Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-11-27
LUMBER INTERESTS
Along the Cheat Rivsr-The News 1t
Beverly.
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Along the Cheat RiVer-1he News u
Beverly.
SDssSI CgrysyDopdsncs Of he Register.
Beverly. W. Va, November 23.-lhe
lumber interests in this section, to use the
phrase of the day, is booming, and II the
sales of timber lands continue IN proper
ton TO what it has been for the past twtlTe
months, We predict that in three years II
will be almost impossible to purchase TIM
bered land in Randolp h county,
A firm of Pennsylvsnians, OF which MS
Marcus Huirg is the head, has been MAJ,
ing very extensive purchases Of timbered
land in Randolph and Tucker eountes'
along the tributaries Of tie Cheat river
Thew now have several thousand logs IN
Cheat river, awaiting sufficient rise to
take them out. Their purchase alone IN
Randolph county Is betWeen 5000 and
20 600 acres. Mr.. John Huhrg and
brother were here few days ago,
and paid for all the lands they bsi pur,
chased in this county and making toll
PAYMENTS on some tracts that were not yet
due. Most of their purchases are on the
tributaries of Shayer's Fork OF Cheat east
of Beverley. OF course these large sales
places q great deal Of ready money in cir
culstiou, which comes at an oppoEtune
time, owing TO the sLriGgeae7 IN the cattle
merket.
Mr.. A. NJ Winchester, CT Chattanooga,
Tenn, who represents very wealthy con-
pauy. has purchased about $4,000 acres
of the inest white pine timber land IN the
State. All of his purchase is situated on
the TOP of Cheat mountain, about twenty
three miles south OF Beverley aud along
the lire of the Staunton and Psrkersburg
turnpike and Chest river. Most OF his
purchases are the mountain lands OF Col
Eihu and Alfred Hutton and the Barton
lands, besides smaller tracts purchased OF
Col C. J. P. Cressp and the heirs of Jon
a,han Arnold. Mr.. Winchester has large
force OF hsndsat work cutting the hmbersId
clearing the land. He intends to locate a
town on the top Of Cheat Mountain ct the
Cheat Bridge where the turnpike crosses
the river. There IRE low two steam saw
mills at that point saving lumber prepare
tory to the erecting Of o large hotel, store
and o:her buildings for the work hands,
In the suring between 200 and 300 exper-
fenced lambermeu will be put TO work on
the lands purchased By Mr.. Winchester IN
getting ont the fine timber which shounds
in that mountain fsstpess. Last summer
Mr. Winchester had q small boat con
structed and in company with two sxper
fenced mountsineers, descended Cheat
river from its head above the ). and 7
turnpike to below where the Seneca road
crosses the river, & distance OF perhaps 0O
or 20 miles. he says With some improve
meuts Of the river il the way OF blasting
and removing the large bonlders,
which he will make, that the
-;val Bill be nagigsbie 10 host
The LOGS oft 10 market. Mr.. Winchester
:. = s6SciabIe sntG-nrising gentleman, with
6ue business qualifications. 70 fact ne 10
lust the class Of enigrAnts that oar noun
lain country most desire to develop lis
dormant resources Oar people are en-
roprspiug Mr.. Winchester in every coz
ceiyable shape in his new enterprise. iGE
,bsv we'll know that it mus certainly
build up our country.
Col. C. J. P. Cressp returned !rom
Lyuchburz, Va, few days ago Esnher
he had eoSs in company with Mrs. Cressp
and his niece. Miss Evans, who will spend
rbe winter with friends in the bill city
PIN" saws the election excitement was a.
sbite heat BE says be did not VOTE out
if hs eould he would have cast lO,OOO votes
for Fitz Lee -,
Stoekmen are getting very uneasy aeouI
led. The hay did not average mucn over
half a CROP. sad our people are apprehen'
siye that tue coming winter will be similar
10 last winter. Very fey stock cattle nave
Deen sold, consequently II IS almost lmpoS'
,ible 10 buy the smallest bunch Of hay =,
corn and oat crops we're very 5000 lnGeeu,
IN fact they were better than they nave
been for several Year,. With moderate
weather our people expsut to winter ssieiJ
the stock nov in hand. =,
Rev. J. W. Kee6ls, Of ST. Pauls caurcn
Weston aud Rev. Jacob Birmingham, o.
Clarksburg, both ministers OF the Ep'sco
pal church PREACHED excellent sermons
mere on last Tuesday end Wednesday
nights to very large congregations; hev
Mr.. Keebls was 6 esdet, at the Virgins
Military Institute in snte-5elium dsJs, anC
graduated In the class with Dr. ]. W. Boe
worth, formerly Of this place, but roR 0
PhiIippi. He Wa also at the insii!ate Wi'i
Msyor Joseph Chenogetb, Of this pace
Who vas killed at the BATHS Of Port Repuo
lie in 1862.
Our mail routes srs 90 disSrrspged It Il
a wonder wa get any mail st oil. Ih'
REGlsrER is two days old when it resche
us.