The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-06-24
MoRGANTowN, VIRGINIA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE "a 1903
HAVE A LOOK.
Big Crowd of Notables 60 up the
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Big Crowd of Notables 60 up tn
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Wheels Of the Monster Engine at tn
Rolling Mill started by Presiden
Cowden-Every one Surprised a
what Is Shown Them.
! By the courtesy of Hon. Georg
! c. Sturgiss and J. A. Martin, of th
Morgantown d Kingwood railroad
the members of the Board of Re
gents and the Faculty of West Wiz
ginia University we're given a YER
delightful outing along that roa,
Monday afternoon.
| The party had special car, an,
the train ran on special time, start
ing up at 2:30 o'clock in order Il
give them an opportunity to Sc,
some of the industries that abount
in the prosperous Decker's creel
valley.
The first stop was made at tn,
Pressed Prism Plate Gass Factory
where the interesting process o
manufacturing pressed prism glass
in plates larger than was ever befor,
made in the world was witnessed
Previous to this time the larges
plates of prism glass were mad,
only about six inches on a side. BY
the process used at this new factor,
and invented by Prof. Wadsworth
and Walter A. Page, the fines'
quality of prism glass is made il
plates about two feet square.
Mr.. Page, the Superintendent oil
the factory, received the visitors and
courteously showed them through
his factory. 1t was a revelation
the numerous visitors and even
many of the people from Morgan
town did not know that the prism
factory is really making glass.
The process of manufacture shown
to the visitors, beginning with dip
ping Of the white. hot molten glass
from the great furnace, passing ii
through the rolls, molding the
prisms and carrying it through the
baths where it is tempered and
cooled. Decker's creek sand is used
in the manufacture. Specimens of
the glass were blown into little bowls
and pipes as souvenirs for the visit
tors. These samples show the quail
ity of glass to be very clear and free
from defects. 1t is a perfectly sill
yer clear glass, and proves the
Decker's creek sand to be equal to
the best for glassmaking.
The Rolling Mill of America was
the next object of greatest interest
to which the visitors were invited.
Mr.. George J. Humbert, president
of the Rolling Mill Co., and nv.
Kurtz, were at the factory to re
ceiye the visitors and show them
this largest of all Morgantown' S
new factories.
Mr.. Cowden, president OF the board
OF regents had been selected to turn
the valve and let on the steam which
should start the two great engines of
1850 horsepower each into motion.
With the skill of an expert engineer,
the worthy president Of the board
opened the throttle, which started
the two mammoth fly wheels, the lar
gest in the United States into revolu-
ton.
Only one boiler was used, as no ma
chinery except the big so ton fly
wheels was connected with the engines.
The travelling crane, operated by cleo
tricity, the electric dynamo, the auto
matte engine and the four great boil
ers, were all shown to the visitors.
Crossing the high suspension foot
bridge back to the railroad furnished
one of the amusing features OF the
journey. The stru :ture, while per-
fectly safe is one OF the shaky kind,
that give you that floating far, away
feeling.
All the places of interest along the
route were poidted out to the visitors
by Mr.. Sturgiss and Mr.. Martin who
are thoroughly acquainted with all
the valley. DR.. White pointed out
the canticline OF the big Injun Sand,
the great oil bearing rock Of this state.
1t has an out crop at the surface near
the Iron Bridge.
A stop OF five minutes was made at
Masontown, long enough to gather a
few ferns and sprigs Of mountain lau-
rel, the recently adopted state flower.
At Sturgisson also known as Spring
Park brief stop was made to let the
visitors have drink from the living
waters Of the mountain spring at this
place, one of the finest In the state,
and also to take look at the Deckers
Creek Stone and Sand works, where
the sand is crushed and washed for
the local glass factories.
The party was most congenial one
full of good humor and very apprecia-
tive of sights and rugged scenery
along the route.
Among those who accepted the in.
vitation OF Mr.. Sturgiss were Mr.. and
Mrs. W. ]. w. CowGen, Mr.. and Mrs.
Babb, Mr.. Finley, Mr.. Trotter, Mr..
Grant and Mr.. Oldham of the board
of regents, DR.. and Mrs, Purinton,
Prof. and Mrs. Barbe and Miss Lolita
Gould, DR.. and Mrs. Greene, DR.. /. Q.
White and daughter Miss Fannie.
Prof. and Mrs. Boughton, Mr.. and
Mrs. O'Hern, Mr.. Marley. Rev. DR..
Howard Of Wheeling, Mr.. w. D..
Fleming OF Columbia University N.
Y, DR.. Whitehill, Prof. ]. S. Stewart,
DR.. Callahan, Prof. Holden w. w.
Smith, Director James H. Stewart,
DR.. E. M. Turner, Mr.. Leonard, DR..
Truscott, DR.. F. E. Clarke, Prof. Trot-
ter Of Buckhannon, Prof. Deahl, DR..
Hodges, Mr.. Portertield and represen-
tatives Of the local papers.
DR.. Clark took several photographs
of the party.
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