The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-06-17


leans, discharging their cafgoes in.
10 vessels bOnnd for all tie ports Of
Chrisiendom. A Southern rival
for this business has been working
aud gathering means and oreaniza.
ton 70. years, Ualil a compara.
lively recent time West yifeinIa,
with coal resources quite sufficient,
was unable to compete ON account
Of the precarioOs navigation of the
Kanawha river from Charleston To-
the Ohio Since the Kanawha has
been locked the conditions have
changed radically. Now West Viz.
ginia can mine and ship her super
inr bitaminious, coke, and gas, an.
Ihracite, spliht and camel Goals,
by river to any point reached by
Pittsburgh, aud with the adYan.
tage Of 100 miles id distances to
Western and Southern points,
Ihis new ability possessed by
West Virginia is a matter Of i'm.
porLance to New 0fleaus and the
entire valley. Every such conpe.
tition tends directly to cheaper
coal for domestic, manufacturing
and steamship use, and so reduces
the expense Of living, production
aud ocean transportation. People
who may be interested In this sub.
jecl should not fail to Examine the
excellent display Of Goals in the
West Virginia exhibit, without
question one Of the best ever made
az any Exposition. a humber Of
leading cOal operators have looked
into the prospects fortrade between
the lower Mississippi and West
Virginia, and ii appears probable |
that a considerable future cum.
nerce in that direction may be one
OF the practical results of the State
commissioners able aud indnstri.
Gus Efforts TO convince the world
that Yves! Virginia is quite in the
van Of new Southern progress.
In variety Of resources adapted
TO industry West Virginia has few
equals among the American States.
ln timber foE instance, while 9th.
er localities have been stripped Of
merchanlable bluck walnut, it is
claimed that gIeat quantities OF
that valuable wood are obtainable
near The Kanawha and tributaries.
II is generally well known that The
State has large areas Of forest, in.
Guiding excellent white piae--sim.
liar 10 Georgian Bay pine-whi!e
OAK, curly maple; the cherry, cur.
Iy popular aud many other valu.
able woods. The command Of va.
ter transportation " the greater
part Of the country makes this re.
source Of incalculable value.
In iron Development circnm
stances have retarded West Virgin.
ia, but it is probable that before
long the mountains of rich ore as.
sociated with Goals aud limestone
will bring that interest into prom.
lnence as soon us the irou scare in
Pennsylvania shall abote aud capi.
tai pluck up courage enough to be.
come again active. There is no
apparent reason why West Virgin.
ia and Eastern Kentucky furnaces
should not make the Southern iron
as good and cheaply as the same is
now made in Tennessee and Ala.
oama. The IVES! Virginia exhibit
contains many illustrations Of the
States resources and possibilities
hat practical people could lily af.
ord TO overlook. The wool ileecas
Ire superb, the fire clays superior !
% most material of the kind in the
Government Building, and in gen.
.ral there are wonderfalsOggesliuns ]
II wealth in the MnantaiR State
ha. few of US would have dreamed
4 out for the pictures offered at the ,
Exposition. The interest which !
he West Virginia EXHIBIT has ex. /
'ited among American and foreign /
'isiIors alike, will be sure to give
he commonwealth al impetus in
connection with the universal in. :
Iastrial development Of the New /
south.