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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1900
Page
1
Mabie Lumber empire fuels West Virginia industry
A detailed tour of McClure Mabie Lumber Co shows a vast operation in Randolph County West Virginia. Col Mabie and his son Clarence run a model five acre yard, a 75 thousand feet daily saw mill, and own the Mabie Middle Fork and Addison Railroad. The village of Mabie includes a park, cottages, a hotel, and a robust workforce with high wages and careful fire safety. The firm also operates a coal supply, mineral water wells, and a sizeable general store with systematic bookkeeping. The railroad line is expanding toward Middle Fork river, promising strong future traffic and wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabie
Randolph County
W. Va
Roaring Creek
Char
T Treme
Ged
Col. W. H
Mabie and Son
C. A. Mabie
Ph McClun
Mabie Lumber Company
Goard
Ito
Ithe
West Virginia
McClure
Mabie Lumber Yard
Mabie Lumber Comany
Seaboard
London
Liverpool
Antwerp
Cal. W. N. Mabie
McChire
Mabie Lumber Co
Randolph
West Cennsylvania
Jehu, Hunter
Tidiute
Allegheny River
Hunter
Pittsburg
Clarence A. Mabie
Yale College
McClure, Mabie Lumber Co
Col. Mabie
McClare, Mabie Lumber Co
John G. Stephenson
Alexender McClie
Stephenson
Arbuthnott, Stephenson & Co
Alexander McClure Co
W. H. Mabie
Alex. McClure
Mathiesaid
Coal line contract awarded to link Century Coal lands
Wade Sloan & Co of Baltimore win the contract to build about 54 miles of Point Pleasant Buckhannon River Tygarts Valley line and about 44 miles to reach the Century Coal Company fields in Barbour Upshur and Harrison counties. The Burnersville branch will connect with the Baltimore and Ohio system. Century Coal Company directors include Alexander Shaw Gen John Gill Michiel Jenkins Nelson Perin John K Shaw Simon Rosenburg J F Hanson. John K Shaw serves as president and William Db Cooney as secretary and treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Century Coal Company
West Virginia
Tirafton and Belington Division
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Wade, Sloan & Co
Baltimore
Point Pleasant
Buckhannon River
Tygarts
Burnersville
Baltimore Corporation
Barbour
Upshur
Harrison
Alexander Shaw
Gen
John Gill
Michiel Jenkins
Nelson Perin
John K. Shaw
Simon Rosenburg
Baltimere
J. F. Hanson
Moston
John Kk. Shaw
William
Cooney
Cannot Grant Exclusive Franchise Opens Supreme Court Ruling
Saturday judge Brannon ruled the Chirksburg Electric Light Company case that a municipality cannot grant exclusive privileges. The Clarkesburg Electric Light Co had sought to block Annex Company from supplying light to local venues after an injunction. The decision affects favored franchises and follows from an appeal after a circuit court dissolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brannon
Chirksburg Electric Light Company
State Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Harrison County
Clarksburg Electric Light Co
Traders’ Annex Company
Tha
Cereuit Court
Supreme Court
Easter Services and Tax Reminder from City Collector
The morning worship offers Special Faster music and a sermon titled Resurrection or Ruin. Evening events include Easter Dawn by the Sunday school. Tax notices urge prompt payment of all taxes, especially real estate, by June 1. See mayor's office each Tuesday. City Collector Joan CnexowEtH.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tate
Joan Cnexoweth
Circuit Court Opens with Short Term Anticipated
The April term of the circuit court opened with Judi Holt presiding. A jury was called and sworn, but after reviewing the docket several state cases were dismissed and the petit jury discharged. Only chancery business remains for the term. The court building shows extensive interior improvements, with new carpet, matting, and platform installations benefiting jurors and witnesses. The county court receives credit for these upgrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petit Jury
Circuit Court
Judi Holt
Antee
M. F. Cather
J. B. Newton
L. Reese
L. E. Ward
Dr. Alex. Leeds
J. B. Cather
N. Burke
J. Friedman
S. E. Garlow
James W. Lambert
Henry Thurman Lone Teens
CAPT HOOVER DIES IN WASHINGTON HOTEL PROPRIETOR
Capt George Hoover 77, longtime Grafton Hotel owner and former B and O railroad conductor, died in Washington after illness. He had run hotels for the line for decades and was highly popular. Burial occurred in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hoover
Grafton
Mr. Hoover
Washington
Capt. Hoover
Tie
Legion
Cannon Used To Wreck Disorderly House At Clarksburg
A masked party in Clarksburg entered the park near the B and O depot between 2 and 3 am on Wednesday and used a cannon from Manila presented to the town to fire on Madam Dowd s house of ill fame. Eight to ten inmates escaped unharmed. the blast damaged the premises and the cannon was taken back. No identifications yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
Manila
Dewey
Madam Dowd
Madame Dowd
Another Victim of the Rail in Cumberland Yard
Samuel Shorts of Cumberland Maryland, a third division brakeman, was fatally injured early Thursday at the east end of the Grafton yard. He suffered one leg amputated and extensive injuries after a train passed over him while he sat on the track. Doctors Vankirk Thayer and Ellis treated him, but he remained in precarious condition. A stray ad note asks about white back pack material at Blaney’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Yard
Samuel Shorts
Cumberland
Shorts
Dre. Vankirk
Thayer
Ellis
Grafton Bank of Grafton W Va Statement April 10 1900
Statement of the condition of the Grafton Bank at close of business April 10 1900. Open two years six months. Resources and liabilities show Bills receivable 191519.25, Furniture and fixtures 312.02, Cash on hand 17071.24, Due from banks 112269.20, Total deposits 262797.34, Bank deposits 18203.21, Undivided profits 37, Capital stock 8, Cashier R Durbin signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liamletnes
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. R
McClure, Mabie Lumber Company
Mabie, Middle Fork and
Addison Railroad
Colonel Mabie
the McClure, Mabie Lumber
Motery
Ferncliff
Priit
Siiroad
Owentias
Sentinel
Porncliff
Philadelphia
Ferncliff Cottage
W.H. Masie
G Coal Development
Constructio
Palm Sunday
Pal
Christ
Jerusalem
St. Augustine's
M. P
Hoover
Grafton House
Blaney
Grafton Bank, OF
R. Durbin
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