Evening star., 1915-11-28
MINING BOOM ON IN
ALLECANY COUNTY
Many Big Coal Mines Resume Opera
tions and New Companies
Are Chartered.
County's Legislative Delegation Or
ganizes-Veteran Railroad Man
Retires-Cumberla Notes.


CUMBERLAND. Md. November 81
A revival in mining operations is re-
ported at Barton. this county. where
for some years the most productive
mines had been abandoned. Caledonia
mine is under new management, con-
sisting of E. r. and H. r. Brydon and
Carroll Pattison of Bloomington. Md,
all experienced coal men. They are
making shipments of Tyson and Big
Vein coal and have also leased the
four-foot vein from A. B. Shaw, To-
Gated along the Cumberland and Penn
sylvania railroad tracks between Bar
ton and Moscow They expect to begin
shipping coal from this mine in a few
days
The Potomac mine of Barton is pro
ducing about $50 tons of coal dav
This mine is controlled by Arthur and
lanes Hoffa and Thomas Carnben of
Barton and NJ. A. Patrick of Western =
mort. About fifty miners are enploved.
Ther eXpect to operate the Potomac C
small vein. using electric mining ma
chimes and haulage. and will increa Sc
the production 500 or 500 tons a day.
The w. J. Che pman Coal Company a
Barton. under the management of John
FrenZel. is shipping about 900 tons of
coal daily from the Swanton mines.
This is a four-foot vein and embra ces
several hundred acres in and around
H. NJ Datesman of Philadelphia has
opened new coal mine about a mile
and half from Confluence and has
about fifty men building tnples. sta
bles and other structures. He will be
shipping coal in a few weeks.
F. r. Anspach of Philadelphia. who
for number of years operated the
mine at Anspach and leased it to other
nartes about four wears ago, has re-
turned to run the mine again.
The Bullock Mining Company is con-
temnlating the reopening of it's mines
at Westernport in the near future.
New Companies Chartered.
Charters have been granted the fol-
lowing companies to operate in the
West Virginia coal fields: The Hart
land Colliery Company, Clay county:
fncorporators. John B. Hart Edward
Hart. W. S. Booth, Clarksburg; March
McB. Price. New York. and David
Price. Johnstown: the Rec Coal and
Coke Comnany of Huntington. incor-
norators. George S. Wallace. L. r.
Reese. J. W. Lawton. p. p. Gibson of
Huntington and F. NJ McClung of Ash
land. Ky.
The Hooking mine of the Rogers Coal
and Coke Company of New York stu
ated about mile north of Garrett has
resumed oDera rations with a large force
of men after having been closed since
last June. The mine employs large
number of men when running full ca :
pacity
County Delegation Organizes.
At the meeting of the newly elected
members of the house of delegates from
N
Thursday evening. Conrad J. Herpich,
who was elected to the house for a
fourth term, was chosen chairman of
the delegation James Campbell. late
deputy surveyor of the port of Ralti-
more. who served two terms in the
house. was also placed in nomination.
He received two votes to three cast
for Mr.. Herpich. Delegates elect
Samuel Brown and Thomas c. Fisher
standing by the latter. while De1aga O.
elect Arthur F. Smith favored Mr..
Campbell. Both Messrs. Campbell and
Smith are pledged to vote for the sub
mission of the prohibition amendment
Ends Fifty Years Service.
Peter Conroy of Eckhart. this county.
has resigned as engineer for the Cum
berland and Pennsylvania railroad after
fifty years of service. He entered the
1865, upon his return from Virginia
after having been discharged from the
Union army. He began as a fireman.
Cumberland Briefs.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. J. Pratt. Chase street,
were visitors to Washington over
Thanksgiving.
Miss Mary O'Reilley, Washington. is
hor Sic CT nj
ing.
The Misses Howser, who were guests
of Mrs. James r. Bell. have returned
to Washington.
George r. Beneman. Washington. is
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Bar
net Beneman.
Misses Helen and Louisa Henderson,
daughters of Judge Robert r. Hender-
Petersburg, Va.
L. Wellington has as his guest his
leans, La
j. PHILIP Roman. states attorney
elect gave a game dinner. at which Dr..
j. A. McCuaig, NJ. II. Cahill, division
superintendent of the baltimore ana
Ohio railroad: Judge Robert r. Hen
derson Thomas Footer. Roberdeau
Amman, Tasker G. Lowndes and William
w. Brown were guests.
Mrs j. William Wickand. this city,
! and her sister. Mrs. William J. Elder
dice, Baltimore, are visiting their
mother, Mrs Amanda Morgart. Win
chester, Va
Mrs. Walter S Harig and son are
visiting in Washington.
!. Blaine White. James M Conway,
George Louis Eppler, Conrad a. l..
Miller and William p. RiZer have re-
turned from Washington, where they
spent several days.
Mrs. Margaret NJ. Weld Meyersdale.
has gone to Washington to spend the
winter. Her son, Louis Weld, motored
to Washington to join her.
Miss Marie HolZshu. who is attending
Bristol School, Washington, visited her
mother Mrs. J. Henry Ho!zshu.
Mrs Eckhardt Beckman, f. c. Beck
man, Miss Rose Beckman and Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Huston, this city. were
visitors to Washington.
j. A. Craig was called to Amite City,
La by the death of his father
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Nichol and Mr.
and Mrs. II. Lybrand of Washington
motored to Brunswick. where they were
joined by Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Smith
and Miss Frances Smith, the party pro-
ceeding to Cumberland, where they
spent Thanksgiving with Mrs Smiths
mother, 300 Springdale street.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Muncaster en-
tertained with "a dinner in honor of Mr..
and Mrs Harry Dawson, Mrs. Somervill
Dawson and Mrs. Offutt of Rockville,
Md, and Mr.. and Mrs. Bert N. Garstin.
Harry Parr, auditor of the Green
Ridge orchids, has moved his family to
Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs Benjamin p. Bays. Pros
pect street, gave a dinner in honor of