Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-05-24

ANNNN CIV NANt tf'tA AHNNAH ''.ff
America is 20 build road entirely
round t. So as 20 form q sort Of belt line.
Il could start az the town Of Panama,
follow the Atlantic coast TO Cape Horn
and then up the Pacific coast 10 ASpin-
wall. II would call Tor bridging rivers
fifty miles wide and for tunneling the
Andes, but its construction would prove
to be a good thing for the contractors -
Development IN VIRGINIA.
A Richmond, Va. exchange publishes
an interview with Vice President
CHARLES G.. EDDY, Of the Norfolk and
Western r. R., upon the subject Of the
development Of the section through
which the road passes. which will be in
teresting To- West Virginians who are
interested in the development going on
| in the lower end of the State. In re-
Spouse % question whether or not the
development in Virginia is likely to con-
tinue, he said:
| There does not seem 70 be any possibll-
| itv Of a check 20 IT, Those Interested IN
] the manufacture Of iron and steel, from the
ore 10 the finished product Of every charac-
l ter aud description, now fully appreciate
I the advantages offered them 70 locate IN
| Virginia and upOn the line Of the Norfolk
and Western Railroad and It's branches and
extensions now under construction. This
company has over three hundred
miles of new line under cOnstruc-
I ton. developing new empires OF
mineral agricultural and timber lands tnat
I have hitherto been inaccessible The an
I fereut varieties of iron ores from Virginia
mines produce the very best quahty OF
! foundry. mill and car wheel iron, basic
metal and an iron uneQualled, for the man
ufacture of malieable iron castings, water
/ nine. bar iron. horse and mule shoes, stove
plate. wrought iron pipe, etc. oy the pro
I duet of anv other State in the Union, win
I the additional advantage of coke from the
l Pocahontas coal field. which, from actual
use i'm iron furnaces and fOundrics, has been
I found DO be- superior % any other coke pro
duced I'm the United States, being lower IN
ash. sulphur and phosphorus, higher IN
I fixed carbon. carrying greater burden IN
I iron furnaces and melting more pig iron IN
cupolas 20 the pound of coke, than any
other coke produced to-day.
What manufacturing Industries are
! likely 90 follow those already established
on Your line Of railroad '
diversified Industries of every charac-
ter and description. The most important
/ of AN will be- steel works. ] expect within
I the next eighteen months % see one or
more basic steel plants built ana M opera
ton on our line, producing steel OilletS,
blooms and slabs for plate mills also pro,
ducius steel plates, structural steel ana
merchant steel Of all sizes and shapes.
Others will follow.
..What markets could be found for the
products of such plants. Largely here at
home: also throughout the South, South
west and Northwest. as well as in Penn
svlvaufa. New York and the New England
States. I feel confident that steel can be
produced by the basic process in plants To-
Gated ON our line az Roanoke or points
west. 40 cost from three % Tour dollars
Der ton below the cost nj the most favor
ably located plant I'm Pennsylvania
us not the town site business oeing over
done"
..Not along the lines of the Norfolk and
Western railroad There have been one
or two schemes started that have not Us yet
rnaterialized any strong financial or indus
trial backing that would warrant our en-
dorsemeut We feel that there should be
mo- wild eat or paper towns, wild specula-
ton. or icticious prices placed upon prop
ertv We prefer 10 see the section OF the
State tr.lverscd by our lines 20 on in CON
servativc way. building firmly and strong
lv for the future. with good financial and
conservative backing for every new manu-
featuring town or manufacturing industry
We want mo- failures. So far there have
been none. and we certainly shall not en-
dor,e or encourage any that we think are
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