Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-15
INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY,
Many Oil and Gas Companies Or
ganized in West Virginia.
to The Sta

| Special Dispatch to The Star
i GRAFTON, W. Va. August 1.-THE
| Ohio Fuel Supply Company. j. NJ Garard
general manager, Columbus, Ohio, will
construct an eighteen-inch natural gas
line from Sugar Grove. Ohio, to Roane
| county, W. Va, crossing the river near
Ravenswcod. The length will be about
100 miles and the pipe capacity abou.
A. 900 feet of gas per day, cost ex-
ceeding $1,OOO.OO0
| The Stewart Oil and Gas Company,
Brax on. w. Va, has been incorporated,
$4,000 capital, by Fl. S. Stewart. w. E.
Neal. A. H. Neal and others Of Pittsburg.
! The Doulan Oil and Gas Company has
been incorporated, $4,000 capital. by Will
liam Z. Doulan, George L. Dufour. Wes-
ton. ". Va; John NJ Knox Clarksburs,
| and others.
! The Braden-Betts Oil and Gas Com
pany. Parkersburg, w. Va, has been in
corporated: $500 capital
| The Tri-State Gas Company, Pittsburg.
awarded contrac. to Thomas F.. Bucher,
Reader, w. Va. for erection Of pro-
Phillips. New Martinsville, W.. Va, for
| lumber used in construction.
| The Grass Run Oil and Gas Company,
Salem. W. Va. has been incorporated,
$4,000 capital, by NJ A. Samples and
G. E. Samples of Salem. Thomas Range.
| Clarksburg W. Va. and others.
| The Marsh OIL and Gas Company. Sur
| veyor. w. Va. has been incorpora: ed:
president; J. w. Harveycutter. vice presl-
dent: A. J. McClung. secretary: W. T..
| Younger treasurer. 1t will develop 1927
acres of oil land in Raleigh county.
The Charleston Interurban Railway
| Company is reported negotiating to lease
| the kanawha Valley Traction Company s
line. and expects to take possession Sep
| TENDER l.
The Kanawha and Ohio Valley Traction
Railroad Company, Charleston, is not yet
organized. but promises to build a line
ninety miles long from kanawha Falls.
| w. Va, along the north side of the
Kanawha river to Point Pleasant. on the
Ohio river. T. ]. Carmack is engineer
The Mckell Coal and Coke Company.
| Glen Jean. is reported to have let con-
| tract to w. o. Lipscomb. Roanoke. Va.
to build three miles of railroad for coal
development.
The Greenbrier Lumber Company,
Nicola. w. Va, has been incorporated.
| $3.50 900 capital. by Edward S. Jones. F.
B. Ward of Scranton. Pa: A. J. Will
son. Philadelphia. and others
The Meadow River Lumber Company.
Raine. W. Va, T. W. Raine president.
Meadow Creek. w. Va. will open pro-
posals for three-band sawmill build
ing. to cost $4,000. with daily capacity
of 10000 feet OF lumber.
Adams. w. Va. has purchased at $780,
600, coo acres of timber land on Hughes
and Kellys creek.
The Basic Products Company. Kenova,
W. Va, has awarded the contract to
L. Schriever & Sons, Cincinnati. Ohio.
for construction OF a slack lime plant:
to George l.. Shore & Co., Huntington,
W. Va. for concrete foundations. and to
| Allis-Chambers Company, Milwaukee.
for machinery. The plant will be equip
ned to burn 300 tons of rock daily
making 100 tons of lime. The kiln will
be fired by gas, and the waste heat
utilized to make steam to drive gen.
orators for making electricity. The en-
tire plant will be driven by thirty electric
motors. varying in size from thirty-fve-
horsepower down. The buildings will be
as follows: Kiln building. 33x172 feet;
Migrating building, 3jxo5 feet: drier
building. 35x75 feet: two stock houses.
4Ox:5O feet and 5Ox1OO feet engine and
boiler house. 35xSO feet: belt conveyor.
It's feet long: crushed-rock bin. 30 feet
high. with capacity of 300 tons.