Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-06-10
NJ The Allegheny Mountains
skstcbsd by a Stat
Correspondent.
picturssqusuess of the Place
scarcsly Surpassed by Any
Other Spot in America.
The Great Cumberland Coal Fields
"A City that Will Soon Com
mand a Bulk Of the
Iron Trade.
rnnbsryand as a Manufacturing
rantrs .-- Various industries
--.Ths 8. & o. Shops
Glass Factories.
,.~ro..sm5,s,e y,Se Rygis',y.

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,..Er,xp, Nj, June S.-Located 81
.. .,..s-p base of the Allegheny noun
.'., - ~, enc hank Of the North Branch Of
p...,rs,. river and at the mouth OF
49,. Crpek. lies the euterPrisinG am
,a.r,,,r, city Of Cumberland, Md, known
- ,bs ~,y,een City" with population CT
Trs,. Her geographical position Is ~
-. a. latitude. longitude in arc -, 10
49,. f., time 81, Ijm =. The city IS
.rr,ouudrd b. mountains aud bsu's on all
sides but has natural outlets N every Ill
,sctioD. through which easy passage mas
.saD found Tor her channels OF commNht-
cs.so,, with other parts OF the c'o9e. WIN
,-.,r. .l.rec,ly between the ocean and the
=. v.r .y>,em oi the West. WITH seTeral
re.r-ptt>-n'Ain lines forming .uuc,'oiS
u,fn,n its limits and having AatuE~ az
,s.,lsps. tapping the TIsh H'th'nS aiu
''-..,-f,,,-,. r.yiDn, by which il = sur
.~l.i with rue Chesapeake and ONO
.,.. ..,.o.. 4 cheap means Ol tranSpOrta-
80. ~ me ga 7JarJ. Northumberland possesses
,'.....,. which - lar towards making
nv an. very prosperous community
-, q aaS the valley east OF wills Creek
IN .-t 10 with streets, residences
,...,. houses and manufactures, out
...r... have. been sailed and improved D.!
.-..-,-r-.Ig hands. The
'- r,rInTrsaueness ef the Place
.-..,-.,.y SURPASSED by any other pot ia
"a While some Of the sU-roun tIugS
,e-..,.Iy .ranu and imposing IN the
.-.mr From several points the snure
49,. a.. rr brought into view AZ one glance,
... .-u... ra.l and every pOint OF o0SerTa
..a.,..> .-re-si with a variety OF -Cenery
.s .a'.rnal attraction. and The natural
...,. If me vision Is enhanced 10y the ar
..r.,a-a' improvements which has con
...-..},,... Not Hill and vale jutU scenes
- 10y llr. From every hill side lash
no y:rg lofty spires and temples butt OF
r,,. .r tone nharmlng villas, towering EN-.
+. o., and comfortable homes, eY'u'!nS edu-
..,fgj tastes and refined ideas. The piaId
r,rlmsc. which iO-1ls the Southern bound
,-v :, apparently Isnd-lOcked and presents
lie appearance Of modest lake, upon
ah0.e bosom = mlrrOred the beautiful
.lorg,. while tire swift waters OF VIII
r-sek come pouring into every part Oh the
,I.r col and fresh from the shades OIL tue
NuWlerU'As anu tdl'AaLLAEN SAAS"S'
southwark the two streams tumble over q
,l,r, of solid masonry and skirt the base of
\obIay Mountain until they disappear
.-ou Jew a, lie edge, 4 half mile below.
Inward is 3 series II bluffs. fully ..'' feet
-. lr,..ht. kupwu rs 'Shrver HILL, Fort
M. and .cNa.:s NlL Their sides are
..,t.ed With DIVE. in ami cultivated fields,
while the cores between have been con-
np,.'gd into ,,.e.-s and roads Gu the south
and the oryJs..e side OF the river IS
Wr.J Virginia a"l ''NUbley Mountains
re 4 their self asserting srautt ur. with
a bottoms living Al their ,eet forming
r4.tl-p worthy % ue transferred onto
canvas, ( brush can he ..rusdtu 10 them
..,tiCr CIv.a.l Irr-y.s beautiful. villa
..qal. n NIuJ sruUUt which me river
,N..rs. sura;uv magnificent picture.
u.a ljry - divided ItO two parts by Wells
,rvya named afinra fall blUOded Indian.
