The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-11-16
A MOuNTAIN ToMN
Suddenly Sprung up in the Midst of Virgin
Forests,


Suddenly Sprung up in tho Midst of Virgl
Forests,
Specia! Correspondence 0fhe Iaitl'igacT.
DAVIS, TucHER Co., W. Va, Nov. 49,
Two years and u half since the hunter o
prospector who dared brave the wood
trusting himself to dead tralla and mos
hidden, hsll-eIased blfzes found at th'
mouth oil tho Beaver, where it emptieI
into the Blsckwater In Tucker county
the reported site Of future city, WGlt
he too late TO 80 farther, a large flat stont
come six feet over lying close 10 the juno
ton OF the two streams, IVES hospltRblt
find on which to make his bed efhem
lock boughB Around on eValy side wat
dense mat Of tangled laurel, through
which the bun never pGepCd. The forest
primeval lay for niles an unbrOken
stretch, No soit p!nmSged birds that
nes,Gd In them ever gave up their life that
frivolous fashion might be bedeCked. The
squirrel and wildcat, rabbit and bear
were sale in their burrows and lairs, save
from thtiC own kiGd, Aud the legioAs OF
trout gsyly ran in those wsteTe, and
whether glsncipg over rapids or hiding in
deep eddies, were equally safe from the
anglers keen hook. The ringing noises
oil civilization never reached the
eNs OF him who rested on that stone,
they w0IO 90 unknovn thera as when
the tree tjpS above, through which the
winds made melody, were but lifting their
heads 10 the sun,
But in the solitude there was no silence,
The wild anthems played by tho winds on
q myriad OF harps, the gladsong birds aud
The rushiag waters Of the river, az they
hurried along to their plunge Of sixty feet,
made music CeasslCGs and beautiful. Bu
the underlying coal and the wealth OF
timber waiting to be carried down the
river on Its tloodB wcrO too valuable to
longer liz Idle. May II, 1885, the work
Wss begun, when the first timber WAS Cut,
and Davis began to take shape. June ~,
tue same year, the W. Va. Q. 4 +. Ry,
was completed 10 thSs point, and those
hills and mountains, which had echoed
only to the sgueGl Of the wildcat or bay
Of the deer hound, now echoed long and
loud to the BhriIl whale Of the lcclmo.
tive, The town at pIe6ent writing haa o
pUpulhtlun VI tIUl huu ID bIuWluR SNbCS
week. Personally known to your cor.
respondent are representatives from Ohio,
indiana, Pennsylvania, New York, Mary.
land, Virginia, kentucky and Canada,
And 1t needs but the mere mention otthe
fact that the town already has good pub.
liz school house, Presbyterian AID a
Methodist church to know the character
oil thoa0 who are making their home here
The shops OF tho road are located here
but not yet completed, Tho working
force that they will demand isyOt un.
known.
The Davis mines, two nilrB east have
a capacity OF 100 toHa daily, with pay
roll OF some 81 500 monthly. The capacity
Of the North Fork mines will DO 400 tong
daily the frat year, and increase there.
aftSr. a road Beven.eiGhths Of-s--,uilt
long ia nearing Csmpletiun 10 these mines
Outside Of the coal interests aud lumber
manufacturing and larre tannery.
FayeTweRther < Lsdow are fact Complet.
ing q tGnncry ssid to DO tho second largest
in the United StRLes. When Ia inll blsst
they will employ over Ave hundred
men. The facilities for hemloCk bark
would be hard to beat as Davis 10 in
the midst Of agreat hemlock region whore
there Is q supply Of good timber for year,
10 come. The largest mill interests ore
held by The ]. l., Rumbarger Lumber
Con- Any They have theIrNaips charter,
ed Gnl well improved. Their mill Ia n
hand and circul: I combined, run by two
engines AID will have, wheA the circular
Is IN operation, capacity OF GOC0O feet
daily. AT present they are cut nR n ~.
ing but cherry, Of which the' ave a mill.
ion and hall feet in their d m,
These, with the usual mou 1t OF mer.
camille business done y h,e general
stores, enc drug store a. d Une bakery,
make tho business oil Ihs town. Tho
traveller in place Of having 10 rely upon
the big fiat stone for accommodations
With bed Of hemloCk bougha hes hand.
some cottage hotel lighted with gas, with
capacity Of 70 standing Close to the
depot, we'll up tho hill, commanding
view Of the town ard mountains
beyond. A doctor, circuit preacher,
and Two local preachers are tho only gen.
| iIpInen Of cloth co far. But the founders
did not propose that tho place should bs
one entirely Of trsIiip and manufacture,
Nature had done too much toward max
lug It q place for pleasure and health.
Just west OF the divide that reparatss the
waters Of the gulf and oCern, tho town 10
some 5000 feet above the Tc9.esS Allan
tic. Strictly In its infancy, and go having
no walks nor improved streets there Ia
"as much mud ia the Atreets as II the
waters had but newly retired from the
iucc Of the earth" But this can only be
matter Of q year or so. The river drain
ACE Of Beaver and BlaGkwRter 10 which
| the town slopes with some judiCioHs work,
should make complete drainage. Theee
strcams and mountRing piled ono over
aVSinBt tho other afford facilities for tho
pleasure and recreation seeker, whether
Il DO hunting, fishing, atetching, photo.
graphing, b1St'ridlne, phtssOeipg, or
health seeking. Deer abound Tor the
hunter, With not 9 few bear and
wild calH, and the streams are
alive with trout for tho fisherman,
while al the town tho long eddy damned
makes lne Couuo Tor boat riding. In
snmmor the aides Of the everlasting
mountains white with tho blossoms Of
thick matted laurel under the rich green
foliage OF untouched forests, and tho falls
Of sixty feet Closo by give tho elghtgeer,
BketCher and photographer an abundance
Of pleGsurOabIe occupation, Malaria and
snakes are unknown here. Tho exhilar.
ating atmosphere, springs Of delicious
mountain water, pleasant days aud pleas
untOr nights oil summer, combined With
good railroad isCilitieV, are bound 10 make
Tho town q SUCCESS. CuAsE,
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