The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-06-30
WHAT GARRETT HAS.
Mr.. West, In Letter to The Sun,
Directs Attention to Garrett.

Mr.. E. S. West, of Oakland, con-
trlbuted the following letter to the Bal
timore Sun of Tuesday:
During the last few weeks have no.
ticed in The Sun letters from Eastern
Maryland setting forth the advantages
of that portion of this Commonwealth
While | have seen nothing of that char
acter from Western Maryland, nothing
but exaggerated reports of few spring
frosts, would not accuse the Baltimore
paper of provincialism, for | believe
anything of general interest to your
readers and that which will help to
bring the advantages of each particular
locality before the people will as
readily find space in your paper. | be-
lieve letter from this part of Mary
land will be Of more than passing inter-
est to many of the readers of your paper
and if you will permit me | will furnish
the following information from Garrett,
the extreme western portion of this
State; the roof of the Alleghanies.
The price Of land in this county ranges
from 81 to $50 an acre, depending upon
| location, improvements and reservations
of mineral, coal, etc. | predict that
this portion of Maryland will soon be
recognized as one Of the best paying
farming district in our land.
Oakland is near the centre of a COM
paratively level plateau 20 by 60 miles
in extent. There are thousands of acres
of rich glade land in our county with a
deep black soil, until recently thought
TO be worthless, and much of which is
still covered with hazel brush and alders.
A considerable portion of this glade land
requires more or less drainage to get
the best results.
Hundreds of acres on this mountain
top are being set in apple trees yearly,
and our apples, other fruits and grains
are carrying off first prizes everywhere
they are exhibited. Our accessibility
to Eastern cities 1--WE are only six hours
from the nations capitaD and the many
summer resorts in this immediate vicin-
ity gives US a market and prices for
farm products second to none in the
country.
Oakland has a population of 2,00C
people; is the county seat of Garrett
county and on the main line of the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad Another line
from Pittsburg has been completed to
within Is miles of Oakland via the
Toughiogheny river When completed
this will open a splendid coal field and
put US within three and one-half hours
of Pittsburg. The Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company will surely complete
this road in the near future, and if it
does not we have some assurance that
other interests will.
In addition to this being an excellent
farming country, with almost unbound
ed resources, right in our midst are rich
deposits of coal, kaolin, pure glass
sand, iron ore, fire and potter's clay, an
ineXhaustible supply of brick and tile
shale, an abundant supply of natural
gas for lighting. heating and manufac-
turing purposes, and an abundance Of
fine timber.
We have a number of parks and fam
Gus summer resorts in this vicinity, and
the principal one Mountain Lake Park
is only one mile from Oakland. This
summer resort, high in the mountains.
is equally high in its AIMS, and IS IN
questionably the most superb and sensi-
BE summer resort in America. In this
park more than $500, 900 has been in
vested in Improvements.