..r vest ,Iue is devoted almost exclusively
tpr-.Yatv residences aui there are lew II
So. .hu-ugrhjires uGtSide the larger cities
10 '.p uUUutry superior 70 Washington
,f.-pls in character o. buildings and taste.
"a -5uuudlu.,. This avenue IS lined
VITA shade trees with spacious grounds
sill ,DHery surrounding nearly every
.Dus-. 0, reminds one Of Euclid avenue,
Gee .sad. GO il are lucSted two line
,u.rrh ea...,pS and the Court house,
Uluj,uu.r >tr.c:J-r. The portion lying
east ui lie creek comprises the greater
Tar. IL business houses. factories hotels,
whs-yCs, dI.ruads and depOtS, also City
HAL an elrslu. structures and. number
ui street. desirable for residences.
The ruiomsr River is Spanned by an
.!pu bridge. thus a;lorilug easy CON-
wuu!Cat.Ou with the people Of West Nir-
Glnia over the creek are several bridges
.'r general tra,ti' one for the passage Of
anal teams, three Tor wagons and foot
i.Lsst lgcrS, one tOr railroad purposes, aud
'h. Il. 4 %. yiaiUct, built II brick in $50.
tbs las fourteen arsheS, !, a quarter OF a
m'.e IA length, and spans several streets
- wee - 'he creek.
The Business Houses,
wholesale and retail. are generally large
'Eo a substantial and respectable char
acler. " r'lS the merchants COnline
themselves each % one branch OF trade,
'..eFruI .rpI may towns Of the same
80
The streets are very irregular in the
'H'arn section, and have doubtless fol-
owed Tie Old roads They are graded and
r."r,et, wgas s-:Tc from thirty 20 sixty
.'"i 30 width. Mach money = expended
n 'l's WORK.
The climate Is mild brt ,I,,r,or,Io
The rytr,ms -,, mi ..ii -, g'o'o.
III, r,g.H 81, rbnS,. ~rr,,rr,, - W ~ ~,
,sgs. ,sr.,rIs ,r5 20 ~ Po'Ht S. va 'te
yu,F H. ,,,.,.,a- '',s S'-e'S' health -
rnr u,,rr.- n.y.. , S T"" warm
..f. 49,. rS o'''''- rue uaS' the
,.~.gn|gu 4'' P'e"SaRI' tHtN no
Wm.r -. a.. Observation-Disclosures
.-- ,e-,9 IN ~ !,le Sey'loh
of a.,n,,fs..,,.r.' 'IGIS u,.seTeht macs
r.rur.r-sy,. -, -. 81 w ''' present.
90 tA,. -,.;,r - ,,., .."s ,,r mann INDUSTRY
%. ,,.s .,-s,t .I,'-,,,..iI'''uE 'Nu Sh'PP'HS
Tn. -, 'u','
.-...., '"'' iieldN
,vre.. IN. ,...,. W ."' city N oaS'l be-
lain IT...,,, Nar' anu Dan noun
r,.ls- ,r.i '",.h mas breadth Of about six
ir,s,s. ,..,,, .e.--.t "s some twenty miles.
ifs rorrba,,,.,uri ..,''E northeast and near
% si.r,r % i,. ~, .p'' IA an elevation
>nutI.-., -, H'''r Tue meaa tide. the
go e,,.I '. ,t 't, drained 0y george 5
ne SiL RE northern bv JENNINGS rim
In 70, ~ Hep'a "I the formation is
n- m;,j.,,a'ss' Use re'aS the conglomerate
~ ,"' lone -Tl. The principal veins are
49, 81. Ok Vein, measuring fourteen
iijs = IS SG1;, anu laying l,S'D feet above
an.oai -; -. - me vein from which most of
80, Ts';S . 40" oe.Nc mined. The -Four
Il. ,s;A y mex, 10 the Big Vein" and
- 5.J 'let ot.ow ~. part Of til, las suf.
,,.Su rom carg>lCn, but in the billsiIs. ~.
"EaAiE the valley tNar, s'N