The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1902-12-31
THINGS ARE HUMPING.
Cold Weather has not Stopped
Construction Work.

Deckers Greek Valley Being slowly
Transformed into Big Work Shop
How the Plants are Earring Coal
Mines Getting Ready to ship Coal
No Houses for Workmen.
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 AMI some oil them are
about ready to start operations.
This lie notably true of the steel
mill
Here seyenty-fve or a hundred
mep are at work and they are shoy-
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 firstof 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 howl over the way that
Morgantown is treating them and
the row will be wholly justified.
The people who have morey 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 af
ter the last 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
lot be very long until 1t this plant
is ready to begin turning out its
product.
A look along the valley from the
mile ground shows very different
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 Greek
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. M & 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 Lum Der company
has installed an engine or It's tram road
to haul to timber down to the mill
which is located on the railroad. The
company recently bought the holdings
of A. G. Oliver aud 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-
roadAnd the present faculties for
handling the business are proving to
be inadequate. Other additions to
the rolling stock will be made aud the
road will keep pace with the demands
made on it.
No building sand is being shipped
by the Deckers Creek Sand and Stone
Company although much glass sand is
being sent out. The sand is being
washed. Thirty orders have piled 10
on the company and they are behind.
These orders come from every section
of the state Glass men have found out
that the sand is better and cheaper
than the Hancock sand and they are
ordering 1t from every point where
there is factory to use it in the
state.