The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-11
LETTER FROM REDWOOD, WEST
VIRGINIA.

tlhGINIA.
Dear Editor:
The rattle of acorns and chestnuts
at night on the roof of our house and
porch with each little gust of wind,
lnterferes with sleeping somewhat,
for we are in the midst of the nut
trees and they carry unusual burdens
of nuts this year.
We kindle our fire with clothes
pins and wagon hubs. Fact! For
Winters fuel the fine splint and
steam coal which outcrops in the
West Virginia hills is ideal.
Redwood is eleven years old and
boasts of 5000 inhabitants Several
villages of railroad men and wood
choppers containing perhaps couple
OF thousand more are scattered along
the company railroad which runs 40
miles up into the timber.
The Cherry Ridge Boom and
Lumber Company" with offices at
Scranton, Pa, own nearly 100000
acres of timber and timber land here
and operate a saw mill with a capac-
ity of 100000 feet in double shift of
ten hours each. This is sufficient to
construct fair-sized town each day
The larger portion of the output goes
to Europe via. Baltimore. The COM
pany owns 3 locomotives and their
railroad is standard guage with 20
pound rail. Fully 100 miles of track
will be required before the timber is
exhausted.
The "W. f. Mosser Co. s" tannery
lis one of the largest and best equip
ped establishments of the kind to be
found anywhere.
The Cherry River Paper Co. oper-
ate an immense plant.
The Dodge Clothes Pin Co. boast of
the largest factory on earth for the
manufacture of clothes pins and but
ter dishes.
Add to these the Redwood Hub
factory, owned by Mr.. Henry G. Sher-
wood (formerly of Preston township,
Wayne county, and we have an array
of industries such as will not be
found under like conditions else
where.
You will observe that this ar
rangement takes care of all varieties
of timber of all qualities and sizes.
Redwood is located at the juno
tion of the Cherry River with the
north fork and the south fork of the
same and is a most interesting town
from every point of view. The bot
with the immense factories described
above, together with business houses,
etc. Thus most of the residences oc-
cupy the sides OF the hills which are
not quite steep enough to plant on
both sides. The streets running up
and down these hills are extremely
steep and the sidewalks consist of
steps or stairs. The view from these
residences is grand. 1t is fine to
look out over the mills in the night,
to watch the hundreds of electric
lights and to listen to the throbbing
! of the giant engines and the noise of
the lumber handlers as they stow in
| piles the tremendous output of this
great mill.
Redwood has excellent schools,
employing 19 teachers and a superin-
PENDENT. The First National Bank
and the Redwood Banking and
Trust Co. are fiourishing institutions.
I'VE have five churches, the M. E., the
IN. e. South, Presbyterian, Baptist
land Catholic. Lodges of Masons,
odd Fellows, Red Men, X. P.'s, ETC.
The coal lying in these hills await
|ing development is beyond calcula-
untold millions. The
soil is adapted to the raising of all
kinds of grain, roots, fruit-and
babies. The people are cordial and of
unusual intelligence. The states of
New York and Pennsylvania are
largely represented.
Cordially yours,
A. B. TALLMAN.