The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-05-22
LETCHER COUNTY
AND WHITESBURG
What is Happening in this
Rich Coal Territory
of Kentucky.


road arrived in Jenkins Friday even
ing acrrying the largest party of east
ern capitalists. financiers, bankers,
railroad men and others that ever
visited the Eastern Kentucky coal
fields, including high officials of The
Consolidation Coal Co, The Elkhorn
Mining Corporation, The Mineral Fuel
Co, big operating concerns of the coal
fields-all of whom were on a tour Of
inspection OF the great development
work now in progress throughout the
Elkhorn and Boone's Fork regions
There were over sixty men in the
party and We're augmented in Jenkins
by at least twenty more, making about
eighty in all. From Jenkins the big
party rode horseback, although II was
previously arranged to come aboard
automobiles, via McRoberts and on
down to Fleming. the seat of the gil
gantic development of The Mineral
Fuel Co, and from Fleming they visit
ed the new work in Raymond and
Hemphill, on Potter's Fork and Younts
Fork. respectively, being well pleased
with the splendid progress of the
work.
III the party We're j. II. Wheelright,
OF Baltimore, President of The Con-
solidation Coal Co.; G. w. Fleming
Fairmont, President OF The Mineral
Fuel Co.: Ex- Senator Clarence w.
Watson, Vice President of the com
pany: George T, Watson and ]. o.
Watson. Fairmont; c. Bascom Slemp,
Congressman Big Stone Gap, Va; ID.
A. Langhorne, Lynchburg, Va: Frank
Haas. consulting engineer, Gonsolida-
ton Coal Co: George |. Neel Hunting
ton; C. II. Manning. Lexington; John
p. Legg, o. II. Harvey. f. NJ. Fisher,
vanLear Black and w. J, Devon, Bal
timore; Edward Cornell. New York;
Ex- Gov Fleming of West Virginia;
and many others equally as well known
throughout the industrial and business
world. 1t is said the nature OF their
trip is to make extensions and im-
provements in the development plants
throughout this section, while II Is safe
to say new developments are to be OPP
ened The people OF this section are
confidently hoping that even greater
things will happen in the way OF de-
yelopment, although already every
thing is booming beyond measure. Al
present the railroads. the Baltimore q
Ohio and the Lexington x Eastern.
are taxed TO their straining point To
handle the large coal tonnage now GO
ing out With increase in the work
the railroads viii have to make extern
sions in the service necessary to han
die the large output
The long and much contested post
office fight in Whitesburg seems prac-
tically ended owing to the fact that
n. NJ. Webb, editor and owner OF The
Mountain Eagle, has already received
the endorsement and recommendation
OF Senator James. His appointment
is expected at any time. The fight
seemed to center between MIR. Webb
and b. Il. Caudill. Democratic county
chairman, both OF whom waged "a
strong fight. Attorney X. o. Brashears
and present postmaster Felix G.. Fields
republican, were also applicants and
each made quite fight. The endorse
ment OF Mr.. Webb by Senator James
meets with the high approval OF the
leading democrats OF the county: also
large majority Of the party.
Garrett Ingram, good citizen farmer
of Letcher county, residing on Line
Fork Creek, in this county, was strick-
] en- at the supper table and died within
IA short time, presumably OF heart
failure. He was about so years old
| He leaves wife and several grown
children
| The Letcher county teachers exam
nation held before County Supt. Geo
| W. Jenkins here Friday and Saturday
was considered pretty rigid eXami
nation, and there were number OF
| failures especially among the younger
set of teachers There were a number
of first class certificates issued, how
ever.
| Photographer r. l.. Mcclure, one Of
the best known newspaper men In the
State and a photographer of note, spen
a few days in Whitesburg the pas
week FROM Lexington. He expressed
himself well pleased with the spirit Of
progress that is evidenced on every
hand around .the--little mountain city
"Whitesburg is bound to grow" sale
he, among other things complimentary,
of the town. With the great Goa
fields surrounding 1t on every hand i
could not be otherwise.
One of the boldest attempts at arson
In Letcher county in its history wa