The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-11-13


however, the managers desire to build
house expressly for the use ofresldents OF
this State. Many of our people from all
sections viii be present, and as the major
part of them will then visit fhiiadei-
phia for the frst time, they will be utter
strangers in a strange land, and be hkeiy
to suffer many inconvenience. One ot
the objects OF building this house Is 70
obyiate ali this trouble. 1t is intended 70
be general State Headquarters; registry
will be kept of the arrivals oi
every person from West Virginia with the
whereabouts of his lodgings, &c.; intor-
nation as to eligible boarding houses;
the best places to make purchases and
all kinds of information on all subjects
which is so necessary to a stranger IN
large city will be gwen. There will also
be State postotfice in this building; re-
firing rooms for ladies and gntlemen,
furnished with comfortable lounges where
they can rest themselves, and also
file OF every paper published in the
State will bc kept on hand
But this is not all, nor indeed is 1.-THE
principal idea which governs these gen.
tlemen in erecting this building. There
is another the importance OF which to
the State, will be readily recognized. II
is that foreign capitalists, who may be
attracted by the latent wealth and re-
/ sources of the State which will then be
advertised, will be enabled to receive full
and complete information regarding
everything they may desire, and thus
the investment of capital, which is to be
/ looked to Tor the future development OF
the State, will be secured. The necessity
for such bureau. and the benefits which
may, through it, be conferred, and
which, without it, would be irrevoCably
lost are too plain to need discussion.
These will be some of the advantages
offered by this building. We have not
space to enumerate more; bat it is GER
tainly an excellent idea.
For these and other purposes the man
ayers estimate they will need at tt0St
$4,000. The short time in which every
thing now is to be done, makes the eX
psnse a little greater than otherwise it
would have been. This sum they say
will be the smallest they can get on
with. OF course if any is left over final
ly, 1t will be turned in to the treasury.
We feel so fully ourselves the import
ance of this Centennial exhibition, that
We have been induced to present these
remarks on the subject. We trust the
committee having the matter IN charge
will give it careful and favorable consld-
Grafton. But before leaving the subject en-
tirclv we desme to quote. IN conclusion, an
extract on this same point from the
addrcs, of Hon. CHARLES JAMES FAULK-
xER.. recently delivered before the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical Association Of
Mason county. 1t is well worthy Of be-
ing read and digested, and is as follows:
1T has been said that the British En-
pire rrposes for its support upon ITS
coal. its iron, and it: turnips; and may
it not at some future day be said OF West
Virginia that her power as State rests
upon her coal, her iron, and her grass?
Fully two.thirds of our State Is coal
field. The richest iron mines, ineXhauSt-
lble in quantity, abound within her lin
It's, and ner hills to their highest SUBMITS,
are covered with nutricious grasses.
Shall we not avail ourselves of the great
national and international exposition
which is to take place next year,
10 bring the boundless wealth and
resources OF our State to the notice of the
civilized world? 1t will not do for
West Virginia any longer SO bashtully
To hang her head and shrink into the
BACKGROUND. Overshadowed In some
measure. bv the historic renown of our
mother State, dwarfcd III the puolic eye
by being surrounded by such large
States rs Pennsylvania, Ohio and Ken
tucky, Il duty of more than ordinary
urgency calls upon us to put forth our
strength and enter boldly into the great
battlefield OF honorable competition with
our sister States. Let then, the re.
sources of West Virginia be fully and
fairly represented at this great congress
of the industries of the world, and let
the fact be made apparent, that we have
within our limits sources of national
wealth not surpassed by any country of
auual extent on this continent.