The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-08-16
WHERE qHB BOOM is
Making tho State Bloom and
Blossom with Prosperity.
M0NoNGAHELA RIVER ROAD
And What II Is Doing for tho Dcvcl.
opinrnt Of the Statc-"NIonOngnh"
ana Its Wonderful Growth-A
Glorious Future Ahcad.


specia! Correspondence Of The In.tligencer.
CLAnKsnuHa, W. Va, August 49,
A party comprising Governor Elem
ing, G. X. Lord, Third Vice President q
the Baltimore 4 Ohio Railway Company
A. II. KunBt, Vice President and Gen
cral Manager Of the West Virginia
PittaburSh Railway Company; O. Z
Ways, General Freight Agent, @. Q
scull, General Passenger Agent, Capt
G. W. Booth, Auditor OF Revenue, J. II
Pennington, Chief Architect, J. F
Legge, Division Superintendent, all o
the Baltimore 4 Ohio Railway Company
Col. D. S. Thompson, General Superin
tendent OF the Monongah Coal and Cox.
Company, and several other gentlemen
iucluding-s rcial correspondents OF til.
baltimore american aud the INrELLloEN
GER, made tho i,ip Of observation owe,
the Mononeahela River railroad yestsr'
day in the Baltimore & Ohio Com
panya private car Delaware, by the inyi
tation OF Mr., Hugh Il. Bowles, the Gen
eral Superintendent OF the Mononeahelu
River Company. The train left Fair.
mont at 1880 Il. in., and after pas,inp
CASTOR junction, bstween which place
aud Fairmnut the MonoDgahela River
Company use the Baltimore 4 Ohio
Company's main track, it being operated
on the block system, proceeded to Mon.
ongah, the point Of greatest interest on
the road.
This town, which has the misfortune
OF having as many name5 ns a member
OF the Royal family, and has been sue.
cessively christcned as Briartown, Cam.
deDsbuig, Claikson and Alononsah, is
situated about six miles south OF Fair.
mont on the Monopgahela river, amidst
perfect range OF mountains OF coal.
One year ago it had q population Of less
than forty persons; to-day the population
is estimated at from ], 200 to l,500 peo.
pie, upward OF 900 OF them being EN-.
p!oyed by the Monongah Coal and Coke
Company, OF which Mr.. S. W. Colston,
OF the banking house OF Z. w. Clark (
Company, OF Philadelphia, 10 President.
THE IoWS OF MOSOSGAu.
The town proper lies on the east side
OF the river, and consists OF upwards oil
$50 houses, seventy-fve OF which are
handsome three to tive-room cottages,
each one built on lot varying in size
from 50xl00 to $4,000 feet, according to
the size oi the cottage. These buildings
are models for any mining or manu-.
featuring town to take pattern from, be-
ing we'll built, handsomely painted,
lathed and plastered and arranged with
a!l necessary Improvements, both for
the health and comfort OF their occu-
pants. They were especially designed
by Col. D. S. Thompson, the Superin.
tendent of tho mines and ovens, who
made two months tri p through the
different mining districts for the purpose
OF getting points and personally investi-
eating the accommodations furnished
by other corporations to their employees.
The seventy.tive finished houses all have
occupants, and hity more houses are now
in course Of construction and will be
finished by November |. The streets oi
the town are wide and well-kept, and
taking biroseye view from Monongah
Heights, on the west side OF the river,
one would take it for an d.established
thriving Eastern village, rather than fol
new mining town.
On the west eide OF the river there is
hill few hundred feet high. Here the
company owns las acres, all good Goa
land. On the brow OF this hill there has
been erected hotel capable OF accom-
modating about one hundred guests, ant
six other. .commodious Gothic houses for
the accommodation OF the resident Off
GERS Of both the coal and coke and rail
way companies.
The hotel boards most OF the clerk
aud office employees OF the different cor
porations. 1t is managed by Mr.. Gal
liner, and the appointments and service
are Rdmirable-,he rooms are large ant
airy, handsomely furnished and paperet
and are as clean and neat as new pin
the table appointments are perfect an,
the fare served is excellent. This hotel
furniture and everything about it iron
the piano 10 the toothpicks belong to tn
company.
The houses occupied by the official
are patterns Of beauty, and Of course ar
furnished by the occupants according +
their individual tastes.
A LOCAL CHARACTER.
As yet there is no bridge across til
river, and officers, clerks and transfer
visitors are obliged to be, lerried aero:
in q Aat boat, rowed by a youth abor
fourteen years OF age, who is a characte
in himself. t&.-B
lie has reputation as "great' q
''Peck's Bad Boy" and it is probable b
merits his reputation.
He meets stranger on the bank 0
the epst.a side OF the river immediatel
upon his arrival in town aud soon con
mences to make him recite his catechisu
and it is dollars to dsughnuts that befor
he has bis boat united from the stalk
that he will have his victims recor
down Zine as an LSQ0. census. enume
ator. 49, va t....
His first question is "Be you fro,
Newburg?" followed successfully and {
short range by,
"Do you own anything here7"
N ~ you v" uus tiluS uou4c1
"Bs you married"
"Be you going to work here?"
"How iong be you going to stay ?" :
Ana finally, "Be you any kin c
Bowles?' d
1t il eaid man broke him up pretl
badly OF. the last question by askin
him what the d kin" meant. Il
united his boat and got half way acro
the river before he replied: "Why! r.
lation"-but the question sawed it 0
with him and he asked that passenger,
least, no move questions. His occup
ton as ierrymau will soon be gon
though, as q bridge will be built ov'
the river within the next few months.
Superintendent Thompson informe
tho party that the Alonongah Coal an
Coke Company owned or controllt
about nll the coal land along the line I
the Monopgahela River Railroad. Il
eaid they now had two openings ru'
ming anda third very nearly ready
start. They are shipping daily fifty c
loads OF coal and fifteen car loads
coke. When they reach the full capa
ity (Which they expect will be with
the next eighteen monthly they VI
ship 5000 tons OF coal and 800 tons
81. =. I. o."