The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-07
TO BEGIN IMPROVEMENTS
in CRELLIN TOWN LIMITS
Stanley Coal Company Back of
Move to Build Road, Boat
houses, Town Hall, Etc.

Buildings and improvements for the
benefit of the townspeople of Crellin
and vicinity are now being made by
the Stanley Coal company, under the
direction of Charles W. Ream, presi-
dent, and if present plans are carried
out, within year or two, there will
be town hall, lighthouses, motor
boats, rifle ranges, and plenty of
beautiful parks and drives around the
town.
The old Kendall lumber mill is now
being torn away and when the de-
struction has been completed, work
ers will start Immediately to carry
out the plans of the company, Mr..
Ream said. At the present time there
is shooting gallery in the act of
completion which is "T" shaped
building 16 by SO feet in one depart
ment and 20 by 26 in the other. Tar
gets are to be fixed SO that they can
be drawn back and forth by wheels.
The position of the targets will be
free to move when anyone desires a
shorter range. The Youghiogheny
Rife and Revolver association, COM
posed of 25 members of the Stanley
Coal company, are completing this
building at their own expense which
will opproyir,o+o cE00
Building Road.
An improved road from P. X. Ad-
ans garage on the State road to the
North end of Crellin limits will be
finished in about three weeks, Mr.
Ream pointed out. The county and
coal company are bearing the expense
of this road jointly, and the county
now has men at work breaking stone
on the unfinished portion Of the road.
1t has already been completed as far
as the railroad crossing by the office
of the company. There will also be
another road built which will start
for the same Immediately on the
west end of the bridge crossing the
Youghiogheny River on the State
road and running along the river bank
to the South end of Ream's grove,
connecting with the newly built road
near the old mill, thus completing a
circular driveway around the grove.
The grove will remain to be used for
pienics, ETC., as before.
Near the baseball diamond on the
west side of the new road, there is to
be town hall 40 by SO feet. The
lumber is already cut for this build
ing, the construction of which will
begin shortly, according to Mr.. Ream.
To Have Boating.
The ground upon which the Kendall
Lumber mill now stands will be grad
ed and sewed in grass, and at the wat
er's edge near the mill, lighthouses
will be erected. The dam at this point
backs water for more than four miles
and is over fifteen feet deep in places.
making it quite easy for motor boat
traffic to go the entire length of the
stretch of the lake.
Outside Rifle Range.
On the east side of the dam there
will be an outside rifle range estab-
lished, which will permit firing for
distance of over 200 yards. The
targets will be so placed so that bull
lets will enter high bank at the turn
of the river below the dam.
GAIL this cannot be done in a day.
Mr.. Ream warned, "but it is all COM
ing in less than three years. Most Of
these improvements are being started
this year and will continue until COM
pleted. We have just purchased a
new $50 X. w. Ridgeway generator
set and two $50 h. p. Erie boilers for
use at the mines which will double the
present capacity. The improvements
that are planned will affect approx
mately 120 families, most of whom
live in Crellin."
Automobile Overturned Near