Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-11-17

Dy the Nlrglnians lnlnk ndTry ruler
had a good deal of nerve translatlng +.
F. V. Fast Flying Virginian, but the
railroads have made our State, so we
can't kick"
General, | want you to give me
some stubborn facts about Glasgow"
"Well, let us begin at the beginning"
answered the Virginia Chesterfield.
''Glasgow was born March 8, 1890,
thanks to the Almighty, who was its
father. North and James rivers meet at
Balcony Falls, twenty miles from Lex
ington, and from this point OF confluence
Glasgow sweeps east and west. IL Is
Graded among mountains. Ii resem-
bles the Cajon Valley Of California with
a difference: the Cajon is in 4 Pales-
tinal dream; Glasgow is fresh-faced
with growth and briskness and
vigor. 1t is awake in the full
sense. The ores at Glasgow are the
same as in the Lehigh district OF Penn
sylvania, where the product Of 1850 in
iron and steel amounted TO over $50, ,OO0.-
600. These Virginia ores at Glasgow
will run from ten per cent. To fifteen
per cent. more in the furnace than the
Lehigh ores, and are much nearer coke.
"Then again, we can make ton Of
iron at Glasgow, using our New River
coal with a ton and a quarter OF coke,
as against the Birmingham district.
where about 3, 100 lbs. is the average.
We are SIPS nearer the market with
out pig than the Birmingham district.
1T is safe TO assume that we can
make high-grad iron at Glasgow at
less than 50 a ton, this iron being equal
for foundry and mill purposes TO any
mode in the world. Vast buildings are
being erected, thousands OF dollars are
being expended, and in place OF the even
serenity OF mountain life and scenery,
the cling and rattle and hum Of pom
derous machinery will, in few weeks,
be heard, and an industrial city rise as
if by magic. Important enterprises
have been located and are being erected
in this beautiful valley, so fitted by ma
ture for works OF industry. by the
way, Cincinnati man, +. ). MOrdaunt,
has sent us several factories from your
State.
''0n the 2jth and 2Gth Of this month
the Rockbridge Company will offer for
sale five hundred lots in the town of
Glasgow. This sale Is made in obed-
ence to the demand for property here,
it being found advisable to place more
upon the market, so much having been
withdrawn by purchasers who intend to
build and make permanent investments
"Glasgow possesses peculiar advan-
tages for investments OF this character,
and the coming sale, feel sure, will be
largely attended. The low price OF lots
in this city. as compared with those Of
any other Of the new towns OF the State,
Is most favorable point for investors,
and when the advantages and opportu-
mites OF this place, as compared with
others, Is taken into account, IL Is
plainly seen that investments made In
Glasgow pay much larger per cent.
than at any other point.
Not one cent has been lost in Glas-
gov. Property has steadily increased
in value. and while this increase has
not been sufficient to place prices be-
yond reasonable figure II has made
purchases here most valuable"
At this juncture the ex-governor ask
ed me If had a match, and thinking
he was limiting Tor me to light out J.
shook hands with the genial General
and sat on mountain until the arrival
of the train. All have more to say is
that Ohio people can not conceive Of the
wonderful progress of the new cities
along the Chesapeake and Ohio rail
way.
If the old men are too dccrepit to 90
and see for themselves, give the young
men chance. The Virginia girls are
the finest and faircst beneath the hrma-
ment, and when Ohio and Virginia be-
come Joined in the holy bonds of we'd
lock the offspring would indeed be an
American in whom there is no guile, and
on whom flies would have no chance for
an abiding place.