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!
Ligonier Echo
Wednesday, September 5, 1888
A Big Job
Messrs. Booth & Flynn, of Pittsburgh, put a force of men at work last Tuesday to make an excavation for an immense ice-pond at Bell's Station, a mile below town, on the creek. They intend to dig out enough to make a pond 30 acres in extent. They have an ice house there with a capacity of 150,000 tons, and another here in town with a capacity of 75,000 tons. Besides these, they have an extensive blue-stone quarry at Long Bridge, on the L.V.R.R. and one on the P.R.R., near the Packsaddle. In excavating for this ice-pond they expect to employ 50 men and 25 teams, and will distribute a large amount of money in wages in this neighborhood.
Since writing the above we have learned that it is a stock company, known as the Ligonier Valley Ice Company, that is doing this work. The charter for the company was granted by the State Department last Friday, its capital being $250,000. The shareholders are Wm. Flinn, James J. Booth, Ira DeWitt, R. L. McCance, Joseph Brown and Geo. W. Rowley, all of Pittsburg. They already have about 70 men and 30 teams at work on the ice-pond.