The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-03-25
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from the Pittsburg Commercially
Tnoliccd In tho New York Tribune. OF
February 2sd. brief article calling The
OlIen,on of emigrants and coal men TO-
West Virginia, Mr. Greedy Is CONSTANT
" urging the supcrsbundant population
Of the Eastern ciles, towns and rural
Districts 10 migrate 10 The West, and
thousands now thank bin for his ad.
vice, which took them TO new homes.
where they have quickly attained not ous
! ly competence. but many of then,
wealth. Ho has dircclol attention mainly
to the fertile lands of Iowo, Missouri:
EauAs and olbcrs Of the Wesieu States
uaa Territories, ThoEticlo referred 10
above, sets forth strongly some OF tho
advantages Of West Virginia. n
! have often wondered that more als
lenlou has not been directed TO this
Oew and inviting Stale. lis location 10
tho very center Of the Union aud popu--
lalion, makes It peculiarly attractive 10
those especially, who arc nvorsc TO pio,
neJ lfa, A large portion Of The lands
arc rich and proiuciee. The bottom
lands orlhosivr end creeks are un-
supposed in fertility, while tho table.
lands, much Of which are covered With
valuable timber are also very fertile.
and adapted to the production Of most
kinds Of grain and fruits of esery kind,
while large portions are peculiarly suit.
ed TO grape growing aud sheep aud stock
raising.
haycrscenfly been through much OF
tho State. and found that The large non.
resident laudholdcrs were dividing their
lands and offering them for salo in farms
10 suit purchasers, and was surprised
10 find that on many OF these farms ihere
we're cabins more or less comfortable,
and land cleared and in cultivation, va
ryingiin quantity from few acres up to-
twenty, City and even more acres. thus
furnishing purchasers homo at once,
But 10 mo the greatest and most Of,
traciive feature Of the country 10 iisvnsl
mineral resources. especially in coal and
iron, The coalis Of the very best qual-
ily, large deposits Off. being camel, and.
tho veins orunusaal thickness, varying
from three 10 fourteen feel, and most oft
near nayisOblo streams. The Great Ka.
nawha is navigable (or-slcamers oil llo
year. foLa distance Of some eighty miles
from lis junction with the 0hioaL Point =
splaasnnil i,illI- Z loe-t. y ~, ~ =.
taken dosn his liver md Forwarded 10
Cincinnati and other markets, when tho f
Ohio will not poFmit shipping from
PiusbUrg Willy entcrprisiHg men. eyop
with moderate capital, do not embark IL I,
the coal business on this river is surpri-' /.
sing. anil can only be accounted for on
the ground lba. they have never exomt
incl the Odvonlcges here held out
Coal lands on The Great Kanawha and
its tributaries, equal in quality 10 any
near Pltsburg. can bO bought for one
quor,er, and understand in many caSes
Tor even oue-lenlh the sum asked for
Pittsburgh, coal lands while tho great
markets are some ttco hundred miles near
Gr, and the navigation much more relia-
ble.
The Chesapeake anl Ohio RNiFoud.
which is . continuation Of the Virginia
Central Re road, beginning at tide water
below Richmond and terminating al the
mouth oilh Big Sondy, distance oI
four hpnlrel and twenty miles and cross
sing the whole Of West Virginin. will
soon be completed. This being the
nearestand the best route as TO grades
and Curya,urss, from all tho great CEN
tsrs Of trade in the west, must bo NE
gradt Moro@aglfne Of the country, and
will odd vastly to the wealth Of tho new
State, The most acceptable and valua
bic coal lands. and tho largest and mos
desirable body OF foning lands which ]
saw in my travels through the State
we're in POtnom county, thirty or forty
miles from the Ohio, and on the grsa'
KlneWha. Here learned TIA, soma
four or FIVE thousand acres Of superior
coal land aud soma feycny Eve tbopsani
acres Of farming lands had been cateful
ly surveyed. divided ant mapped 10 par
cells and farms Of convenient size.
noticed few days since an item in th"
Pittsburgh Dispateh that there would b..
a large emigration lhisspring from Pitt
burgh to Virginia, Kentucky and Goor
gia. II cmigrants anl coal men wiz
TAX, ms advice they will visit thegtet's
KiuawhA Valley before deciding as Ia
their ultimate destination, and II they d
they will probably look no Iurlher,
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