Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-03-20
ALONG THE N. 4 K.
New Rails Being Laid Over En-
tire System of Road.

Men who Quit Work Have All Return.
ed They Were Mistaken About Or
der Which Affected Them-CoaI Com
| panies Husrling-0ther News Notes
About the Company.
The M. IL X. is booming. A
representative of this paper called
at the office in the post office build
ing this morning and had talk
with Manager +. X. Bretz about
the road. He stated that many i'm
provements were planned for the
summer.
Among others 10 the relayrng of
the track. New So pound rails are
to go on the system from Morgan
town to Masontown a distance OF Is
miles. More than mile of these
have been laid and the rest will be
placed as fast as they can go down.
The old roadway was very rough
but when the new rails are In place
great improvement will be noted.
Filling the trestles along the line
il being prosecuted now also. The
trestle over Deep hollow is now re-
ceiying attention. The Coon hollow
trestle will eventually be filed. This
will make the ROAD much better than
it is now. The latter trestle is Il
very strong structure and will not
receive attention very soon.
Frhn
Back the other day has been put In,
the local shops and will be repaired
here. Ii was not damaged as much
as at first thought, and it will be la
service again before very long.
When asked about the reported
strike Mr.. Bretz stated that all the
men who had quit had returned To
work. They were laboring under 4
misunderstanding. This grew out OF
the fact that different wages are paid
for construction and for maintenance
OF way Some forty or fifty men had
been engaged in the construction OF
Rock Forge branch which was finished
several days ago. They were then
placed on maintenance of way.
While working on construction they
were paid $3.50 per day in accordance
with the scale usually In force. When
they went TO the other work they re-
ceiyed $l.35, which Is the rate paid
for this. When the wreck occurred
at the Hog Back they thought that it
would be good time to lay down and
the company would meet their de-
mands TO give them the same wages
they had received for the other work.
They were told to quit. This morn
ing all OF them returned to work.
Another report that Bennett and
Talbot had stopped work at their
quarries on account of increase ia
freight rates was called to Mr.. Bretz's
attention. He stated that the f1rm
was still shipping out stone. The
rates for them had been advanced,
but this was done after consultation
with the firm. They were the first
firm to go up the railroad and were
given a very low rate. This did not
pay for hauling the empty cars To
them. After they had talked over
the matter they agreed to an advance
All of the spurs which had been
under construction have been finish
ed. The one to the West Virginia
Coal and Coke Company went in some
time age. Here thirty ovens are maxi
ing coke. ALI the product will be made
into coke for the time being. About
one hundred ovens are under construc-
tion besides the ones now making
coke. The concern is turning out
100 to 100 tens of coal day.
The Deckers Creek Coal aud Coke
Company are building many coke
ovens also. These two concerns will
employ large numbers of men before
the summer Is ended. At each OF
them many houses are being built for
the employees.