Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-08-12
INDUSTRIAL SUBURB.
The New Town on Decker,s
Greek to be Named Sabraton.
The New Town Already Has Several
Big Industries Many More Houses
are Needed to Accommodate the
Workmen.

/ The new industrial suburb OF
Decker's creek has been named
Sabraton is the euphonious name
selected.
The new town includes $40 acres
as follows-the Addison farm sc
acres, Derlng bottom 30 acres, Nc
Clure farm 1870 acres, johnson bot
bottom Z acres, II. j. Harner farm
Is acres, w. T. Harner farm loo
acres, and Beall farm 208 acres.
This Industrial suburb has the
following manufacturing plants now
under contract and part of them are
already building.
The Rolling Mil Company OF
America, with capital of 100000
Will be rolling tin and terne plates
and black sheets, and making tin
by the first of October next. 1t has
site covering Ia acres, on the Beall
land, and will give employment to
over 1000 work people, and tun 10
mills. 1t will ultimately build a
blast furnace, and manufacture its
own iron.
West Virginia Plate Glass Com
pany, capital, $250,000 with a site
of Is acres on the W. T. Harner
farm It will employ about ESQ
work people, and will be the only
plate glass plant in West Virginia.
Sabatron Automobile Company,
with capital of 100000 has site
of 5 acres ON the H. j. Harner land,
and will employ 100 work people,
and manufacture automobiles, biey-
cles, and do a general machine shop
business.
Iron and Steel Aluminium Coating
Company has selected a site Of 6
acres on the W. I. Harner land, and
Will employ 100 work people and
has capital of $4,000.
Pressed Prism Plate Glass Com
pany, has selected site of 10 acres
on the w. T. Harner land, and de
clares its purpose to contract and
build plant costing 100000 and
will employ loo workmen, when IN
operation. It is expected contracts
will be closed with this company
within a few days.
Fulmer Coal Company has opened
mines ON tue Sturgiss farm, late
~ known as the Hartman farm, and
IS shipping the Connellsville s foot
seam of coal, over branch railroad
Just completed, Il miles long, con
Meeting with the Morgantown d
Kingwood railroad at Pool Rocks on
the Addison land, and will employ
from SO to 100 miners as soon as the
headings can be be driven to accom-
modate that number of miners.
Nearly mile of sidings and
switches has been built To acomo-
date the Rolling Mill Company, aud
several thousand feet of additional
track will be laid as fast as possible,
TO reach and accommodate these
several industrial plants, and others
that will be built in the near future.
Deckers Creek Coal and Coke
Company, owning about $500 acre
OF Upper Freeport Coal, will opens
mines, build coke ovens, AMI begin
shipping this fall, from the Kern
farm.
Senator Elkins, owning 900 acres
will begin mining making coke and
shipping as soon as possible, from
the Gamble and Stimmel lands.
Surveys for sidings. tipples, ovens
and mine openings are now being
made by both the above parties, and
the M. IL K. R. r is surveying the
branch, about 7 of mile long. that
Will connect with these two plants
They will give employment to over
500 miners,and other working people,
when completed, aud are only two
miles beyond Sabraton.
All the foregoing facts emphasize
the need for houses, and that with
out delay. The Peninsula is huiid
ing 40 houses, some nearly complet-
ed, for the $50 working people that
will find employment at the Marilla
Glass works, on the NJ. d. X. L Il
just above the Peninsula.
The Valley Wood working Com
pany has bought site on the Nj. d
K. r. R. at George Smiths and will
at once PIT up mills. we'll equipped
for all house building and contract
ing work, and employ 20 to so pep
pie
The Morgantown & kialAood
Railroad is arranging with ~, sst-
office Department to carry iat' he
tween Morgantown and Masoa n,
and intermediate points by thv ifst
of September. The Bell Teleptohe
and Peoples Telephone Companies
are both building houses III the
railroad, to accommodate the new
business now rapidly growing
The harbor at the mouth OF Deck
er's creek is TO be dredged and new
railroad sidings built at taat point
for shipment by water of coal, stone
and lumber.
More lots must be sold and at
least 500 houses built within the
next twelve mouths to accommodate
the new people who will mai e Nor
gantown and Sabraton their homes.