The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-02-08
STATE IMMIGRATION.
THE CALL FOR A CONVENTION
To Boom west virginia Nesting with a
Ready RsSpOnSs-PrSSidsnt Spencer, of
the b. & o., Sends n Telegram, Plsdg-
ing His suppOrt--Othsr Letters.

The call issued by the Chamber o
Commerce, OF Wheeling, for State I'M
migration Convention on the 29!h instant
seems to have caught on" in every quar-
ter, and the prospects are that 1t will be 4
grand success and productive Of much
good. The IETELLIGENoRR Is in receipt Of
numbers Of private letters from inauen'
tial men In and out Of the State express
ing their hearty interest in the plan and
plsdging their cooperation. Among
others who send encouraging words Is
Mr.. Samuel Spencer, President Of the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. The
following telegram was received from Mr..
Spencer:
BALTIMORE, Mo, Feb. Z.
Chai Burdsn HaTt, CA1irRdH Committee Chamber Of
Commerce, Rhts!iRo!
l note with much interest the call
which has been made by the Chamber OF
Commerce for @ convention to be held at
Wheeling during the month TO mature Q
plan to further attract the attention Of
capital and immigrants to the advantages
offered by the State OF West Virginia.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Is in thorough sympathy with all such
movements for the material growth Of the
territory served by Its lines, and the
active cooperation OF the company may
be relied upon in every legitimate way
for the accomplishment of the purposes
indicated.
s. SPENCER, President.
DR.. Wesley Smith, OF sharpsburR, Pa,
well known in Wheeling and throughout
this State, az one Of the leading ministers
in the Methodist Church, in letter ad.
dressed to the Chamber Of Commerce,
says, among other things:
"HaVing been raised within few miles
OF Wheeling, and having spent ten years
OF my ministerial life in that region, l feel
deep interest In everything that concerns
its interests. think that now, whea
thousand human lives have been lost and
ten thousand head OF stock by the terrible
western billiards, Is the time to bring the
advantages OF West Virginia to the atten-
ton OF capital and those seeking homes.
The people OF those bliZzrd.stricken west.
ern regions are corresponding at this time
with Leading men in Richmond on this
very subject. In regard to healthtulness
OF climate and other attractions West Vir-
ginia has great advantage over the Eastern
State"
Hon. Henry @. Fleshsr, OF Jackson
Court House, writes the following letter
TO the 1HTRLLIGESCER:
JACKSON @. H., W. Va, Feb. 4, 1888.
To he Editor Of he htdli0eaoeT.
sIR:-The call made by the Chamber
of Commerce for the meeting in your city
TO be held on the Goth OF this month, Is
timely, and the wonder Is that 1t had not
been thought Of long ago. l spent the
month OF November in the West, and was
struck with the great and wonderful
power OF printers ink and we'll written
articles on the West, and which have at
trRcted to that country vast sums that
have been invested, with West Virginia
lying under the very noses Of the per-
sons who have peopled that country.
West Virginia enterprise has been too
slow-we have great State, II our people
would think 80. The development Of
county is Just what the people living in
1t choose to make II. We have not chosen
80 to do; therefore we are behind newer
countries. Our climate is good, our soil
produces everything necessary for mans
use and the keeping Of domestic animals.
It is an essy country to live in, and l
think West Virginiaoffera superior mater
ial advantages 10 the West-where they
live by booms. Booms are good things
while they last, but they often squeeze
the boomers, and becomes boomlete.
i hope to see q good attendance on the
29sh. Our people are alive to its import.
ance. Yours truly,
HENRY q. FLEsHER.