Ligonier Valley Rail Road Newspaper Articles
We have compiled over 1,400 newspaper articles that mention the Ligonier Valley Railroad, or related subjects. The articles were originally published starting in 1873 and our collection runs through 1995. Enjoy!
Latrobe Advance
Wednesday, May 10, 1899
Ligonier's Lumber Lookout
A Prospective Industry Being Properly Encouraged
The citizens of the ancient, but none the less healthful and beautiful town of Ligonier are wrought up to a high pitch of excitement over the prospective establishment of large lumber mills in the immediate vicinity of the town. Several enthusiastic meetings have been held, the usual committees appointed and routine work done. The gentlemen at the head of the enterprise are Capt. Byers, of Williamsport, Pa., and L. H. Allen, of Buffalo, N.Y. These gentlemen have spent quite a lot of time prospecting in Laurel Hill, and locating the best route from Ligonier to the timber tract. It will be necessary for them to
construct a line of railroad not less than 14 miles in length. It has been definitely settled to run this line up Lynn's run, past Mechanicsburg to the timber which they own in the mountains. This railroad will take the logs to the mill, which will be located on the farm of D. R. Marker, a short distance east of Ligonier. Here it will be worked into marketable shape.
The dimensions of the mill will be 60 feet wide by 300 feet long, and when operated
full will employ 60 men, and have a capacity of about 100,000 feet a day. Probably 40 more hands will be employed in the forests, getting out the timber for shipment. The employment of 100 or more men will be quite a help to Ligonier, which, hitherto, has depended solely on agriculture and the fertility of the Ligonier valley for its prosperity. We trust the enterprise may go through, and that all connected with it may win success.