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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1882
Page
3
Local column reports various Warren happenings including oil town notes, new hotels planned on Liberty and Second, water works expansion, the Warren Oil Exchange nearing launch, and community items such as the Canoe Club, street improvements, and police counts. The piece reflects mid 1880s town affairs and seasonal observations with brief commentary.
On and after Monday July 24 banks will open at 9:00 a.m. and close at 3:00 p.m. This change is announced by M. Beecher, cashier of the First National Bank of Warren, and A. J. Hazeltine, cashier of Warren Savings Bank.
The Tombstone Epitaph notes steady activity at the Grand Central Mine with a 230 foot crosscut and progressing drifts at 400 500 and 600 levels. Daily shipping reaches 90 tons of ore while bullion may lag. a four piece Grand Central exhibit for the Denver Exposition was moved to the commissioner’s office, including two newly mined pieces with high valued assays of silver and gold.
Col Watson returns to Washington. Miss Lizzie Guthrie visits family in town. Mrs G P Orr and Edith rusticate in Jamestown. Mrs Newkirk of Sandy Lake visits father C W Smith. Judge Taylor of Franklin courted in Warren. E W Mudge of Spring Creek praises Republican ties. Judge Scofield and Mrs Scofield visit Chautauqua. Mrs Stranahan visits Nellie in Williamsport. Mrs Ramage and daughter Florence visit Mr Hull’s in Warren. Dr Stranahan’s assistant Dr A H Southwick arrives. Lt F W Miller promotes Life and Accident polices. Dr G C McDermott arrives from Cincinnati. Rev Clearfield Park preaches at Presbyterian Church. Rev S M Davis expected. A G Beecher canvasses Appleton Cyclopaedia. Judge O S Deming visits. once Kentucky teacher and Republican. N G Harkins secures Light Running Domestic Sewing Machine agency. N G Harkins sells machines from Roscoe Hall. L R Freeman rents Scofield law office in Warren. Freeman family to move. bar loses a diligent member drawn to Cherry Grove in unsettled times.
The Warren Pipe Line vacated its Beatty block office last week and moved into Judge Wetmore's brick downtown residence, formerly Mrs. Kent's. The reconditioned house has new shingles paint and orders. the lower floor features lino ole um oil cloth and the old parlor serves as the general office with desks and a safe. Private offices occupy the former sitting bed room and dining room, and telegraph work fills the back room. upstairs bedrooms are newly carpeted and well furnished. Officials lodge there and eat elsewhere, making a solid base for their large business.
Western Union vacated its office beside Warren Savings Bank and moved to the Oil Exchange above the Carver House, with the American Rapid Telegraph Company taking over days earlier. The new quarters offer ample space for traders, with J. K. Simpson managing Western Union and F. Osborne leading American Rapid. Osborne delivers twenty words for the same or lower rates than Western Union’s ten.
The Chautauqua season began in drizzle on Saturday July 8 with an address by Dr. J. H. Vincent. He has led the assembly for nine seasons and notes the growth from a summer school in the woods to a small town with 126 acres, 500 cottages, and total improvements valued around 700000 dollars.
Morck Bros advertise Diamond setting Engraving and gold smithing across all branches. Morck Bros receive Aneroid Barometers and stock a line of imported and domestic goods. Wells toothpaste and Razors Knives forks and spoons featured. Spectacles and eye glasses sold at Morck Bros with Johnson & Siegfrids HAL variety.
The town reports several new oil wells starting to spout this week and about six more awaiting completion, signaling a robust drilling push and growing production potential.
In Cherry Grove field seventeen wells finished with a daily output of 21 600 barrels. The report lists multiple oil companies and well numbers as production shifts with new wells opening. The text notes day to day changes and a trend toward pool drawing among nearby thick wells.
Oil inquiry records detail the Shaw and Green well eight years old near Wild Cat creek. Conductor top at 1,746 feet, multiple sands show varying thickness with no oil below the fifth sand. final casing and machinery removed for river well, later cased and torpedoed without success, gas present but no tubing.
The report tracks the Mystery on 646 oil production averaging over 1,000 barrels daily in June and plans for Cherry Grove and nearby fields. It notes Vandergrift City and Tough City as new oil towns, calls for possible future production, and mentions public interest, drilling activity, derrick heights, and industry speculation alongside local business ads and a crime note about Archie Johnson.
In county news Garfield water sells at 50 cents a barrel as wildcatters push new ventures. Parker City Savings Bank failed with liabilities of 100000 and assets of 50000, hurting hundreds of depositors and crippling a glass company. Locals eye a Chautauqua like season at Conneaut Lake Meadville. An Olean court case accuses lawyers of a conspiracy over case referrals. George Amadon died after a fall at Garfield while building a store. inquest held and remains sent to Red House New York.
The Foxburg to Kane narrow gauge railroad now employs 500 workers with 25 miles remaining and aims to have cars running in sixty days. Trains reach Frosts Mills and soon will link with Horton Crary to access Sheffield and the Cherry Grove oil field. New lines chartered include Bradford Tiona Garfield Tionesta and Tionesta Clarion. The B T W line will run from a point between Marshtown and Andersons to Tiona, twelve miles. the G T road from Garfield to Tionesta village, twenty eight miles. and the T C line from Eagle Rock to Fairmount through Clarion Forest and Venango counties, fifty miles. An inquest into George Cummings’s death at Stoneham’s second crossing returns accidental death. The B P W railroad operates Mayville to the Chautauqua grounds with two side-observation cars built for the extension. The New York Chicago St. Louis line between Buffalo and Chicago opens around Sept 1, with 468 of 511 miles railed. A second Farnsworth locomotive arrives for the Warren Farnsworth Valley RR, with three more ordered.
The 1881 rail boom saw 9,358 miles built, a record, total operative mileage reach 104,813, and construction costs around 233.75 million dollars. Total year spending neared 400 million, with 1.6 million people employed in rail work, and earnings about 725.3 million dollars, up from 1880.
Butter sells for 20 to 22 cents a pound as building expands. W A Cobb moves into a new West Main home while the Harmon block nears completion with Wheelock & Son tin roof and Matheson carpenter work. Residents report houses in progress, farms and families visiting Chautauqua and Allegheny springs.
A heavy freight surge brings many tank builders to the area as overland routes to Garfield expand. The town reports rising prices, scarce help, and mixed crop prospects with apples and pears promising. Community notices note alumni meeting, visitors, and local improvements amid a July 1882 backdrop.
The 83d Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers reunion will be in Warren on Tuesday September 12 1882 inviting all veterans and sailors of Warren County and inviting members of the 44th New York Vols. Several local veterans are named and a cordial welcome is promised. The notice also mentions a Sixteenth regiment election in Corry and a National Guard picnic in Philadelphia October 27. Other local ads promote school handbooks clothing paints bread and shoes from Warren merchants.
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