Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-03-10
CEMENT MATERIAL ABUNDANT
I aroe Tracts of Rich Land Offer Splen-
did Location for Cement Mills---What
All This Would Mean.

the United States for cement w,lls,
can be supplied for the rotary kiins
for about 81 80 ton at the mill.
Cheaper fuel can be supplied from the
Gum berland mines IS miles distant,
for power or boiler use.
Tracts of land containing limestone
and shale can be purchased at the pre-
sent time which come out on the Bal
timore aud Ohio railroad main line,
and within one or two miles of this
read, thus locating mill "a miles
from Washington, 100 mile from Bal
timore. 1914 miles from Philadelphia.
The freight per barrel of cement (400
pounds) to Baltimore and Washington
would be about % cents. The cost of
manufacture ut Martinsburg would
not be over go cent, including Off e
and selling expenses. wear and tea
of machinery, which would place this
cement in Baltimore and Washingo9
at cost of about % cents per barrel
WHERE it is now selling at retail for
$A2)
Iu addition to the cement manutac
tute a comparatively small additional
expense would add crushing capacity
for ballast rock and rock for use in
the .teel works of Pittsburg and Balti
more. The screening would be avail
able tor concrete. The high grade
rock could be burned into lime which
would reach wide market as lime is
now shipped from Pennsylvania and
New York into this state aud into
Pittsburg and Bal more, etc. 1t is
estimated that the cost per bushel Of
burning the lime would be about
cents ami it should bring Is cents per
bushel i. o. B.
LOCATION FOR CEMENT PLANTS.
There are number of good tracts
of land with large acreage of shale
and FINEST me situated on or near tile
Baltimore and Ohio railroad in this
section which can ba bought ut
fair price, and in some cases pait of
the purchase prize could be paid in
stock IN tine cement comnanv.
The Rutherford tract Of GOO acres is
onih Of the town OF Martinsburg and
would he reached by a switch from
the b. and o. 1t contains tn high
grade linz in belt probably 25o feet
wide, also the shale and lower gRde
of lime
The Ialler-Clohan tract woall he a
niic fro1 tine railroad reached by a
switch and is lccat about five
miles north Of town ON the Op,quon
Greek Is coutaius limestone nd
shale i'm large body adapted for ce-
meDt.
The Nicklas -Paulding-NanMetro
tract Of 500 acres comes down to tie
main line of the b q o. 'ailroal and
has hae exposures ct shale and lime
stone IA hills where a l00.foot fare
could be opened The belt OF high
grade lime is 800 feet wide and there
are good deposits of dolomite Oh this
tract, borders the Opequon, aud
giving good water supply and drain
age.
I About seven miles north Of town is
the Gorsuh- HutzJ-r tract Of good lime
stone aud shale al at hand,
CEMENT MILLS Is WEST VIR.
CHINA.
! At the present time there is but one
Portland Cement Mill in The state
located near Ruwelsburg, on the b. &
10, with daily capacity of 500 bar :
rels. The plant is running day and
night and making a fine quality of
cement, sold especially in Philadel.
phia markets.
The nearness Of MaTtinsturg TO east
ern markers, the abundance, high
! character and nearness together OF
crude materials for cement manufsc-
ture, the water supply of the Opeqnon
the good drainage of quarries TO be-
opened, the availability of electric
power, the transportation facilities
of the B. & 0, the opportunity TO
manufacture lime. flux, rock. ballast,
as side interests, all combine to
make this section al ideal location
for large cement industry.
COST OF PLANT AND PROFIT.
A plant OF 1900 barrels daily capa-
city would probably cost at this place