The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-02-19
The One Thing Needful.

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About the best piece Of work, inapractl
cal way, though, a small one, that has becn
done at the present session of the Legis'
lature was donc yesterday. Rev. DAVE
n. Conner, who has devoted some weeks
to It's preparation, has written a pamphlet
Of, some, 20 pages, embodying q great deal
Of practical and valuable information con
Cernlng the inducements offered by Wesl
Virginia 70 the people of other States
seeking homes. Mr.. CoYNER deals with
nearly all tho counties in detail, exhibit
ing the factsiin regard TO the soil, climate
timber, minerals, water:powcr, and espe'
cially the remarkable adaptabiIlty Of OH
State to fruit growing and dairy purposes
He has found that these two latter arC
among among the most Indispensable wants ol
the New Engianders. They will not 60
10 4. ag.eohntry that B not adapted to fruit
and grass, and West Virginia is admira.
bly, adapted-hr better than any part Ol
New England both, He has also enl'
bodied q mass of information 0s to the
counties and localities where lands ore In
the market, 50 that when his pamphlet i
placed in the hands Of q New England
man he has Just thckInd Of Information
he needs to interest him in turning his at
tcntion in this direction. ~ -
Coy. STEVENSON, within few months
past has received hundreds Of letters ma
king inquiries touching the subjects treat!
ed by Mr.. CoYNER. We learn that the
officers ut the county towns throughout
the State also receive many such inqui-
ries. We have several letters before us
now, addressed to the Governor. One IS
from GEo. II. BARTLETT, Bristol, VT, ask
ing information in regard to the induce
ments offered by West Virginia 10 farmers
and mechanics. He Is himsGlfla large
manufacturer of wood work. Another Is
from RuD. LEoNuART at Beaver, Pa,
who wants similar information for the ben!
eft Of colony about making up. An:
other Is from E. K. SHERWOOD, WyO-
niug, New York, where land is very high,
from $75 to $3.50 per acre. Hc hears
West Virginia is good country and wants
10 know about It, IIewauts good cheap
land, with valleys, good timber, and
springs for cheese, and butter; goodyal.
ieys for meadows; good pustgagc for
sheep and for stock" If he comes, lie
says there will DO more to follow, and
they will bring their wives and families.
Hc asks, "Can you let us have improved
lands, and 1T how much per acre! Can
We get small farms, say 25 or 30 acres"
He says IL they coNtlpGF they would want TO
bring thorough bred stock. with them;
aslss five have any cheese: factories, (alas,
that with the finest grass in tho Union,
there is not one in the statc) These arc
samples Of inquiries constantlyaaddrcssed
to GOV. STEVENSON, and In such numbers,
and asking such n variety Of information,
that II Is impossible for him TO answer
Sny considerable number or Them. Mr..
CoYSERs pamphlet will make 1t easy to
answer aIl inquiries Of this character; and
II cannot be doubted for moment that
great good to the State will result from
It's circulation, Tho document was exam
iled by members of the Legislature, and
the order for its publication by the State,
by the almost unanimous vote Of the two
Houses, gives 1t semt.ofElcial character
That will inspire confidence in its state
ments. ....
There has not been q peri9d ilthe his
tory Of this State when circumstances SO
much fsvnred immigration from the
Northern States as at this time. The long
projected Chesapeake and Ohio Railway,
uniting the scaboard and Mississippi Val
Icy, Is about 10 be completed. A couple
of days ago one Of tho great financial
houses Of New York put it, fitstmwtgpgc
bonds before the country. Attention will
be Attracted TO this loan throughout the
North, and thCrcby TO the line orthc road
and to the country soon to be opened by
It to the outside world. The building Of
this road insures the building ut no distant
day Of cross lines Uniting It with the
line ,'0f tho = Baltimore and Ohio
Pittsburgh Is agitating most earnestly for
a NnG southwark through opfi Stat, and 1t
will be built, beyond question, within q
few years. There isa natural path for n
railroad up the West Fork Valley from
Faifmort to Weston and beyond, crossing
by easy grades to tho waters of the Great
Kanawha and uniting Clarlssburg and
Charleston. There Is also good route
from Fairmont up the Tygarts Valley and
over to the Chesapeake and Ohio at
Grccnbrier. Atprcsent the people in the
West Fork and Lower MpnWgahelH Val
lev arc holding conventions witlLa viow
Of forwarding tho building fthcprOposetl
road nom Pittsburgh, five could have
an infusion ofllve Yankees, with their en-
tcrprisc and capital, railroads would tra-
verso both these valleys to their heads
within five years,