The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-03-20
BOUNDING BILLOWf;SS',,,S
\ TRIP DOWN THE OHIO RlVlR.
The Damage Done By tho nigh wAtsr-1hs 0i (
inda'trI -Aa Iassr'isw with IA Expert.
Bone DIG Thln6s Predicted for tais N, y
h Summet-Wood County Politics. Il Z!

speelas correspondence fhe ln.tiil1encer. 3
HUNTINGTON, W. Va. March ITO
take o trip on the ST. Lawrence any tins Ia
pleasure, but It is doubly 40 when lie
first bright, sunshiny day lor months is
with YOU. The captain and clerks knew,
how to make man enjoy himself, and tie
pilots-well they are just tirst.class, gold
men. Usually trip down the Ohio ls o,e
Of quiet enjoyment; nowhere arc such hi lx
and river bottom lands found; nowhere
such shades aud shadows; nowhere, In inrS
more beautiful scenery. This trlp wa "a (
me gilmore than usual interest. rbepn,lt
flood had left its marks everywhere and
your correspondent was anxious 10 .,olas
pare paat rememhrances with present ca : !
ties. He was doomed to disappointlusi |,
though, for owing TO- tho large freight i u
the steamer did not ltave Delaire TIL 4: o
o'clock and by daylight The ne 4
morning was rounding into the, lih 10 Z
town OF Syracuse. ! saw enough, howeye :
below this point to satisfy me that Wheel.
ing had reason to congratulate herself.
Pomeroy, Point Pleasant and Guyandotte
present very dilapidaled appearances S.
Point Pleasant was IN especial object Of \
observation. Houses still blocked the pave. \
ments or streets, and n man with hajf an \
eye could see; that her prosperity had been
seriously retarded. z. Between these towns
isolated farm houses showed only the ssmt, y
face, and the same effect as the waters slowl,t.
gave up their work Of destruction. uunt-ni
ington, itself, got of easily 80 fat as Lean q
see. Everything presents the same push->,,
ing, business ,appearauGe rs bafore. But I,
then Huntington poeResa 8 elastic Qualitita Z
peculiar to the town and its people. Ell I. 3 u
z rTHE OIL INDUSTRY. \, ". ;,s
S"Its m i'll wind that blows nobody u
good, !, was again proven though iii my {.
casr. While ,darknee1 kept inc. from see
ing towns ! wanted to see, it did no. keep
me ifom meeting q mot pleasant gentle ~
man, Mr: D. w. Clark, a large operator in Il
oil and dealer in oil supplies. Mr.. CLARK u
has bad an eventful lie, and has been y
connected with oil interests for the past 4.
twenty:throe yearp, excepting a three years =
service IN the, "late unpleasaiitneB3. TIL rti
within the past year his work hns been EN-;
tirely In Pennsylvania. He was right in H h
the midst OF the excitement und now in his "
advancing years he Il unable 10 keen out J5
the work. "Why, sir," said he, tits worse K
than gambling. The fever once seizes YOU, *
aud you're lost. The percentage OF gain &
is 30 great that once in you try again. + n!
an instance he continued. Sin, s.
my. own history. Some yea,s ago, in COM 4
pany, with several other gentlemen, I 9t
bought some land and eunk lew wells. N
We struck it light. Among the parry was
an old gentleman who Insisted that wa 5f
ought to strike it big. So acting on Lis ad-
vice, We went out into the woods eight
miles from any formerly worked well, and I
We did strike 1t big-a 2o0O barrel well-I#,
guess We were paid Tor that days work. Il
But only short distance ahead, in direct Z.
line, We sank another, and it WI, as dry as q
q bone. 1t was all luck" y
"What is your opinion Of the state Of 4
the oil industry now, Mr.. Clark n
4 Just 10 it's infancy sir, and whether it is Il
going to liyeto be y lnll grown being " die II
u bnby is q question:" @ ,i5s S;S'3SS5 y
Have you severed your intere:t1 in this
Pennsylvania regions?" KS I'D 'ai5 /
"Not entirely. l believe that tho region II
in which ! am now operating is going to E!
be one Of the grea. oil producers. at least Is
It is going to settle the question Of oil being Z
found in Ohio -.---- n. ~ ,.-a -....--.-L.- .