Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-06-16
HAVE A LOOK.
Big Crowd of Notables 60 up the
M & K r r.
Wheels of the Monster Engine al the
Rolling Mill started by President
CoWden-Every one Surprised at
what is Shown Them.

what is Shown Them.
BY the courtesy of Hon. George
c. Sturgiss and j. A. Martin, of the
Morgantown d Kingwood railroad,
the members of the Board of Re
gents and the Faculty Of West Vir-
ginia University were given a very
delightful outing along that road
Monday afternoon.
The party had a special car, and
the train ran on special time, start
ing up at $50 o'clock ia order to
give them an opportunity to see
some of the industries that abound
in the prosperous Decker's creek
valley.
The first stop was made at the
Pressed Prism Plate Gass Factory,
where the interesting process of
manufacturing pressed prism glass
in plates larger than was ever before
made in the world was witnessed.
Previous to this time the largest
plates of prism glass were made
only about six inches on side. By
the process used at this new factory
and invented by Prof. Wadsw orth
and Walter A. Page, the finest
quality of prism glass is made in
plates about two feet square.
Mr.. Page, the Superintendent of
the factory, received the visitors and
courteously showed them through
his factory. 1t was 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 it
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 visi-
tors. These samples show the quail
ity of glass to be very clear and free
from defects. It is a perfectly sill
yer clear glass, and proves the
Deeker'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. Hwmbert, president
of the Rolling Mill Co., and Mr..
Kurtz, were at the factory to re-
ceive the visitors and show them
this largest of all MorganJown'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
1860 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 structure, 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
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. j. w. Cowden, 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.. ]. @.
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,
Or. Callahan, Prof. Holden OW. w.
Smith, Director James H. Stewart,
DIR. n, M. Turner, Mr.. Leonard, Ds.
Truscott, DIFF. Il, Clarke, Prof. Trot-
ter Of Buckhannon, Prof, Deahl, DR..
Hodges, Mr.. Portertield and represen-
tatiyes of the local papers.