Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-06-17

Inst many wears sgo deer huutex, wal
nrscipitated over "Qrsen's Point On
EobIy mountain u Sort RianG sn4 eoly
A short distance AboFe o. . spok Of - A
ieehe mics 10 Fort Fuller or Davis 10Th
prominent IN histnry. Ffom och OF these
pIsces the scenery up the ROtomAf ovel
The u,o.Intain and up the New Greek val.
iey for miles Is perfectly graud and I'm
posing in the extreme. On the forts rsiics,
such a old knives, bullets, balls, shoe
be els, ETC., can still be found.
These summer nights are cool and pleas.
ant. The Growth Of The town = probably
UNPARALLELED. In 1872 the B. az. bo0ght
100 acres of land here. on which. hey
erected fine depot, stock pens repaif
shons and al immenss round house, the
Man Of the company including another
rnund house and twice IS many shops.
Over this fact and the golden prospects TIE
citizens became Wild, aud buildings began
to spring up all over town.
Real Estate Doomed.
Farms were laid out in lots and the area
was greater than that of wheeling. Hun.
dreds of houses were put up Is high Is
rs being in course of erection at once. A
half acre of ground brought $4,000 which
could now Be bought for $500. The
B. 4 o. did not do everything they expect
ed TO do, and at one time even removed the
shops to Piedmont. The new town fell nat
as 40 iron, but now enjoys fair prosperity.
II is worse scattered than Martins Ferry.
The round house will contain 4S engines
and one of the finest in the country. The
shops are also large and complete. The
shops employ about 100 men, the majority
of whom reside here. Fully $50 railroad
men reside here also. The stock pens have
an immense capacity and are complete;
Besides the D. 4 o., keyser has several
other enterprises. namely chair factory
Lee Brothers; "a planning mil, Baker & Coole;
hub and spoke factory, German Reece &
Co. furniture factory, Richardson; several
wagon manufactures and planning mill.
and fine -four mill, ]. s. Allender. These
each employ several men. The advantages
of Keyser as q manufacturing point are
good. Besides the b. & o., there is ma
tural outlet up the New Greek Valley ef'
tending for many miles through the rich
counties of Hardy, Mineral, Grant and
Pendleton. A projected road up to the
valley OF Ranada will make another good
outlet. Thus situated the inducements
are extraordinary. Land is plentiful and
cheap. The finest bituminous coal beds lie
close by. Timber is plentiful and cheap.
Irsa Ores Abound.
and in the immediate vicinity the red fos-
siliferous heinatile shows itself in fine
paralleled layers, yielding from As to IS
per cent iron. On either side OF these ores
are found immense beds OF limestone.
Practical men say that all articles and i'm
elements where wood and iron is exten.
siyely used can be manufactured here at
one.third less cost than in Pennsylvania.
Keyser was named after VIM. keyser,
Second Vice President OF the b. X o., and
was formerly called New Creek.
The schools are splendid, ID. W. Shields
formerly of Bellaire, is superintendent,
and reports an enrolment Of ZIG. There
are three buildings, one three story brick
and two frame buildings, but still more
room is needed. Another building is pro-
iected. There are seven teachers and the
people are proud OF the schools, as they
should be. There is also private school,
and a first.class Catholic school with an en-.
rollment of 40.
In n Moral Point
of view Keyser cannot be exCelled. There
are six CONGREGATIONS and five churches, the
Presby terrain NJ. f., South NJ. f., Catholic,
Lutheran, and A. NJ. +. The colored and
South NJ. +. have brick buildings. and the
PRESBYTERIAN NJ. +. and Catholic frame, the
Lutheran none. Catholic congregation,
900; Presbyterian, 100; ~. E's., about 100
each, and the others smaller. The \. NJ.
c. A. has 81 members.
Newspapers two-the Tribune, Demo.
cratic, r. II. Gosom, and the Mountain
Echo.
There are two public libraries-the y.
NJ. {. A. and School. Several secret socie:.
ties-Odd Fellows, Knights Of Honor. and
Masonic. Daily stages to Morefield, AZ
miles distant. Local option, and no drinks
il YOU can believe this. j. w. &.