The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-11-05
.A PLEASANT TRIP
To CRELL|N, ND.
Republican Scribe Saw and Learned
Much Of interest There.

MeSSrS. II. II. IAN Nest OF lineage,
E. r. s. Embrey of Washington, D. C.
S. B. Philson and W. S. Liyengood of
Meye rsdale, had the pleasure of ride
Hon. S. A. KendaIl's touring car from
Meyersdale to Crellin, Md, on Oct. %
to inspect the big lumber plant of the
Kendall Lumber Co., at that place.
The route taken was via Boynton and
Salisbury to GrantsvIlle, over very
muddy roads; thence over the newly
reconstructed National Pike to Keyser's
Ridge; thence over six miles more of
new state road into the heart of the
picturesque Cove; thence over five
miles of very billy, rough and muddy
county road to point two miles south
of Accident; thence over stretch of II
miles of elegant asphalt-macadam road
via McHenry to Oakland, and thence
over four miles of unimproved road to
Crellin.
The trip was made in about three
hours and an excellent dinner was await
ing the hungry tourists at the end of
the journey, as guests of Mr.. Kendall
at the lumber company's boarding
house.
After dinner Mr.. Kendall showed the
visitors over the big sawmill, the largest
in the state of Maryland This mill
which is equipped with the most modern
machinery has a capacity of 100, 900
feet of sawed lumber per day. and has
been running steadily for years. The
daily output is about ten carloads of
lumber. which is shipped over the
company's own railroad to Hutton, Md,
on the main line of the B. & O., over
which it reaches the lumber markets of
the country.
The company operates about % miles
OF standard gauge railroad in conjunc-
ton with the Crellin Mill, the transpor-
tation department beng operated under
the name of Preston Railway Company
The road extends from Hutton into
Preston county, W. Va, and is used in
transporting the logs to the mill from
the vast area of land that is being de-
nuded of timber. This timber hes
along the headwaters of the Yough-
iogheny River and the watershed of the
Cheat River, section of country
formerly known as Hoye's Wilderness,
The company has about $4,000 acres
of virgin timber remaining to be cut,
consisting of oak, pine, hemlock,
poplar, hard and soft maple. hickory,
| beech, CHEEKY, walnut and other
varieties. The logs are hauled to the
mill and sawed Unfortunately as to
variety and size, but in passing through
the mill each log is cut into the sizes it
is best suited for in the judgment OF the
sawyers. and it comes out at the farther
end of the mill carefully classified and
sorted, all the work being done by
cleverly contrived machinery directed
by skilled workmen. Millions of feet
of green and seasoned lumber are
stacked in the yards and dry kilns.
About $50 men are employed IN all
departments of the Crellin plant, in
GLIDING the woods and train crews. The
company operates besides this plant
several other large mills, the one at
Alexander, W. Va, being larger than
the one at Crellin. The company also
handles the product of many indepen-
dent mills being operated in the states
of Pennsylvania. Maryland, West
Virginia, South Carolina aud other
states, and is one of the largest producers
and handlers of lumber in the eastern
part of the United States. 1t has besides
its present operations partially con-
structed an immense new plant and
standard gauge railroad on the Cheat
River, w. Va, costing about a quarter
of a million dollars. The railroad is
nearly completed, but work on it and
the new mill has been suspended until
next summer.
The town of Crellin is situated on the
Youghiogheny River and has a popula-
| ton of several hundred 1t has a
public school employing three teachers.
a postoftice and a large company depart
ment store that does more business in
the course of a year than any store in
MeYersdale. The store has recently
been moved into a new building of
| large dimensions and modern eouip-
ment.
Mr.. Kendall accompanied the party
home to Meyersdale in the evening.
The grand mountain scenery of Garrett
county was greatly enjoyed by all, and
the splendid system of state roads be-
ing built in that section of Maryland
greatly admired.