Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-05-29
Meeting of the State Board OF
immigration and Develop
ment,

the Wheeling meeting, May "a, 1888.
The Secretary made an informal
report of the business transacted
since the last meeting by the Secre-
tary's Office, showing among other
things, that about 81 200 of the funds
subscribed had been paid into the
treasury, that about $500 was ready
to be paid in, and that no less than %
counties had formed Auxiliary Asso-
Citations.
The Secretary was directed to pre-
pare circular for distribution in the
counties not now organized, and to
make vigorous efforts to have every
county in the State organized.
Various suggestions and much in
formal discussion was INDUCED in and
reports received from the various
sections, all going to show that the
good work is going forward well. Hon.
D. B. Lucas moved the Board to ask
the War Department why the Shen-
andoah river Improvement is not car
ried forward, and asking prompt at
tention to the matter, owing to the
vast mineral and other developments
now being made along this river
The Board passed the resolution, and
directed the Secretary to communi-
cate to the proper authorities.
The Board adjourned to meetin Graf
ton, Taylor county, September 1888.
Col. W. T. Thompson, State Treas
urer, was present and participated in
the proceedings in place of Judge
Layne who was unavoidedly absent.
The Common Council of the town
attended the meeting of the Board in
a body, and Councilman Gustav
Brown (now elected Mayor) in their
behalf welcomed the gentlemen of the
Board to the town in well-timed and
neat address, to which President
Hart made fitting response.
On Thursday night public meet
ing was held in Washington Hall, at
which an address was made by Pres
ident Hart, after appropriate intro
ductory remarks by Hon. w. H.
Travers, President of the County
Auxiliary. Brief remarks were also
made by B. l.. Butcher, Secretary of
the Board (late State School Superin-
tendent,) State Senator Oxley, Hon.
D. B. Lucas and B. G. Washington,
Esq. On Friday morning the Wis
itors were taken by the County Aux
iliary to Harper's Ferry, and on ar
rival there were met at the train by
Mayor Ames and Committee of the
Board of Trade, consisting of Messrs.
n. C. Bracket, j. Garland Hurst,
Jas. D. Butt and Chas. II. Trail.
The visitors were first shown the Po-
tomac works where the excavations
for the construction of an immense
paper mill are in progress, and after
wards seated in comfortable vehicles
and conveyed to various points of
intcrest-the Potomac bluffs, Bolivar
Heights, Storer College Tin the obser-
atory of which affodrs grand view of
the magnificent surrounding natural
scenery,) and lastly the pulp mill of
the Shenandoah Pulp Company, an
enterprise which promises much for
the industrial development of this
country. The party were then enter
tanned with a nice lunch ut the Poto-
mac House, (thcir entertainment
whilst at Harper's Ferry being pro-
vided for by enterprising citizens
Messrs. Jas. d. Butt, n. C.-Brackett,
j. Garland Hurst, Chas. II. Trail and
Geo. II. Child, and took the 11:14
B. & O. train for Shepherdstown, via
Shenandoah Junction.
At Shepherdstown Mayor little
and committee met the visitors and
escorted them to the Entier Hotel,
where an address of welcome was de-
livcred by the Mayor and responded
to by President Hart, after which an
elegant dinner was served, gotten up
by 80 mine host" Trussell of the En-
tier. The guests were after dinner
taken to visit the An'tictam National
Cemetery ut Sharpsburg. Nd, and
shown through the machine shops at
Shepherdstown. The Shepherdstown
Band turned out and after scrcnad-
ing the party escorted the visitors to
the depot, all bidding adicu to the his
toric old town with best wishes for
its future welfare and the good of
its hospitablc people.
a banquet was given at the Carter
House on Friday evening, by the
County Auxiliary and other citizens
of the community, and to say that it
was the grand finale of the event
speaks but meagre praise of the sue
cessful efforts of landlord Baker and
his good wife in the direction of get
ting up first-class entertainment