Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-11-15

year large quantities OF very fine can
/ teloupes were erown--the Canadian
/ canteloupe being found especially
adapted TO the soil and yielding an
| excellent quality of melons some OF
/ those gathered INNING up to II TO IA
( pounds in weight without losing their
4 exquisite flavor Many ether Yeget7-
bles have been produced, but not COM
mercialy
/ This company is preparing TO
handle its orhard business in a thor
oughly business like manner Twen-
! ty-three houses have been erected for
/ tenants, handsome home for the
manager and a hotel for the accomo.
dalton of the trayelins public is in
{ course of construction. A store is
maintained, postoffee has been es-
tablished by the Government, and
/ tLese things, together with barns
/ granaries, a school, a mill and pin fac
I tory give the place a busy and thrifty
| appearance. The pin factory Is for
making insulating pins for telephone,
{ telegraph and electric lines. These
/ pins are turned of locust wood which
abounds in large quantities on the
property and the mill enables the com
pany to give employment to its men
at times when they would otherwise
be idle or be compelled to seek work
elsewhere.
The Twin Mountain company will
supplement its orchard development
I fitgr tea nj .
/ plant and cold storage buildings, and
probaly a canning factory. The pre-
cooling and cold storage will be avail {
able, of course, for the product Of
other orchards, and will unquestion
ably give growing of ruit in this sec
! tion a great impetus. This will be
augmented by the canning factory,
should it be built. as it will furnish a
market for the fruit allowed to ripen
too fully on the tree. A vinegar and
pickle factory is also among the pos
| sibilities.
Adjoining the Twin Mountain de-
velopment are the ebert Mountain
Orchards. owned by George I, Leath-
erman & Sons. These gentlemen
! have 5000 acres OF land, OF which they
have developed 220 acres, and they
are rapidly adding to this latter
amount. They have found also that
they can produce other crops at pro
! fit The State of West Virginia main
tains on their property an expert
mental orchard, where all the most
modern. scientific methods OF caring
/ for trees are demonstrated.
The officers of the Twin Mountain
/ Orchards are Fl. l.. Heintzelman, OF
/ Fairmont, president; r. T. Cunning
ham, Falrmont, vicepTesident; j. NJ,
/ Broomfeld, Fairmont treasurer e,
A. Russen, Keyser, secretary; W. Z,
/ Russell, Twin Mountain, general man
ager. The stockholders are Fairmont
and Baltimore people. The capital
stock is 100000.
/ In course of construction between
this place and Twin Mountain is the
/ harrow gauge railroad of the Twin
+ Mountain & Potomac Railroad Co
/ This road is a sort of subsidiary or
shrdddeta ddcmd eo.-c vbgketa SIR
auxiliary to the Twin Mountain Or
chards, or the orchard company is an
aid to the railroad company. cannot
/ lust tell which. Anyhow, they seem
/ TO be intended to be sort of inter de-
pendent and both will have lot OF
| influence in the development of the
orcharding business through this sec.
/ ton. The railroad Is being built to
Twin Mountain by way of Darlington
and the beautiful Patterson Creek
| Valley, than which, for its size, there
is no finer bit Of farming land in this
State. While the railroad is intended
primarily, to serve the Twin Noun
tain Orchards, it is a common car
rier, and will unquestionaiy have
large influence in the progress and
/ prosperity Of the exceedingly rich
section through which it passes. Its
stimulus is already felt in the plant
( ing of new orchards along its line, al
/ though there are now standing With
in it's easy reach some 100000 trees.
I 1t is 26.6 miles from Keyser to
Twin Mountain by the railroad, which
leaves Keyser at an elevation of SEQ
feet, crosses Knobiy Mountain, 1900
! feet high. and comes back to practl-
cally its starting level at Burlington.
Then it climbs mp, up, by the assist
ance OF three switchbacks, to Twin
] Mountain, which it reaches at an
elevation Of ESQ feet. The construc-
ton is completed all to the final sur
facing, for about 10 miles, and the
grade is done to within 21a miles OF
Twin Mountain The construction is
frstclass, embracing 45pound rail
which is quite heavy for narrow
gauge. The equipment is also OF the
best, the coaches being equal to the.
best day coaches in use on tirst'ciass
railroads The rolling stock is gen
orally Of the same character,
While the country through which
this road runs has been settled for