The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-04-21
LAoKsoN loUNTY MAQTERs.
The New Railroad, Wool Growing, LuubsF
and Politics,


Major Henry Q. Fleaher, Of Ripley,
Jackson county, is in the city on his way
10 TsylortoEn to make some selections
from the Crothsrs flock Of sheep, to visit
Pittsburgh on business and possibly to
drop down to Washington to see how
Cleveland Ia getting along with
the government, An INTELLIGENCE re-
porter asked Major Fleaher what about
the Mill Creek Valley Railroad, Of which
company Major Flesher ia q director,
"Well," replied Major Fletcher, I'VE ex-
psct to build the road, 1t will be twelve
miles long from Ripley to q point on the
Ohio river near the mouth Of Mill creek.
The capital stock will be $4,000. We
have $500 in private subscriptions; Rip
Icy district has subscribed $4,000, avail
able when the road Is graded. On the
18th Of May Washington district Is to
vote on o proposition TO subscribe s., 900,
and on the 18th Union district on q pro.
position to subscribe $500. The pros
peCt for these two last named subscrip-
tons is good"
"Have you organized your company? p
"Yesi last Saturday, with William T.
Greer Gs President, A, +. Parsons, Vice
President, and John S. McOown, Secre-
tary. Besides these gentlemen the direc,
tors are John H. Riley, H, b. Oreel, Hiram
Douglass, John A. LRwwill, j. NJ. Polling,
v, +, Armstrong, D. X. Hood, E. A,
Thomas, Henry O, FIesher and Isaac
Sayre,"
This is a narrow gauge scheme, Of
course"
"Yesi that will be easily and cheaply
constructed and will answer our purposes,
You know we havea good country though
the Mill creek valley, already we'll settled,
with white oak, hickory, beach and all the
bard woods oil that section on Inc hill
sides. We expect that wooden trRmways
and the creek will be valuable lumber
feeders from the region beyond. 1t IL
probable that q boom will be built at Rip
ley and that saw mills will be erected
there to prepare the lumber for market
"Have you begun to locate your line?'
"Our Executive Committee was directed
to employ an engineer at once for that
purpose, and We expect to lose no time,
After everything is ready to proceed we
think we shall move rapidly. The work
OF construction will DO easy. We shall
have no tunnels, heavy cuts or deep fills
to make, and | think We can get along
with about two bridges that willnot cost q
great deal"
"Hog about sheep in your county
Maori"
sour farmers are good deal dlscour,
aged, and during the past winter a great
many sheep have been sold, on account OF
the low price Of wool, l think we have
still in the county about 10000 head,
Jackson la q fine sheep county, and with
proper encouragement l think the mum.
Der Of sheep would be largely increased
"Fhen your people are not for the free
wool bIll2'
"Noi they're for protection, Democrats
and Republicans. When we get railroad
connection our county ought to go ahead.
County." :.
"Do you have any politics down your
way
Just now, butt suppose weBhall soon bea
fever heat. For COugres? Democratic
nominee, Justice Gibson; Republican
nominee, a good man who will give Capt
Gibson plenty to do. / don't name him,
because thatis for the convention to do
In our end OF the distriCt Col, Mclean
and Judge Redmond arc spoken ot-both
good men,"