Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-03
WINCHESTER AND WESTERN;
new RAILWAY COMING
Plans isclnE Made for Industrial Enter
prisc-hich Mineral Lands to lie
Developed Immediately.

WINCHESTER. VA. December .
Since work was begun recently OH the
construction OF the new Winchester
and western Railway from this city
westward to WardcnSrille, Hardy
County. W, Va. plans have been made
for general development of the re-
sources Of the counties through which
the road will rum and il was stated
to-day by AN official of the company
that number Of spurs will be built
from the main line OF the road. so that
various Industries can be served 1t
IL also likely an extension will be built
from Wardcnsvillc into the great for
csts Of the western part of Hardy and
Grant and PcndlctOn Counties OF West
Virginia. The building OF the new
road was undertaken recently by the
Lost city Lumber Company. of which
William Ii. c0rnwell. the Romney law
yer. is president. and another concern
largely interested and which owns "a
iarE" block Of tn. stock is the Mary
land Mining and Fruit Company. which
has about 10000 acres of land in Fred
cri"k County. Va. and Hardy and
Hampshire Counties. in West Virginia.
ihcy have been buying land. piece by
piece. Tor the past ten years.
The old tapon iron Works which
have been idle for Il long time. were
recently rcopcncd aud large quantities
"l Iron-orc are now being gotten out.
RMS property is owned by Maryland.
West Virginia and Washington capt
ta'istS. headed by Arthur L. Maass. Of
baltimore. IL is tn" intention Of the
new company TO build Il branch l,nc
To the tapon works
II ~ also planned TO make extern
siNe improvements To the tracks Of
the Baltimore and ohio Railroad i'm
the vicinity OF Winchester. as the new
road viii enter this city over that line
connecting in the southern suburbs
near th.. large plant Of ihn nII
m!nI"n Paper Company. Practirallv
all IN" iron-ore. manganese and lime
stone VIII be shipped to the great stcc!
plant at Sparrow's Point. near Bait
more. and for This purpose heavier
tracks and much larger locomotives
VIII he required. This section il is
stated. is nearer the Sparrow'S Point
steel works than amy other part Of
~" country shipping raw material to
that place
The Maryland Mining and Fruit Com
pany was organized in November 1872
under the West Virginia laws |, has
an authorized capital OF 100000. of
which $4,000 has been sold and pa id
t"r. George G. Snyder, OF iiagcrstown.
Md. Is president. aud the directors are
wealthy men OF Virginia. Wes, Virginia.
MARYLAND and Pennsylvania Mining
engineers estimate that the con,pany's
properties in this section ar" worth at
present not less than $1,000. 900 Geo
i"rISis and engineers cstirnat. that
'h"r" tS an almost unlimited supply az
iron-"r" and minerals on the property
ln addition to shipping ore to tn" spar
row Point works il Is stated Their"
- "'S" - large aluminium plant being
huilt in Baltimore that will need ,l..
N'nd 81 clay found in great quantities
on this property. Professor = l. Powell
""ulogisi Of salem, Va states that ,h.,
maryland company has AT least - sSi
tons az good irnn-orc per acr. i'm
much ni tn" land owucd by it. The
or" ar1!TZ"S from 81 TO 50 pcr con,
metallic iron, and the manganese from
80 10 % per cent, which is hirh ,,u;liry
inc briStan"A. on glass SAND, ON these
properties Is in large bodies. and ct
many places very pure, running ,s hil:h
"S 80 I'"' "cnt silica. Al some places
ON Tn" property lodges. or clins of this.
S'hd appear Tn Il pcrr"ndicular position
"nS"h"r" from 100 10 500 feet high
and several miles long This can .,siI,
%" mined. and * useful Tor making
glass and concr"t" and many o,hcr
purposes clay for ir"brick, thing and
rr"rkcrE is found ia abundance The
haoIln LAY, which has been found in
great Quantities In hampshire County.
- declared by experts To be as good
aS any in tho world. and is used in
making all kinds Of chinawar. and
rF"ckcry as well as talcuu powder and
even med cincs.
~" property also contains high
grad" limestone, quartz. 0uartZitc cal
cite, about % 900 600 feet OF fine tim
Dor. number Of farms and many beau
titul mineral water springs Canon
river n""S through the property, and
IL IL the intention to dam the river
~ one or more points and erect cl"c-
lrl'-p"W"T stations Tho MARYLAND Min
INK hnd Fruit Company has recently
acquired IN" 'cpsiy property on the
.nn'hW"Ht corner of Third and g streets
N"rthNHst, Washington, valued at $40
n'". ana Il business and apartment
nous" ~ and Second street South
west. valued at 10000
In" Winchester aud Western Rail
way VII! open I" the large markets Of
the East section that has been sock.
inS an outlet 10 tho commercial world
i"r many years. and viii carry val
!abl" products TO manufacturers OF all
lines.