The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-13
WEST YIRaISIA,s BOON.


WEST YIRaISIAs BOOM
Capital Coming Into the state and Findir
Ready Investments = The OIL and Co
Developments on the MonpnGRhsla m
| Elsewhere,
Following the lead Of Messrs' Blain'
Cameron, Dorsey and other far'sighte
capitalists, says the Pittsburgh CAro'Ict
Tslegrppk Of yesterday afternoon, me
with money are now pouring into ou
neiHhbor, West Virginia,
The result Is that the little State ha
quite q big boom, and the activity prom
ises 10 be lasting, Mr.. w, b. Chaite,
said this morning;
'Those who have not given the mat
ter especial study and personal inYesti
CATION can have none but the most In
tangible and erroneous ideas concerning
the great strides West Virginia has beer
making In the last two or three years
but especially within the last twelve
months in the way OF developing her re
sources, adding to her railroad mileage
increasing her population through In
ducements held out 10 the best class o.
immigrants, and inaugurating new man
ulactuFing enterprises,
THE NEW ROAD,
"From Fairmont running north alonl
the valley Of the West Fork Of the Mo
nongahela river. 1000 men are working
at the construction OF the Fairmont d
Olarksburg Railroad, and the prellmin'
ary operations looking 10 the construc'
ton Of the West Virginia 4 Pennsyl'
yania road, running from Rowlesburg to
Fairchance, Pa, are well under way
Along both OF these routes coke ovens
are going up by hundreds, mines are be-
ing opened In almost every valley, where
the outcrop Of coal, both camel and
bituminous, in great veins, running To as
much as IA feet OF solid coal, affords an
assurance OF wealth TO the owners which
the fairest diamond mine could not sur
"only a few miles away is the oil
field Of Monongalia county, which
stretches from the Pennsylvania line
south through the counties Of Mononga-
LA and Marion to the interior oil the
State, Already nearly fifty wells have
been put down, pipe lines are In course
OF construction, and not less than ST.
100000 have been expended up 10 this
time In developing the territory.
IN OTHER DIRECTIONS.
"In the wilderness counties OF Tucker
and Randolph the extension Of the West
Virginia Central line toward the head
waters OF the Kanawha and Elk has
been carried forward almost q hundred
miles during the year, and the first pas
senger train will run over the road to-
day, carrying the mails through coun-
try covered with an almost unbroken
forest OF hard woods. A thousand mill
lion feet OF cherry, walnut and other
valuable timber Is standing along the
road,
"In Nicholas and Clay counties Don
Cameron & Go. have acquired $4,000
acres OF land, fronting for 27 miles on
the east side OF the Elk river. The land
is underlaid with rich bituminous coal
veins, already opened, running from four
10 thirteen feet In thickness, and is cover
ed bya magnifcentgrowth ofmarketable
timber. The West Virginia Central
Railroad is beading in this direction.
wayne, Logan, Mcdowell and Wy
oming counties, In the southwest part Of
the State, are covered with fine timber
and underlaid with bituminous coal, one
vein being IA feet thick, The Norfolk
& Western Railroad is moving for an
extension through this country.
In the Panhandle counties tho rich
oil fields Of Pennsylvania have been
traced across the line, and already, in
Hancock county, 100 wells have been
sunk and more than 81 600 900 expended.
"In Mercer and adjoining counties in
the extreme southern portion OF the
State the development OF the coal de.
posts Is being carried OH with energy,
and the population and visible wealth
have increased four.iold in the last four
years. In other parts OF the State the
business Of lumber has advanced with
giant strides during the past year. Other
industries are upon corresponding
scale Of advancement, and the prosper
ity Of the State was never'so great or It's
future SO promising as now. The
changes OF the past two years have been
great, but those OF the next few years
will be greater still, and II will be but
short time until the influx OF capital and
population will make the State one OF
the most prosperous in the Union.n