
over a century and half, and tradition
on his memorable march west in the
French and Indian war. II was on the
farm Of Thomas Dunnigan. q part of the
CacapOn TRACT Mr. Dunnigan deemed il
unsafe, and tore II down using the logs
| yet solid, in the construction of other
buildings II was z favorite resort for
pleasure seekers from the cities and low
erS Of history Old English coins were
found in the building and Miss Annie
Starnes, who has charge Of the cottage
of eE-JUdEe Curtis J. FfiiIyer. Wash
lngtOn. nearby, has an ANTIQUE English
pOcketknife taken from the building An
EuSllShman named Law in the DAYS be-
TCre the war had charge of the Stafford
estate He was "A lover of the beautiful
and for his own pleasure he built Il road
10 the crown OF the high mountain in the
rear From this ma guInC=nt view can
be secured In the immediate vicinity
Just east of Judge Hulyer'S cottage. is
me home Of the WOOdmUut Rod and Gun
tlup. composed of prominent residents of
" washington The clubhouse is on knoll
overlooking the Potomac River. which af-
LOTdS one Of the finest bass fishing
grounds in the United States Many
Washington S:sOFtSLcesg- aItracte by the
nCe fishing spend weeks in summer at
this place -dF- Cleveland. when PreSi-
dent. was the guest ON several occasions
AZ the - ood4u0nL Rod and Gun Club
" it'll q straw hat. gaily bedecred with
cause of much wonder 20 the natives At
the cottage OF ex-Judge FIIuyer less than
Il mile below Pearre. many visitors are
entertained in summer The house in
June time is almost hidden by a bower of
roses.