Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-01-16
ellMER couNTIaNs ENTHUSIASTIC
On Railroad Dey eiopment and the Sub
serIpIion OF $50, 900 Assured.
SDcC'at % he Register.


SUcciai 90 The Register.
GLENYTLE, W. VA, January Never
in the history of Giimer county has there
been such intense railroad excitement.
On the 24th Of tais month we will vote on
the proposition 10 subscribe $50 900 to this
capital stock Of auy company legally in
corporat"d to construct and equip q road
from Weston through Gilmer TO some point
on the OhiO rive. AS the time draws near
the friends of the cause are working with a
zeal that deserves, and it is confidently ex,
pected will brig, success. Our county is
large, and naturally very wealthy. Yet
the taxable property thereof is only frsc-
tion over million dollars. Why is this?
The reason is manifest We are ostrscised
cut of from the outside world; have no
facilities; capitalists will not invest their
money where there are no railroads or tel
egrsphs. Before we eau expect that rapid
development that our
Rich and Inexhau<tible Natural Re
sources.
ought to irSurs, We must connect ourselves
with the outside world by the magic bars
of steel, which always bring energy,
wealth and prosperity. We have vast for-
ests Of fiGe timber, coal veins eight and
nine feet thick, iron ore in abundance; o
soil that is as fertile as was ever watered
by the dews of heaven, and which yields
bounteOuSly To the hand of industry. We
have all the natural elements to make us
happy, conteuted and prosperous people,
but We have no rapid modes Of ingress
and egress; no markets; nothing 10 ea.
courage the producer TO produce more
than is necessary to supply his own and
his family's wants; we have no such varied
industries rs msy be seen along great rail-
road lines no smoking furnaces or hum
ming factories; Notwithstanding, We have
in superabundanCs the minerals for the
furnaces and the
Timber for the Factories.
We are in the woods, but il all the en-
couragement the constitutions permits US
TO otter will scare away the howl OF the
wolf api the scream of the eagle, We will
soon be q cosmopolitan people.
Your correspondent has taken careful
survey of the feld and he observes the un-
nsistakable signs of the grandest victory on
the 24,h ever achieved by an earnest and
progressive people. Accessions are being
mace to the ranks OF the supporters OF
the enterprise daily. Tae capitalists OF
the county are favorable and the laboring
man cannot afford TO vote against his best
interest, so ths movement is bound to sue
eced.
our county taxes are high because our
resources are lying buried, which IL de-
yeloped would so largely enhance our tax
able property as TO greatly increase the
amount - taxes, while actually
Decreasing the Rate of Taxation.
We need purchasers for our fertile lands
men tho will make them yield up their
rich treasures, but such citizens cAnno, De
induced to move from thirty to htty miles
from railroad conveniences. We are now
payipc dollar a hundred to get our go >ds
hauled from the nearest depot, and tn n
must wait weeks before they are delivered.
The farmer pays the highest prices for all
he buys, and must sell at figures which ab-
soluteIy prevent him from attempting to
raise marketable products.
In building the proposed road through our
couuty at least Sl50,O00 would be expeadsd,
which amount of money scattered broad
cast among our poop,e would be great
financial benefit, and its elects woeld De
felt through every avenue Of BUSINESS.
The railroad itse'f would become taxable
property and would pay annually into the
excheGuer of the county several hundred
dollars. With railroad facilities Gilmer
will soon be = wealthy county With popu-
lstion of Is 900 instead of 5000; with
over Two Millions % Taxable Property
instead of one, as now.
But must throw aside my facile pencil :
and 90 hence into the country to talk rail-
road" and after the 2Ith hope TO be ao!e
TO forward you the news OF complete
victory.