Huntington independent. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1871-1874, 1873-06-05
q. 4 o. Railroad, boring its expen-
sive way 422 miles (much Of the dis
tsnce through most rugged mountain
regioos). from the beautiful capital
Of old Virginia, BY the new capital Of

regious), from the beautiful capital
of old Virginia, BY the new capital Of
the newer (West) Virginin (Char.
Ie,tun), to this terminal point on our
great river Ohio. Mr.. Huntington
Messrs. Fisk & Hatch, Mr.. Lowe, and
the other wealthy New Workers who
fathered this railroad enterprise and
conducted it to success without q
Credit Mobiler swindle in the back
ground. built themselves monument
of far more valuable and enduring
m Material than the wbited sepulchers
of the most lavish posthumous arch
itecture that lines the proudest ave-
nue. offspring Grove or Greenwood.
Probably it can not be set down IS
definite, bat it is proposed as further
plans of the Q. 4 o. Company to
push forward two lines into Cincip-
nsti-one veeripg from this point
through Kentucky to Lexington,
thence to Cincinnati, the other cross
ing the Ohio here, and thence to the
Queen City by one of three suggested
routes, viz: l By the river, north
bank; 2. By q line to the nearest
point On the Marietta & Cincinnati
road, thence folio wing that line; and,
3. BY sn entirely new road through
the southern tier of Ohio counties,
keeping back twenty or thirty miles
from the river.
Through the kindness Of Gen. Obey,
who is q wide.swake and capable
New Yorker, who is carpet-bagging
here in way most acceptable to the
Southern people, l have been posted
up on the Hu ntington enterprise
Gen. U. is an agreeable gentleman, .
q memb ber of the famous New York
City 7th Regiment in 1861, and who
went into the Union service from this
State in that first year Of the war. He
is identified with this tow, site COM
papy, and informs me that over FIVE
hundred lots have been disposed Of.
| have also had the pleasure Of meet
ing an old OHIO journalist, Gen.
Breslin, who is familiar with our
ancestral stock Of q ewspapers conduc-
tors, such as Judge Wright, Gov.
Medary, Henry Reed, Jas. j. Faran,
NJ. d. Potter, &C., who served in our
Buckeye Legislature, and who is now
q resident of this new metropolis, CON
uected with the railway, and is beam
ing with high hopes.
Back from the river at this point,
some twenty or twenty-five miles,
both coal and iron are found. 1t is
asserted that the former sbounds, and
of the best quality. But this place
may be regarded as the eastern limit
of the
MINING INDUSTRIES
of this particular Upper Ohio. Just
below this, on both sides Of the river,
the coal ADD iron products are mined,
and the great masses Of crude ores
nd unsized Goals are visible on ell
hands. And at Catlettsbnrg, Ash
land, Irontop, and many minor towns,
the forked tongues Of fire pierce the
sky from the black chimneys that
stand up like monsters in defiance,
while the roar Of furnaces where tho
conflict RACES between the devouring
element and the obstinate quartz, and
the deafening cla,ter of rolling mills
and nail factories, tell us 10 uDmis-
taxable tones where productive indus
try Is mastering the situation, and
guaranteeing generous, healtLful
prosperity to commerce.
| send herewith a sketch OF the i'm
mediate country hereabouts, which is
filed with coal, iron, and stone. Coal
of the best quality is found 10 abund-
ance east Ct this, on the G. & o. road;
belts of it crop out south OF here, in
the counties bordering the Ohio;
nearly all the back hills" and the
rugged country adjaceDtto all tho
the small streams that put in to tho
Ohio on both sides are full Of iron
and coal, and Of these valuable depos-
its and their development | shall bope
to more fully write yon in future
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