Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1889-05-08
WAYNE COUNTY.s oppoR.
TUNITY.
Will the People OF the Twelve
Pole Valley Try to Secure the
Location OF thc n. y W.
READ CONSIDER, ACT

The ADVANCE has reliable infor.
nation that the citizens OF Twelve
Pole Valley will bc called upon i'm
few days 10y representative OF
the Norfolk X Western X. Il. for
the purpose OF asccrtaining what
can be done towards securing the
night OF way FOR the use ut the road
down the valley TO the Ohio river.
in view of the inducements that are
being offered by other routes il i. TO
be hoped that the representative OF
the company will be dealt with lib.
orally by our citizens, so that there
may be no cause for the railroad to
adopt one OF the other routes, on ac.
count OF right of way.
In considering the advantages to
be derived from the location OF the
n. X w. railroad down the valley
OF Twelve Pole, a glance at the geo.
eraPhy oil our county will show il
10 be about forty five or fifty miles
IN length, about eight miles wide at
the lower end. and about fifteen
miles wide OF the Logan county
line. AT one point the county
reaches a width of about twenty
hive miles, but the general width
throughout rs not tar from fifteen
miles, The Twelve Pole Valley
runs the entire length of the county
and practically divides the county
IN the centre. Should the ". ~ w.
railroad company adopt the Twelve
Ioie route Tor IT. main line il would
place fully one-half of our citizens.
and over one third of all OF our
post offices directly upon one of the
most important trunk lines of the
country south of the Ohio river.
and large majority of our citizens
instead OF being, US now, one or
two days journey from railroad,
would be within easy accessible
remotcst citizen scarcely ten miles
from direct railroad communication
with the commercial ccntres of the
east, west and south.
IL Will be well 10 remember nov.
that whatever prosperity our county
has enjoyed in the past, has been
due mainly To the iact that Twelve
Pole river runs centrally the entire
length OF our county, and with its
small side streams reached every
farm in the valley, enabling our
people TO float their main product,
timber, To the Ohio river where
they found market for it
Suppose, for illustration, that
Twelve Pole had not existed. what
would our people have done all
these years past, without the annual
supply OF timber money which
has been distributed amongst themi
Happily for them Twelve Pole did
exist aud they have reapcd the ben.
efit OF ITS existence. Butto those OF
our citizens who live on its banks.
in the lower half of the county. il
has ceased ts be of value. because
their land no longer produces the
timber which this stream is well
adapted 10 carry to market. II is
apparent that Twelve Pole river is
not adapted to carry any other prod
uct OF our county to market, and il is
also apparent that nothing which
our county can produce will bear a
wagon transportation of twcnty or
thirty miles in competition with
other scctions.
The failure to have a general "run
OUT for nearly two years, and the
consequent hard times in our coun-
~, should appeal to our people in
stronger terms than anything that
can be said in this article: h,w
necessary and important it is that
we shall not in the future rely upon
single industry like timber, and
have even that, dependent upon The
clouds that pass over our heads.
he lower half the county, at least,
having exhausted its timber supply,
must look to something else which
can be produced, and which the
outer world will purchase, and to
the securing OF reliable means OF
delivering this product to the mar.
kets Of tho coartry.
The question for our citizens TO
consider is whether this is an op-
postunity to add other and vari-
Gus industries TO the old round "0f
rafting earn, 10 feed cattle, to haul
logs 10 tie creeks simply because
that is the only product that the la.
Dor Of the county can be put into
and reach a market by present IA.
cilities--and whether by a judicious
use Of our opportunities. this ques-
ton Of where the y. az w. will be
located, cannot be turned TO our adj.
yansagei
II IS pretty generally known that
the ~. & w. railroad company has
been looking for route to the Ohio
river somewhere between the Guy
andottc Valley and ironton, and il
has been demonstrated by their
engineers during the past year that
there are at least three practicable
routes in this territory, all possessing
certain advantages II IS also well
know n that Kentucky interests Ger
tain parties in Catlettsburg, and all 1T
Ashland-arc working earnestly and
offering many inducements to secure
the location and benefits Of the road.
II is also known that the city Of
Huntington has presented her claims
and strong inducements, and that an
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