The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-01-18
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Round Cape Horn g, get g The y.
4.-s.HnIe House LIVING
in the New River Nnney''AFon
and CORl..The James River ena
KanRHha Canal,.The t9uF Fro
minent Candidates for y, 8, Aens
atc-The Fight RetWeen Camden
mud Walker The Characters
oftle Candidates Passed upon.
etc. etc.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, Januaay u
Special Correspondents Of the lntclIgcncer.
ON THE WING,
Weleit for the Permanent Seat Friday
oilsst week in order TO put in an appear.
anco in that Perennial locality In ad-
vance Of the body OF our Legislators who
do not generally arrive until the day pre-
ceding the assembling Of the Legisla'
ture. Since the great fire that
recently cleaned out large por-
ton Of Charleston we were led to believe
that hotel Accommodations would be
scarce, and we were right about 1t, be.
cause there Is left but one decent hotel
the Hale HOuSe-and as We are not par
ual to "privato boarding houses" we
found some trouble in securing suitable
apartments.
THE HALE HOUSE
Is one Of the largest and finest hotels in
the State, and is kept in style by . very
accommodating landlord, Mr.. II. II,
Wood, who am informed, has been In the
hotel business for many years, 1t l. four
stories high, has q commodiOua and Gle-
CANT parlor and has Brussels carpet On
tho floors Of all tho rooms and on the halls
as we'll. The price for board per eGpita Is
nearly as much as the per dism
Of tic members Of the Legislature,
but few public spirited Junction
aries, however, who look 70 the
prosperity Of individual enterprises and
The general interchange Of commodities,
have decided to pay three dollars day
atthis rommodiouS hotel, rather than be
cut OFT from the society Of lobbyists who
loaf at this place, and also the rear and
secret approach 10 the "bar" which Is UNI
dorground and accessible from all parts
Of the house, "iore and aft"
On arriving ut Parkersburg we found
the Ohio river filed with Ice and all tho
boats laid up, Consequently we found i
necessary to 60 round tho D.
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE,
or some other seaport, to get here, That
IL to say, via Harper's Ferry, S,aunton
and Chesapeake &ohio Railroad, After
all, Il don't know but It paid to come that
way to get bird'seye view Of the beau.
tiful and historic Valley Of Virginia and
the grand and sublime scenery Of the
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad. The for
mer, In my opinion has not been over
rated, for Il certainly Is the garden spot
Of tho universe, while the latter Is stu.
pendOus and startling, 1t Ia, and always
will be, mystery to me how d railroad
was constructed through the canons Of
New river. For over fifty miles II winds
along tho banks Of the river like o ser.
pent'strail in the desert sand, through cliffs
Of rocks aud spurs Of mountains, along
perpondicular hlllsides and through de-
files that chill the blood to look upon,
Nothing short Of the actual accomplish.
ment OF tho enterprise would have satis.
fed my mind that Il was possible TO build
railroad through such rugged section
Of country. ] never saw the Yosemite
Valley, but II IL surpasseS the New river
country, 1t will pay q man to travel five
thousand miles to zee II.
I am informed that these steep nioun-
tains arc all inlaid with
SUPERIOR COAL
Of almost every kind and quality, and |
an not disposed to doubt tie statement,
as q number Of mines are being worked In
sight Of the railroad; and 10 all appear.
ance tie coal Ia Of a superior qualify. II
the railroad will ship the Kanawha
Valley Goals at q reasonable rate to
eastern and southern markets, see no
good reason why this will not soon be.
come one Of The leading mining sections
In oil OF our great country. At Quinne.
mont five points,, seventy miles above
Charleston, there is a large and elegant
IRON FURNACE II
In full blast turning out pig iron. They
have the coal and iron both near at hand,
and Prof. Austcad, OF England, says
that pig iron can be manufactured In this
vicinity from Sl9 to S16 per ton cheaper
than at Pittsburgh or Wheeling. This
may be true, but before We believe II We
prefer to sec II demonstrated by the
Quinnemont Company. The soft iron
used at this place Is brought from Alle-
ghcny county, Va, which Ia said to be. In
quality similar 10 the Iron Mountain ore
Of Missouri. lfthis be true II will no
doubt produce revolution In the iron
business Of the United States. Asst lea
so much nearer the great coal fields Of
the country II must necessarily lesson
the cost Of the production Of manufac-
tured iron. u
While passing along this new railroad,
particularly In the canons Of New River,
we were struck with the iallacy Of asking
the Government tospcnd hundred mil.
lions to construct M 4.ItTagT5
A CANAL
through this valley. But since the rail.
road Is fixed fact, we will not pretend
to say that a canal might not be placed
along the sides OF these mountains, that
stand at an angle Of at least so degrees
II II Is done, the mountains will have 10
DO braeed up 10 keep them from sliding
into the canal, or the water confined In a
trough and got up on stills like. an aque-
duct bridge. Should this enterprise be
undertaken by the Government, we pre-.
sumo that the New river will be locked
and dAmed, which would no doubt be a
cheaper and more enduring way To con.
vey Stacked water through this valley
than to cut q channel for II along the
banks Of the river, which We are frank TO
say seems 10 US a physical impossibllity.
On arriving al Charleston We found The
Hon. Charles James Faulker, the Hon
Samuel Price, the Hon. j. n. Camden
and the Right Hon, II, 8. Walker all on
the ground and hard At work among the
Delegates and Senators 10 secure their
influence and votes for
UNITED STATES SENATOR.
In my opinion, Price IL the best man
among them, because he wont sloop to
the ioW.dowh method Of log.folling him.
self into 40 high a position az the one
named. lie has more talent and integ.
rity than either Of HE opponents, though
II may be true that one or two Of them
have greater abilities, but they lack the
moral character. Price will not 20 to
the Senate; he Il too old, and besides that,
he was not rocked In cradle. He was
an old line Whig-a nKhoW. Nothing
That will kill himi but II that wont hnish
him, the fact that he didn't take the
.Tub,t AND ian a hundFrd ihnuaand lies