The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-01-22
YHE SPLENDID WORK
Done by the West Virginia
Board Of immigration.
A TALK WITH THE PRESIDENT,
What has been Accomplished and
What Is Hoped FOr-NecdSd Leg
tslatIou-The Method ofWoFk.
Tho Coming Convention.


Special Correspondence u ne Iaielligaea,
CHARLESTON, w, VAn Jan, el,-The
Convention of the West Virginia State
Immigration and Development Assocla-
ton, which will met here on Friday
promises to be big thing, and fruitful
OF lasting results, Many members Of
the Board are already here, Apropos to
the Convention, the Charleston Daily
Star publishes an interview with the
President OF the Board, in which the
splendid work Of tho past year Is graphic
cally described, The Stars article is as
follows;
In these days a familiar figure at the
capitol and Hotel Rptfner Is Charles Bur
dett Hart, the President fthe West Vir-
gInia Board OF Immigration and Devel-
,opment, He Is an enthusiastic State
boomer, He has made a close study OF
the resources and possibilities Of West
Virginia, and has set his mind on an
early and great development, A year
ago he set on foot the idea oia great con-
Yention TO take steps towards making
such an organization as would set before
the people OF tho country West Virgil
MAS almost uneQualled advantages for
settlers aud capitalists, For this pur'
pose, he used his newspaper, the
Wheeling INTRLLIdRECER, without stint,
He made a rapid journey over the State,
visiting Charleston, among other places,
Here, he appeared before our local De-
yelopment association aad the city
council, urging that the Great Kanawha
region had, at least, as much as any
other TO expect from movement on the
line indicated, The result tot Mr., Harris
efforts was convention In Wheeling on
the 10th OF February last, attended by
about 1000 delegates from all parts Of
the State, men OF all parties joining In
this grand movement towards the well
fare Of West Virginia.
REMARKABLE CONVENTION
There never had been such body In
the history Of this State, The ablest
were there taking part in the delibera.
tons, Ex-senator Camden presided
over tho convention. Since then the
Board Of Immigration and Development,
materially aided by the intelligence aud
energy Of its Secretary, Hon. b, L.
Butcher, has pushed an active campaign,
though It's funds have been limited, and
and for this reason it was the under.
standing that It was the intention OF the
Board TO prepare u bill to be offered In
tho Legislature, providing that the State
should adopt and carry on To further
SUCCESS the movement begun by the peo'
pie themselves. A Star reporter called on
President Hart and asked him to give
some ideas OF what the Board oil lmmi.
grafton and Development has been do
Ing and proposes to do. Mr. Hart re.
piled:
PRESIDENT HART INTERVIEWED.
ut will give me pleasure to furnish
you with any information at my com.
maud. l am Just looking through the
mail that came this morning-iO letters
in all-and perhaps cannot do better
than TO lot you run through these letters
with me, from which you will get u
practical idea while ! am getting through
with the part Of the business which has
followed me from Wheeling and which
necessarily takes a great deal Of our time.
This could not find time to get through
with II II were not for my young friend
here, who takes down Ia short hand
what l want to say and then writes II
out while l am doing my newspaper
work. We'll, here Is a Pennsylvania
man with q wife and four children who
wants land enough for q small farm
and Is able to pay cash-fye people,
II we can get them they may
be settled in West Virginia before next
spring, OF course we shall try to find for
this man Just what he wants. How do |
We 90 about that2 We send him what
printed matter we have and ask him 10 |
indicate so far as he can the general To-
cality In which he would like to pursue
his Inquiries. Then we look over our
list OF land for sale in the locality In
which he may indicate and select as
many properties as We can to lay before |
him. Now II may be that nothing sub.
mitted by us satisfies him; or II may BIO |
that the people OF that locality have fail. |
ed to aupply us very well In this particu.
lar. In either case We make every effort |
10 gather In more property 10 submit 10
our correspondent. We never let 60 so
long as there Is a chance TO bring our
man into the State Of West Virginia.
LETTERS IRON EVERYWHERE.
Where II Is possible We urge the cor.
to come and sec for himself.
What Is thIsP Well l declareP Here Is
an anxious soul way up in British Col.
umbia who has heard OF US, has seen our
little publication and made up his mind
that lie wanted to be one Of US. You
see that he does not say how many he
has In tho family but II Is evident that
he Is a III n Of family; 1t Is long jour
ney from british Columbia here, but we
shall bring him II We can. This Kansas
man wants 10 go into the numbering
business, and II hs means business, Of
course We can locate him anywhere In
the State outside Of tho upper Pan.
Handle. He wants to put up
saw mill, and wherever we find d saw
mill, we make work for our people. This
letter from a Pennsylvania coal operator
Is not difficult TO answer. The opportu.
mites for q man in his line are SO nu.
merous. He writes like a man that
means business, and we shall lose no