The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-05-28
ABOUT DAVIS CITY.
THE DIsArpEARANoE OF FOREST s
In ws.. ylrs,ala-what 1t Cost. TO Clear a n
Acre OF rimber-Ths Dark and gloomy
Forests of the Cheat Rlyer-rhe
Parisltss' Destructive Work.


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Sr. GxoRer. w. Va. Nav 26-That re.
Dion n to,aota n .,,I5 80 ~ ,..a.,...
gun y. .o'e esss anu "iluethesses extending
rom Fairfax Stone, the cornerstone OF
Maryland and West Virginia, southwark
i and westward alono the veo,arn faco ~
/ 1.-THE Allegheny mountains for i,fteen or
!. twenty miles. was until recently entIrely
: unknown to'the outside world and even
! now IL ia not thoroughly explored. The
IW. y. .C.& P. railroad has pushed its sur.
|. yeys into iunples and thickets where unt;l
the last year or two none but the adyen-
turesome hunter or the roaming wootls-
men had ever penetrated. The railroad
!, has now reached Davis City. new town
sprineing up at the confluence Of Black
FORK o. gheat river and Beaver creek.
black FORK comes 10 from the sonth, and
poWs thfongn tne splehuio canaan valley,
tne Mme ol Waleh " isno new thing; beayef
lows Gown from tne summit Of the AlleT
gheny monn,alns, ana Us course tenos 70
.ne Mest, anu llon source 70 mouth, us
laace gu aoous t%ehty niles, y hows
.tiiousn ene snoioAeh tvfestoi sleahuc;
Pines anu ohs immense WiieeThess, W S,,I OF
Aulei, angisea, lane aha impenstr;soits:, me
new toWh ol payls is rsgulaiiy lSlu OUT
unaef the su VISION oi VIZ osa con-
Pahy, anu occupies . peautllul situat!oh I
~ ftssing stouni9, 4, oSetiookihg the ofotze
coioteu "a1efs ol placA E''E4 Fork' et,
/ THE TOWN OF. .pAvis.
A few days ago | had occasion 10 visit
tbe ,ow, ~ Day;a Il, Il ,a,osd af,a, San.
~ :, =, .ee 80. -.
ator H.'9. DaYis, anu he Is ,spaflps no
means TO make ita popular and fashionable
summer resort. Already the site is point
al o,,t ,shor.. Ia and s,anb.n IItins viii,
~ eus 1 "t'S.S - ~ !, s"1 ~ iAoA WI"
shortly erect their superb residences, anu
the grounds arc laid of for magnificent
flower gardens. and for fountains that will
dow WITH ~, iron, i;y;n. s,,;nos Rnt
1s' ",s4 ".se. -. 20 ~, ,e
now there Is no aruheial beauty apont
the place. Inc men are only preparing
iof worGs ot NV; Iney are tearing Gown
the temples Of NATURES paildlng-the
groves ior tne sue ot ttie town Was recent
and part Of u sui ~ covered win huge
anJ s,,nS ma s,ssi 'n,,.. ISnnJ rsI f,at biSh
| Itcost 500 per acre TO remove the timber
from the ground. ] watched this work
going on on: 4. When me trees had been s, !S sas
m ions an,I I I,mbs NIB bnrnsa @ taa sn.iac,. ~ of ths
ground was almost hidden by stumps.
One could nearly walk from stump 70
stump. Next followed , corps DIV oi WORK
bols Ja %as S maas, eUss lnaer @ he stmmpans ] a
cartridge ol dynamite putin place. With
the explosion Of tho dynamite the stump
was torn IRON the ground. s9aheumss a1e
sion ers would @ tear % the tree .; INTO @ SINNER
The country around Davis is not mi
nutely explored. The laurel is SO dense
that II can hardly be penetrated. While
1 was there, X. w. Eastham, the founder
OF Davis, came in. He had Just returned
from an exploring expedition on hill
standing on the opposite side OF tile river,
a half.mile away, and had discovered q
very large and cold spring Of water, the
existence OF which was not before known.
The spring is higher than tho town, and
the water can be carried in pipes into
every dwelling.
nm. npc,v,so roppSrs
~. ..t,s,. IN s,s;..aS ,. 60 -. ,.....,a,,
pas s aaas a.i.Sa @.S sa .Sa Iaaaa.. a,riaa;,,.
.uys. a. atu ~ 800 . sae : asspsss ! ss.a t,;.
mas nos sne .osA I = ~ 49, 'es.
.aonsns ~ aso t..1 s.o1 s.ie ".s' A
the effect which the explosion oiidyna-
mite had on trees and atumps; but II was
tbe decav;ns a Tho forests Ire DIVING n
~. le essay e =. w ~ s1s' sle y.s
the gigannc7 pines that haa grown anu
lived and stood for generations aud cen.
turies and now, with no visible cause,
d.;nn That wbols ,as;o,. foc;rs vSest.
oy'nk. tAas "le ~ tee.ol' ta,te 80
ward from the Alleghanles ana feaching
tothe Backbone mountains on the west,