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Railroad at the east end of Weston. This plant, which was 

 first established as the Monarch Tile Works, according to one 

 of the workmen, now makes cement posts, pillar blocks, and 

 all kinds of cement blocks. Buckhannon River sand from 

 Silica, W. Va., is used in connection with limestone screenings 

 for the aggregate material. The plant does not run all the 

 time and is a small concern, only two men being employed 

 when visited (June 30, 1914). 



The Bennett and Garrett Stone Quarry, located at the 

 mouth of Stonecoal Creek, will be described in Chapter VII, 

 under the description of the Lower Connellsville Sandstone. 



Jane Lew. 



Jane Lew, the second town of Lewis County, is situated 

 at the point where the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad crosses 

 Hackers Creek, being in the most of what is perhaps the rich- 

 est agricultural and stock grazing region of the State. Its 

 name is derived jointly from that of Lewis Maxwell and Jane 

 Maxwell, his wife, early settlers of the community. Besides 

 being the supply point for a large farming community, Jane 

 Lew is surrounded with numerous producing gas wells that 

 add largely to its prosperity. It was incorporated as a town in 

 1907. with a population, in 1910, of 327, according to the U. S. 

 Census returns, but its growth has been rapid, and Burkett 

 Hall, Mayor, estimates the population in 1914 at 400 to 500 

 persons. 



The Jane Lew Brick and Drain Tile Works will be fully 

 described in Chapter XII under the subject of "Clay". 



Villages. 



There are numerous unincorporated villages situated 

 throughout Lewis County, of which the following list gives 

 the principal ones with their populations, most of which are by 

 actual count made in the presence of the writer : 



