The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-14
WE'VE GOT 1T,
Weddings Great OpportunIty-What VIII
Draw Population to Her.

whGSling's Great OppOrtunlty-What Will
Draw Population to Her.
"COld SAOrt" IN The AGE VI Sitsi, ssIt l.
Wheeling nov has actual possession Of
natural gas, the greatest auxiliary element
to progress with which any people have
ever been endowed, and what she is going
to do with 1t is not predetermined, She
enthused over It's reception yesterday in
q genuine hearty way, with not little Of
iroth and buster, and in Just such sub
stantial, sagaclous and effective way will
she evidence her appreciation OF IL and
her ability 10 utilize It.
Wheeling now assumes q position
alongside Of her mighty sister, Plttsburg,
aud she will never give her friends cause
to regret that she has been 80 splendidly
exalted. Wheeling will throw of all the
antiquate1 influences which have here,
tolore restrained her, and show that this
great opportunityh has not been uuworthily
bestowed, In some very important par,
tiCulIrs Wheeling occupies an exception
ally advantageous position, She Ia the
central pointof the great limestone belt,
which Is, beyond question, the richest
and the most productive region in Am.
erica. This sounds like very large sized
statement, but statistics prove Its truth,
This belt covers an area OF ., 500 square
miles, extending laterally twenty-five
miles in an air line, north, south, east and
west from Wheeling as the central point,
and It reaches into Ohio, Pennsylvania and
West Virginia. The corn crop In this ter
,Ito,u 10 onrtotn, II uyaHauau aIvk, a a.,
bushels 10 the acre, and this has been
produced from the same ground iortwenty
consecutive years without the aid OF fer
tilizers, The wheat crop is almost certain
ii averages twenty-eight and one,hall
bushels to the acre OF the very best quality,
and no adventitious elements are required
to produced this result. The potato crop Is
sure, and Il cannot be excelled in either
quality or yield. The same can bs said OF
oats, timothy and fruit. This land has
been worked for eighty odd years, and 1t
possesses, unimpaired, all the elements Of
strength II had, aud when first broken re-
spends as vigorously and willingly as
when first tiled, 1t raises the beat NUT.
ton and grows the finest and highest
priced wool Of this continent,
AAepS "0 ASb lAhNSVLAVANo WILMA AlhNG
special weights to attract the attention Of
the manufacturer and the capitalist, but
thsy are grand supplementary features OF
excellence, which complete the list OF
Wheeling's pre.eminent advantages. l
am not an enthusiast or convert when !
claim tina! this ia the most favored region
on the tootstool. Wheeling's natural ad.
vantages have long been 30 familiar to her
people that they have well.nigh forgotten
them, and rarely discuss them, They are
but family known outside Of her immedi.
ate business territory. This Unjust change.
rhe addition Of this new fuel to her IA.
cilities will be published throughout the
world, and capital and enterprise will &c.
dously investigate the opportunities and
Inducements presented by Wheeling and
ner neighborhood for Investment and 10.
cation, and she is preparing to ventilate
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