Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-12-27

How the Plants are Earlng-G0al
Mines Getting Ready to Ship Coal
No Houses for W0rkmeR.
The Deckers creek valley has not
been doing much shouting recently
but no one should imagine that
there is rdthing going on up there
The work on the several industrial
establishments along the valley is
being pushed an some OF them are
about ready to start operations.
This is notably true OF the steel
mill
Here seventy five or hundred
mer are at work and they are SHOW
ing the construction along night
and day. 1t was hoped to have the
work done and be ready for start
on the first of January but this
will not be possible.
However a start is to be made on
or before the first OF February From
three to seven hundred men will be
employed in this establishment So
far few or no houses have been built
to accommodate them. When the
workmen begin to come here and
there is no place for them to go there
will be a howl over the way that
Morgantown is treating them and
the row will be wholly justified.
The people who have morev to
investigate do not look after the
care of our new citizens as they
should and the town is losing ground
for this season.
When the steel mill is done and
ready to start the Automobile fac.
tory will be built The same gang
of construction workers will work
on this that have been engaged on
the steel mill.
AS the steel mill has gone up the
machinery has been installed and it
will be ready to start very soon at
ter the LIST bit of construction is
finished
Work has not yet started on the
West Virginia Plate Glass Company
but it will begin before very long
The Prism Plate Glass Company's
plant is now under roof and it will
not be very long until 1t Ibis plant
is ready to begin turning out its
product.
A look along the valley from the
mile ground shows very differ ent
view from what it was not so long
ago. The big plants are rapidly
nearing completion and they look
good to the spectator.
On up The valley the Deckers Creek
Coal and Coke Company and the
Elkins Coal and Coke Company are
putting up coke ovens. The former
have five ovens completed and the lat
ter about ten are finished. Fifty will
be built for the former and one hun-
dred for the latter at present and
more will be erected later.
At each of these mines several hun
dred tons of coal have been mined and
as soon as the spur from the NJ & X
reaches them they will be ready to
ship coal. All The men who can work
on building this track are at work and
it will not be SO very long uutil they
are ready to send cars in to the mines.
The Deckers Creek Lumber company
has installed an engine or Its tram road
to haul to timber down to the mill
which is located on the railroad. The
company recently bought the holdings
of A. C. Oliver and is made up OF
Pennsylvania capitalists most of whom
are from Windber They willhaVe a
large output of lumber.
Business is increasing on the rail
road and the present faculties fot
handling the business are proving &c
be inadequate. Other additions to
the rolling stock will be made and the
road will keep pace with the demands
made on it.
No building sand is being shipped
by the Deckers Creek Sand aud Stone
Company although much glass sand is
being sent out The sand is being
washed. Thirty orders have piled iu
on the company ana they are behind.
These orders come from every section
of the state. Glass men have found out
that the said is better and cheaper
than the Hancock sand and they are
ordering it from every point where
there is a factory to use it in the
state.