The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-08

the Capltai invested.
Sd. And finally, Pittsburgh could
make a good investment by building
the entire line, because she would al
most monopolize the the trade alluded
to; and, as at first remarked, be-
cause it will be to her commercial in
teresl.
Il. HARRoD BELL.
FLATwoop, EYErrE Co. Pa, |
.s March ~, 1868. 81
To the Editor cfthe Pitts. Commercial
/ see in your paper ef March Fl, a
letter from G. w. Daugherty, showing
up to the inhabitants Of Western
Pennsylvania the utility and great ad-
vantage Especially to the city Of Pitts
burg) ola direct communication con-
Meeting the North and South by means
Of a railroad leading from Pittsburg
to Newbern, located on the Virginia
and tennessee Railroad, in Pulaski
county, Virginia. Mr.. Daugherty is
correct when he says the prospect is
sufficiently hattering to enlist not only
the money of the capitalists, but the
enterprise of the manufacturers of
Pittsburgh, and | will add all Western
Pennsylvania. There is no difficulty
in this route. 1t has natural grade
to Paramount along the Monongahela
river, passing the fourishing towns of
Monongahcla City, Brownsville, Nor
gantown, &c. thence natural grade
ofthe Tigarts Valley riverto the Mingo
Flats in Randolph county, passing
Pruntytown, Phillippi, Beverly, and
Huttonsville; thence, over a table
land of five miles to Gatewood's Big
Spring then water grade of fifteen
or twenty miles then crossing another
table land from three to five miles to
Stony creek, a tributary Of Greenbrier,
passing on the route Huntersville,
Millpoint, Frankfort, White Sulphur
Spring, and Lewisburg. to Palestine;
leaving the Greenbrier river, cutting
across a corner of Monroe county,
tapping the New river at or near
Packs Ferry; passing on the route
Union, Rocky Point, Grey Sulphur
Spring, and Ccnterville; thence up
New river, passing the Salt-works and
Plaster Banks, to Newbern.
So far as tunnelling, cutting and
filling is concerned it would be an easy
undertaking, when compared with
the leveling of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad or the Pennsylvania Central,
simply because there are comparatively
no mountains or table-lands to cross.
All that is necessary for me to say
about the richness and fertility of the
country through which the proposed
road would pass is that the entire route
from Beverly, in Randolph county, to
Newbern, in Pulaski county, is the
best of Limestone land, save here and
there narrow belt of trecstonc. Even
the mountains ON the East and West
ofthe proposed track have the limestone
to near their summit, blue grass being
the natural grass ofthe country.
1t would be unnecessary for me to
stop here to recount the vast amount
of minerals and agricultural produc-
tions of Monongalia, Marion, Taylor
and Barbour counties, that would natu-
rally flow to the city of Pittsburgh
Passing on to Randolph county, the
road would naturally follow the base Of
the Cheat Mountain, said mountain
being from three to four miles to its
summit, thctopof which is scomparativt
ly ylevcl, and from ten to fifteen mile;
broad. This is dcnscly covered with
: yew pine, which seldom fails to attract
and remind the traveller of the cedar:
of Lebanon, far excelling any forest
ever saw for lumber and shingles
} equalling if not surprising even thu
best yellow pine. The length of thi'
forest | am unable to determine, but
think l would be safe in saying fifty
, miles, through which the Cheat rive
r flows its dark and colored waters
, susceptible of driving any amount o
machinery. The forest is at once
| accessible, having the graded pike from
t Parkersburg to Stanton passing through
E it. ''~
, Passing thence up the Tigart'sVal
ley river, twenty miles brings us t.
the Mingo Flats. We then come t.
another forest, Through which the roa'
5 would pass for thirty miles covered
e with black walnut, wild cherry, yellow
: poplar, white ash and yellow linn
t growing in a rich limestone soil
: Then comes in the beautiful Greenbri
o or levels sixty miles in length, owe
n which the cattle roam and Craze (an'
: I will here say, they are upsarpasse'
s by Bourbon county Kentucky) Fin
It horses and mules were also raised ther'
!, in abundance, but during the wa
n they we're either killed or approprla
d ted.r As grain growing country 1t !
n unsurpassed by any portion OF tn
: South. But it is unnecessary to raIs
t more than will meet home consumT
It ton for the want of internal improve
Il ment. They are compelled to rails
something capable of transporting it;
n self to market on its own legs. !
is this vicinity is located the renowne
h White Sulphur Springs, the Blue SUI
) phur, the Gray Sulphur, the Gree
st sulphur, the Sweet and the Old Swe'
.e Sulphur, the healing, the hot, I'll
q warm and the alum springs. The:
,ee springs possess q medical power