The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-12-29
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We make the following extract from
a letter, which we find in the Cincinnati
Commercial of the 9th, from CORE.
spondent in Tucker county West Vir.
ginia:
The party just elevated TO power, no
doubt, will encourage immigration TO
our new State, and there is no doub,
but that persons seeking new homes
can do as well if not better by purchas.
ing lands in this State than any of the
new States. The State will now enter
upon a rapid course of development.
The building of the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad will open pail the South
western portion Of the State. The road
will soon be in operation. The Balti-
more and Ohio railroad runs through
the State on its Eastern side, its entire
length, beginning at Harper's Ferry and
ending at Wheeling and Parkersburg.
The contemplated Washington and
Ohio railroad will run through the CEN
tire Of the State, opening up the richest
portion thereof. This road has been
surveyed this summer, or rather the sur
vey was completed this summer, and
it is found that the actual dis.
lance between Washington City and the
Ohio is fourteen and a half miles shorter
than was estimated, and this road will
reach Cincinnati one hundred miles
shorter than by any road row arl. o.
projected, The distance from Wash
ngton to Ohio is 3254, on grade not
exceeding tifty-two feet elevation to the
mile. The Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road is one hundred and sixteen ami
one-half feet TO the mile. The advan-
tages OF this new road over the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad in point of
grade and distance, as well as the char
acter of the country it will pass through,
will insure its completion. Capital will
seek the investment, and the road will
be completed at an early day. / am
reliably informed from Washington
that a few Northern capitalists have
already taken up $9,500,000 of the
bonds Of this road and that there will
be no difficulty in disposing of the rest
There are thousands of acres of as
good land in this State as can be found
in any other new State, entirely unpro
ductive to-day, simply for the want Of
population sufficient to work it, There
are large tracts along the line Of the
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are now either not used at all or only
for the purpose of grazing cattle upon.
This section of the State aboundS in
land timbered with the best to be found
in the country, and large portion of it
richly underlaid with coal and iron ore
The best portion of the Allegheny coal
fields lie in this State. When this road
is finished, it will open up to agricultu-
ralists good land at cheap rates, good
climate and cheap communication with
the best markets in the country. There
can be no doubt, | think, if the matter
were fairly considered in all its
bearings, that those seeking invest
ments and new homes would soon dis
cover that it is much more to
their advantage to establish themselves
in West Virginia than in the remoter
States of the West. Here they would
find genial climate, soil naturally
fertile and easily renovated, settled
society in most all sections OF the State,
good schools in all the counties, churches
of every denomination, good woods in
most OF the counties, and in few years
there will be unusual facilities for
reaching market by rail. On the other
hand the choicest and most available
lands at the West are now owned either
by spectators or by railroad corpora
tons under grants from Congress, and
are held at much higher rates than such
land can be bought for in this State
The cost of raising crop in the West
will be as much as in this State, whilst
the net price which the farmer re.
ceives for his products is less
than one-half OF what they would
bring in the East. We look forward
now to our State taking front rank in
the Union. All she wants TO enable her
to do 80 Is gOOd laws ana plenty OF
people with money to develop her i'm
mense mineral and agricultural re-
sources. We all want to see men and
capital come into our State, and we
will all give the right hand of fellow
ship.
We look to your city to aid our new
road the Washington and Ohio 1t
will be Of great advantage to you as
well a. to us. A road that will bring
your city one hundred miles nearer the
national Capital would be big thing
to YOU and the people Of your State.
Hoping that YOU may see enough in
this to justify its insertion in your pa
per, | am, respectfully, &c,
WEST VIRGINIA.