Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1874-06-25

sions proposed for the part Of it east o.
the mouth of Howard Creek, down thoss
rivers to point little below the falls o.
Kanawha and make the transfer ron
barges to canal boats at that point. The
cost OF this transfer will be the same al
whatever point it may take place, while
the locality will be more favorable at the
lover point."-Page ID. Report OF En-,
gineers. Further on the same gentleman
says: Il have been confirmed, since Sub
hitting the first of the preceding remarks
in the opinion that it will be best to ex.
tend the canal and slack-water system
proposed for the line east OF the Greenbri-
err river to the Kanawha below the falls.
See page II, Report of Engineers. In The
same Report, page %, General q. A. Gil
more says: "The large barges from the
West can very we'll break freight and
transfer their cargoes to canal boats on
the Kanawha river below the Great falls,
in which determination the entire board
CONCUR. II is an unavoidable necessity,
as every one must know who has any
knowledge Of the country. A resolution
adopted BY the board is as follows:
"Resoiued, That in the opinion of the
board, the preparation of the Kanawha
river for navigation from the Ohio to the
Great Falls Of Kanawha by boats of 200
tons is entirely practicable. Page "a OF
the Report.
1t is within the latitude where ice does
not prevent navigation longer than fifteen
days in year; upon this point General
Weitzel, Of the board of engineers men,
toned, says OF the Great Kanawha river
in conjunction with the central water
route report: "The obstruction to it BY
ice, at turthest, will not average more
than fifteen days in each year, 40 that
now, even with an unimProved Ohio, this
work would give 81 months OF unobstruct-
ed comm Nlicstion between the East and
West, and during four and half of the
five when Che Lake and Erie Canal route
is closed it would thus secure an almost
uninterrupted communication between
the producers and consumers, give s.abili;
ty to and cheaper freights and prices and
thus benefit to a very great degree the
commerce OF the country both East and
West" Thus it will be seen that Deep
water has uninterrupted communication
and connection with 10000 miles of wa
ter navigation, situated at the furthest
point eastward and oceanward attaina-
bic By water crafts 1t is on the line of a
great East and West Trunk Line.
THE cHEsAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILROAD,
nesrly one hundred miles east of its west
ern terminal point, which, upon the i'm
provement Of the Greet Kanawha rive.
(which isnenrl7 rs navigable for large boat'
to Deqpwater, "a the Ohio river is TO Hun
tington and the mouth Of Kanawha) and
the attaching to itself the commercial
significance which double trade will give
il. will command an immense amount OF
heavy tonnage and through traffic from
the West to the sea-board.
AS A COMMERCIAL POINT,
Oh. city of Deepwater will necessarily oc
cup5 the first prominence as a centre, from
its wonderful convenience and natural ad.
vantages Is the point of interchange OF
foreign commodities and immense prod.
ucts of the great West, manufactures OF
the East, and the great staple of the South
which will find water-power here suflicien,
to turn million spindles. The products
If Asia and the West on their way to the
Eastern and European markets will touch
and handle here. The immense mining
interest Just being developed in the angle
Of New and Gauley ri Sers, by English
capitalists, and at Quinnimont and Lau-
rel, demand a business center. The coun-
ties OF Nicholas, Raleigh and Fayette re-
quire mercantile centre on the line OF
the railroad and river convenient and &C
cessible to them. Deepwater is the most
favorable for al these purposes and that
point must inevitably be here.
AS A MANUFACTURING CENTRE,
Deepwatcr has advantages surprising sny
other place in the State, or in the Ohio
or Mississippi valleys. The mountains
adjoining and shadowing it are burtEe ned
with tlat class Of coal which requires no
coldng Tor smelling ores, which practical
iron manufacturers have pronounced a
perfectly satisfactory and sufficient sub
st.tute fer charcoal. 1t is the famous
Splint coal. 1t is in the immediate vicini-
" Of the Loup Creek iron ore-to which a
railroad is to he constructed-which Las
been found in available quantities, for all
practicable purposes. near enough to the
ores of Virginia and Yves. Virginia to al
tract to il the capital necessary to bring
the coal and iron together NJ this point
Deepwater is about the geographic centre
Of 4 e great West Virginia coal field 1t
is not necessary 10 resort 10 4 trigometrical
survey or calculation 70 convince any
ono OF the sufiiciency OF coal within five
miles Of the great Kanawha river and the
railroad, to supply any demand that can
be made upon ii, from Big Sewel noun
tain to Paint Creek, ten miles below Deep
water, for a thousand years. But the con-
venence Of the Goals on every side
Of Deepwatcr gives it great advanta-
ges, while the quality and quantity is I'M
equa!ed in any other part OF the field, or
the world. Professor Ansted says =
There are, think about twenty distinct
~ workable seams Of coal in the middle
of the district, OF what | regard ss the
middle OF the whole series of coal-bearing
beds 1t is certainly true-an axiom,
that as nothing can equal water as
means Of transportation for a raw materi-
al such as coal and iron, that the river
must be improved, the canal built and
the Chesapeake d Ohio Railroad supplied
with double track. In this immediate
vicinity the finest timber in virgin forests
abounds in endless variety and quantitr,
and is extremely easy Of access. Walnut,
oak, chestnut, sugar-mapie, poplar, ash,
cedar, yellow pine and even the white
pine abourds in great quantities on the
two large streams which empty into The
Kanawha. ole above, aad the other below
Deepwater.
asa PLACE OF RESIDENCE,
nowhere is there more picturesquely
grand. delightful, salubrious spot or more
healthful climate than at pceepwater.
The mountain air is always cool and bra
cling. The pure cold water which abounds.
gushing from many springs in the level
land, Is easily attainable at I few feet
depth upon the slope at this beautiful
pace, which is apparently to the eve,
entirely encircled BY lofty mountains.
I, las been laid of with view IN accom-