Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-07-29
WHERE BIG TREES ARE
THE GREAT TIMBER LANDS ALONG THB
WBST VIRGINIA CENTRAL.
Names Of Shtsmsn and Finsncisrs Given to lhs S,a-
dtons-WoOd for Ties, Tanning, ali Pulp.
Wild Cherry and Grass Grow Spontaneously.
'pecidl COrepondenoe or be Recis,-

Special Correspondence OF De Recits-.
PIEDMONT, July 25.-Within the past
few years an immense amount Of capital
has been directed toward West Virginia in
the development Of her wonderful coal
fields and great forests Of spruce and hem
lock, poplar, oak, cherry and other woods.
According to the reports of expert geOlo-
gists, in what is known as the Elk Garden
region there are more than one hundred
million Ions OF merchantable and accessi-
BILE coal, and it was estimated that there
are in the Upper Potomac region in West
Virginia one thousand million tons Of
available coal. With such facts as these,
almost inconceivable, the building Of
the West Virginia Central railroad
seven years ago can hardly be
called an experiment The president Of
the company is ex Senator Henry G.
Davis; the vice-presidsnt in Stephen b.
Elking, and the directory includes these
prominent fnanciers: William Pickney
Whyte, J. n. Camden, Wikam II. Cor
man, John A. Hambleton, Thomas 3.
Davis, John A. Gilman, William w. Tay-
lor and Alexander Shaw. Mr. Emmons
Blaine is assistant to Presidtnt DAVIS with
headquarters AZ Baltimore, where the gem
eral { taices are located The general
msnsRer since May, lsSs, has been Mr.. c.
l. Brez, ayoung man scarcely more than
35 years old, who came from the Pennsyl-
vania Complny's employ, in which he had
served for twenty-five years. The general
traffic manager is Captain George w. Hlr-
rison, formerly resident OF Wheeling. and
well and favorably known 10 the ciiz.us
Of the city and that end Of the State Upt0
this date the directors have done without
the luxury Of private car Bnt one has
bsen built at the South Baltimore Csr
Works and is receiving the f1rni-hing
touches at Mt Clare Il will probably he
used in a monih or six weeks WHEN party
of Baltimore and Wheeling newspaper men
will be invited to mske a trip over the
road to witness the State development
which has been already adequately de-
scribed in the columns of the REGIsTER.
ALL ALONG THE LINE
From Cumberland 20 Wesierupoit or
Piedmont. the West Virginia Central. By
it's leased lines, parallels the Baltimore and
Ohio, distance of 27l miles. From
West import 10 Thomas is q distance OF so
miles. To the terminus at Davis il is
seven miles, while from Thomas 10 Elsius,
the Cheat River extension, il l. cillei, is
distance OF 81 miles From Herri 90, -
miles from Westernport the Elk Garden
branch extends distance OF about seven.
miles The general direction Of The road
il northeast aud southwest through the
coal and timber counties Of Mineral, Grant.
Tucker and Randolph The policy OF
the company in naming new citations has
been to remember their friende, and as
result the time card Of the road presents
most imposing arroy OF capitalists and
Statesmen. Blaine and BAyard, WRdom
and German, PendletOn aud Barnum are
names Of stations chosen at random
The charter under which tina road Is
operated is most liberal in its terms The
company ID empowered to do 'most any
thing except the banking business, AMI il
is specifically empowered 10 construct
railroad to connect with the Chesapeake &
Olio, "or any other railroad company"
So much for the railroad itself
THE GREAT FORESTS.
Thirty. i've milos from Weslernport, 90
Bayard station. the great fiest, mainly
of magnificent spruce and hemlock. be-
pins. covering the mountain sides 10 each
direction, a distance from the railr cd
of from fifteen 20 twenty miles.
Saw mills, great ard small, are scat
tered all along the line and wherever
a buzz-saw sings the song that brought
the bear to his doom, siding is put in
and a new village is established. Most Of
the lumber shipped over the road comes
from Davis, William, Wisania, Hamble-
ton. Dobbin, Wilson, Blyard, German
and Stoyer, all now towns, from the Elk
Garden branch and the Cheat River tx
tension. Oa the Cheat River extension
Hendricks and Parsons are great points
for lumber, especially the former J y.
Garrison. formerly Of BrOokvlle, Pa, now
of Pittsburg. il ut the head of big syn
dictate from the Keystona State, which
makes its headquarters At II sodrcSs, and
ships a gr, at deaf of lumber over the road.
FOR TIES AND TANNING.
The tie business has grown TO immenFe
proportions II is probable that 200 900
good railroad tes will be gotten out alorg
the line during the coming year. The tan
merry busi less has also aided in the deyel-
opment along the West Virginia Central.
The second largest tannery in the
United States, owned by Fayerweather
and Ladew, is located at Davis,
in Tucker county. and Mssss J C. Hcl-
man ard Son, Of Wheeling have completed
a new tsnnery Of considerable dimrns'ols
at German. This hemloCk has been found
especially valuable for tanning purposes.
Still another industry calls upon the re-
sources Of the Wee. Virginia Central
Wood pulp is manufactured at a number
Of points from the wood Of this region, and
a new pulp mill has lately been built at
West Piedmont
AMBITIOUS PARSONS
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