The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-04-04
xcrssION To CLEVELAND.

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,xCuRsION To CLEVELAND.
o.. marty which lett this city on Mon
-. morning, ons tour of inspection
~ ,bs finished portion OF the Cieve-
Tnscsrawss Valley and Wheeling
p.a,,.d returned last evening on thes
'Iol train. As heretofore noted in
49,. columns, the party consisted OF
.h,o, forty gentlemen of Wheeling and
bridgeport, representing all OF the nail
ill. Of the city, as well rs other
n.rnfscturipg and commercial en-
,.,n,ises. We arrived at Uhrleks-
vile, the present southern ter
r;ru. of the road, about noon on Mon
Ir Uhricksville is thriving town OF
Tween 200 and 5000 inhabitants. 1t
:. .i,ns,ed in Tuscarawas county, on Big
...rvstar creek, which has its hesd-
.o-. . little northwest of st. Clsirs-
Ill, l. 81 miles from Wheeling by
u..,rveyed route of the new railroad,
..a;s5O miles northwest OF Steubenvilie
-, ,bo Panhandle road. 1t is to this
min, ,hs. it is now proposed to build the
- from Wheeling. At uhrlcksville,
o,r party was taken charge OF by Mr.
" " CARD. the Engineer and
Superintendent OF the road In
s.', We were substantially under
h.. cbsrse from Steubenvllle, as
-, were drawn IN his special car from
mat poip, Many OF our citizens have
heretofore met Mr.. CARD and remember
h. modest. unsSsuming and Intelligent
manner and conversation. On two oc-
c..;ors he met number of the business
man Of Wheeling at the Grant House,
month or two ago, and related to them
tbs condition of tie road of which he
b,, charge, the condition of its traffic,
it, equipments, together with It's facili-
tie: for doing business and its prospects
to- the same. By his demeanor and
modes,y of statement, he won the conf .
deoce Of those who made his scqusint'
srce here, and this trip has fully con-
armed that good opinion in the minds OF
sn of this party. 1t is believed that in
no instance had he over-statec. the merits
OF the road.
From Uhricksville, we have almost
straight and level track TO New Phil
sielphis, the county seat of Tuscarawas
c1u.tv. This Is an old and wealthy
town Of probably 1900 or 5000 inhabi
nr.. 1t is situated on the TusCarawss
i7er, and the Ohio canal, and is the
southern terminus OF the Tuscarawss
b,snch Of the Cleveland and Pittsburgh
.sd. Three miles further on we come
.C.,sl p,ver a rrocn oC 6Oa or 800 in.
tsh,s,,. sr3 n. pr,..rL Lorthern ter
minus o. the rosd which comes up the
Dlra Creek Valley l:om Marietta,
p..r..b C.,rtr;l.o ord tbrouyh the
b-..r., i..,......, ,.r,s;,s ~ bIscL
b,,t ;.,r .-o c,,..., ais, ~ tra north
o., ro-,.. ,..,.r..-,.,. .,.J IN n.rts of
Co.b,c,rp and Tu.,..rawss coun-
lies, TIN. Nayi.l,. road Is
cyre An ,,yr,rLsDt feeder TO
the CisvaIsnt rus.arswas Valley and
Wb.alir, -rsl Ai,nc, il. line several
furnaces are in successful operation. and
N. ora csn hA mined and sh,pped in
sImo., ir.vb.us,.bIo ousr,;tias We
NOVA a., ror,bvo-s,v ,h-o,cp q basu.i-
f,,,v -,ll;,.o,l c,.,;.o farn,ir, coun-
~ Tbo s.,d. ora ,,a.,.rd IN GOOD
t,b the fences s-o Good and the farm
house. and harms be,oken competence
and coD,entment We shortly strike
The cosl fields wbara is mined the noted
Ms.si,on rosI Wbara wa ,rst en,er this
cos. aed on its southern border It has
= be sbsf,sd for desn into the bowels of
the earth. The first mines We stop at
SD examine are $50 fee. beneath
TIE surface Tho coal i of y SEMI
luminous quality almost entirely free
from sulphur Il is lirbter in weight
!Laa our Wheeling coal cleaner to han
de, making much less smoke while it is
bI'ang, yet 1t is brittle and msshes up
tai.y in handling. 1t Is quite similar to
tie >teub.nyile shaft coa! and the cele-
I'a!e4 Brisr Hill coal of Mahoning
c4a:y, which brou.ht Pot mettle DAvY
IDD his fortune in times long mast. 1t
: ot the spIint variety, and is very