Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-09-15

+, coke ovens are to pour out their vol
umes of black smoke and added to
the golden stream of dollars that
will flow into Morgantown and trib-
utary country.
He is not alone in this valley. Two
other big mines are opening near by.
| One of these belongs to the Decker's
Creek Coal and Coke Company and
another one to the A. @. Fulmer Coal
and Coke Company. The first named
will be equal to the Elkins mines and
the latter is starting on small scale
| TO enlarge as time goes by. They are
now shipping coal out from their
mines.
At Booths Creek just above here
the Freeport vein is being opened. 1t
will be worked extensively and the
company opening the mines has more
than ten thousand acres OF dne coal.
They will put in five hundred ovens.
Their principal offices as well as those
of the others mentioned will be in
Morgantown and their principal offic-
ers will find homes here.
The west side is coming ia for its
share OF activity. Nearly all Of the
Pittsburg coal in the county has been
bought for development. Here again
is Elkin's hand to be seen. He owns
$4,000 acres of coal in this section
and will open it whenever the Wa
bash comes into the territory.
Twelve thousand acres are owned
by the Georges Creek Coal and Coke
Company who are making plans to
open mine to employ one thousand
men. A bridge is to be built over
the Monongahela river to give access
to these mines.
The Cochrans OF Dawson and
Thompson and others Of Uniontown
have bought vast tracts of coal and
will add to the development which is
in progress or is prospective.
The coming of the Wabash will
solve many problems not solved by
the B. g. o or the free river. On the
west side is vast scope of country
finely adapted to manufacturing pur-
poses. E. M. Grant has offered the
B. and o. $4,000 to help build a
bridge over the river TO get access to
this and has guaranteed them factor
les to employ two thousand men
within Is months of the time that
the bridge is completed. The offer has
been taken up by the officials of that
road and they promise that they will
do something to help along with 1t.
To this time they have done nothing.
Another big enterprise that is being
held back by them is that of the i'm
mense mines OF the Georges Creek
Coal and Coke Company. They have
had their plans for opening the mines
ready for a start but the B. & O. has
not yet built the bridge which they
promised year ago.
The coming of the Wabash will be
hailed with delight by these people
and everyone else in the section. It'll
will give competition in freight rates
ahd will place facilities at the dis
posal of shippers in the county. 1t
is expectd that this system will be
here by next fall and that trains will
be running to Pittsburg over the new
road Surveys have been made through
the county and after the rights of
way have been secured there will be
no further cause for delay.
Connections will be made at Nor
gantown with the Morgantown and
Kingwood railroad which is backed
by s. B. Elkins and George G.. Stur-
giss. The M. and X. now runs for
distance of IS miles south Of this
place. 1t is 10 be extended to Beling-
ton to connect with the West Virgin
pose has already been obtained. The
Wabash will extend south of here by
way of Fairmont where it will branch |
One branch will go up the West Fork
river through Clarksburg and another
Will go by way of Grafton. Each of
them will join the West Va, Central
and give an outlet to the huge acreage
of coal land tributary to this system.
The NJ. and K. is young railroad |
1t had to ask the county To help it 10
it's construction but the bonds against
the company have been paid II and
to-day it is practically out Of deDt
having paid for itself out OF lis earn.
ings. Strenuous attempts hay, aeen
made by the B. & o. to absorb y bat
it has steadily refused to be d party
to a gobbling process and is still III
dependent. Several hundred ears
have been added to its equipment
and the motive power is being con-
stantly augmented. All along the
line mines, quarries, and mills are
sending out their product to go by
rail or river. The best ledge of glass
sand in the country has been found
on it. Tie analysis is 99.5 pure silica
Tests made in manufacturing show
that 1t is best TO be had. 1t can be
put into the local plants at less than
the cost of transportation which they
have been paying for sand The ledge
is of great thickness aud it is being
worked by local company. This is
only one of the many stories OF miner |
al richness to be found in this won
derfuI valley.
River navigation has done much to
help the boom which Morgantown is
enjoying. The government is spend
ing more than million of dollars to