The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-02-26
GARRETT COUNTY PROGRESS.
The County Being Rapidly Developed and
Is Centre of Industry,

Is a Centre OF Industry,
From the Deer Park correspondence
of the Baltimore San the following
interesting matter relatives to Gar
rett county is taken:
Col George Truesdell, the owner of
Altamont Springs Farm, near Deer
Park, Garrett county, visited the
recent live stock show held at Chicago
and exhibited some of his sheep of
the famous Rambouillet breed. His
celebrated yearling ram, The Grand
Duke of Mecklenburg," was awarded
not only the first prize in his class as
a yearliug, but the CHAMPIONSHIP p
that is to say, over other rams of all
ages in the Rambouillet breed. This
ram won the Championships Ger
many previous to his Importation to
this country and also at the New York
State Fair last summer. He is now the
champion ram of his age in the world.
This Of course, is a credit to the State
of Maryland.
The Altamont Springs Farm en-
braces 1900 acres. The roads all
through it are macadamized, and to
summer visitors on the mountain top
it is one of the attractions. Colonel
Truesdell has completed the con-
struction of his new barn. The main
structure is 90 feet long and 40 feet
wide, with hip roof, giving unusual
storage capacity. 1t has an L-shaped
addition about 40 by 80 feet, the floors
communicating SO that loaded wag-
on may be driven into one and out of
the other. By this arrangement as
many as six loaded wagons may he
accommodated in the barn at one
time. There are no posts in the
barn except at the sides and en- DIS.
The arrangement gives a width of
floor about "a feet. In the old style of
barn the floor space is very much in
terfered with by posts used for sus-
tanning the roof. The roof in Colonel
Truesdell's barn is self-sustaining and
is very strong.
Well-ventilated and well-lighted
sheep pens, with necessary racks and
troughs for feeding, are locate d
underneath the whole building. A
wool room and granary are on the
main floor, also Fail banks five-ton
platform scale for weighing wagon
loads of hay and grain up to 10000
pounds.
Under the granary and wool room
is a coldstorage room for keeping
roots and cabbage, which form a
large part of the ration for the Ram
bouillet sheep.
Jennings Bros, the owners of the
large tract of timber land in the
Castleman Valley, Garrett county,
Maryland, have constructed stand
ard guage road from Elk Lick, Pa, to
within few miles of Bittinger, in
Garrett county. The road will enable
the firm to ship timber from the
Castleman Valley to Eastern markets.
Over this standard-guage road parties
are shipped large quantities of Gar
rett county bituminous coal. Th e
Trenton Iron Works, of New Jerse y,
are part owners of the coal land now
being operated.
Castleman Valley is very promin-
emily mentioned in Professor Clark's
geological report for its mineral re-
sources, as well as its large tracts of
fine timber. The valley is bounded
ON the east by Meadow Mountain, on
the west by Negro Mountain, on the
north by Grantsville, and on the
south-that is, toward Oakland-by
Bittinger.
Along the standard-guage road,
where Jennings Bros. haye a great
number of their employees, they are
building town. A large hotel, store
and postoffice are being erected, so
that while the firm is denuding the
tract of much timber it is aiding the
county in the establishment of the
town of Jennings.
The firm owns the large sugar camps
and maple groves, and it is feared
that the fine naples that yield so
much sugar Of good quality will all
be cut down in time. There has been
quite discussion in Garrett county
over the destruction of the maple
groves. 1t has been suggested that
the State of Maryland establish a
State forestry with the view of pur-
chasing these valuable maple groves
before their destruction is completed.
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