The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-04-24

| COhII anu Dir William Armstrong, an chi
ncnt scientific man of England, has com.
putcd that, ut the present rate of con.
sumption, with an increased ratio, her
coal will only last 2l2 years, and her man.
ulacturers, are already turning their at.
tcntiOn to the great coal regions Of the
United States. And Professor Tyndall,
OF England, says OF her: ave can't make
head against u nation which, In addition
TO other sources Of power, possesses the
power OF coal !" and he adds that the
destiny Of England is in the hands of her
coal owners, rather than in the hands OF
her statesmen.
Reference to the map will show that
no other line OF road In the State of Ohio
affords the same facilities for transport.
Ing this immense source Of power and
wealth 10 the markets that most need 1t,
as will the Wheeling Il Lake Erie.
vI-sUPPLY OF LAKE SUPERIOR AND
OTHER ORES.
The transport Of iron and other ores
will rank next in Importance to the COIL
business rs II source OF revenue u the line
| Wheeling, rs before remarked, is rivaling
Pittsburgh in the product and manutac.
tUTC of iron. 1t Is therefore q matter of
the utmost necessity TO It's growth and
development that 1t should have cheap
and abundant supply Of the best ores in
the country. II is estimated that 1t alrea.
dy takes from this source Of supply near
10000 tons annually, which is now con.
vcycd over cirCuitOus routes. The Lake
lnnd rail transit is at least sixty miles
longer than ciG Sandusky and the Wheel.
ing & Lake Eric line.
1t is the opinion of those engaged in the
business that the opening OF the latter
line will soon double the demand for this
ore, so that 100000 tons will pass over
1t per annum.
II will thus be seen that the new line
will possess an advantage over nearly all
the great coal railways Of the country in
having return loads for the coal trains.
But there is another grand supply of
cheap and superior ores that lie open to
the Wheeling smclters. The line will cut
through the great and inexhaustible beds
of Black.ban ore situated in Tuscarawas
and Carroll counties. The geological re.
port OF Ohio, 1871, speaking OF Coal No
: In Fairfield township, Tuscarawas
county, says, ut here underlies the ia.
nous Blackboard ore Of that district
and on page As, in speaking of ores, after
treating OF rich deposits OF kidney ore"
It says: I'm Tuscarawas county it BLACK.
band ORE Attains, in some localities, a
thickness OF sixteen feet" ION the old
Loar Furnace property, in Fairfield town.
ship, it has been worked for nearly forty
years. At the same horizon is a very If.
regular bed OF limestone which, on the
Zoar lands, is so largely charged with
iron Us TO become very good iron ORE"
" "Thc Black band ores Of the
region under consideration are certainly
Of great Importance" Forming as they
DO continuous sheets Of nearly uniform
richness, they constitute reliable basis
Tor mining operations, and there is no
question that they can be proftably made
the special object Of mining effort The
same section also abOunds in coal and
limestone in immense quantities.
This line also crosses at its widest part
the belt OF sandstone known as the IVA.
verify Group" Professor Edward orion,
o! Antioch College, and Assistant Geolo.
gIst, says: "These building stones are TN.
rvnlcd in excellence, often leaving moth.
ing TO be desired in respect to service or
beauty. They arc already used very
widely through the State in I'LL the larger
towns, us they have also been carried in
considerable quantity beyond the limits OF
tile State. The annual production Of the
quarries In the northern part of Ohio, as
at Berea, Amherst, Sc, has been estima.
ted at onemillion dollars, and the demand
is steadily increasing"
vTE.-CoNNEcTEoNs WITH OTHER LINES.
Like that now eminently successful
line, the Cleveland & Pittsburgh Rail.
way, its course will be from Southeast to
Northwest. 1t will cross nearly all the
great lines trayersing the State in an
Eastcrly and Westerly, Northeastcrly and
SOuthwcSterly and, North and South di.
rections. An enumeration OF these great
intersecting railways will impress those
familiar with the subject with the i'm.
mensc value OF these intermediate connec.
tons. There are:
|. The Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St.
Louis.
2. The Tuscar0was Branch Of the CIeye.
land & Pittsburgh Railroad.
3. The Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chi
cagO.
4. The Cleveland, Mount Vernon &
Delaware.
s. The Atlantic & Great Western.
.. The Cleveland, Columbus, Ciucinna.
Ii & indianapolis.
Z. The Lake Shore e Michigan South.
crn.
$. The Sandusky, Mansfield & Newark.
D. The Cincinnati, Sandusky & Cleve-
land. :,
Add to these the terminal connections
ut Wheeling ut one end, and Toledo at
the other, where the vast network Of lines
in Michigan, Indiana and Illinois centres,
and the lake traffic at Toledo and Sandus.
ky, and fair estimate Of the value of the
railway and Lake connections can be
formed.
Enough has perhaps been said to show
the very large and continually increasing
local sources OF traffic awaiting tho con.
structlon ofthis line. BUTT will be found
on careful investigation that the business
that Will grow out OF Its connection with
the numerous railwHys-many of them
the mos! successful and important in the
State-whlch it will cross in an obliuue
direction, and the best calculated 10 dc.
vclopa large interchange OF business, and
tNlsO by atEording to such lines an outlet Ia
Lake Erie, will prove of equal impor.
lance with the local supply.
vHI.-TuEoUGH TRAFFIC.
OF no less importance will be the
through traffic, which has in part been
loreshadowcd in referring to the iron ore
trade. In addition 10 this source OIL
through business from Sandusky ia
WAceIing, considerable trade may be
anticipated between the seaport of Balti.
more and Ihp wnsinrn tnrr,;n; nj TIM I;no