The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-04-16
An InlerestInr iI.esferI

"ieeeihS Will Col Irwin, of Wy.
oming county, the la, sest landhold-
er in that portion of Nycst Virginia
having in one body $4,000 acre.
lying in Wyoming and Logan coun,
ties.
| The Colonel is one of the, mos
congenial, companionable and en-,
pertaining gentlemen l have. ever
had the pleasure of meeting. He
is an educated gentleman, refined
and dignified and an interesting
conversationalist, and has mind
well stored, and ono never tires OF
hearing him talk; he has travelled
all over this country and over the
principal countries of the Old World
lie is gentleman of splendid ply
sique, and naturally attracts one to.
ward him. He is a Democrat OF
the old school, and, Yields great
influence politically, in that section
of the State. He is n warm sup
porter and great admirer of Senator
John E. Kenna. He is for Geo. w.
TiPpett, editor of the REGISTER, for
State Auditor, for as he. says, he
recognizes the fact that newspaper
men are deserving of recognition
by the Democratic party, and while
he does not know you personally
he knows your paper, and admires
the manly manner in which it bat
ties for Democratic principles and
Democratic success.
He says the counties of Mellow
ell, Wyoming and Logan are very
much retarded in their development
for the want of an outlet to market.
But the proposed Guyan Railroad,
when. built, will open up one of the
best of West yirginia's coal, iron
and timber fields.
Upon the 100000 acres of land
owned by Col. Irwin, he has given
the free right of way for a distance
of 10 miles, and has already opened
up 10 different coal banks, one of
them being IL #. vein of the finest
bituminous coal; another contain
ing 4 #. vein of camel coal, and
the others superior qualities of coke,
ing coal. .lf
The country at an elevation of 1900
IT. above sea level lies fiat for miles
and isthickly covered with poplar
trees of mammoth growth You can
travel for ten miles through an al
most tracklcss forest without seeing
4 human habitation. The soil OF
of these counties are very fertile
and productive, and for growing
the cereals and fruit cannot, be sur
passed. ago
West Virginia is rapidly coming
to the front, and the attention of
capitalists is being attracted to her
because of her rich mineral depos-
its and fine timber. There is in the
counties named room for hundreds
and thousands of honest men, and
lands can be bought at low prices
and upon easy terms.
The Norfolk and Western Rail-
road comes within % miles of Dec
ana, the county seat of Wyoming,
but it will be of practically no ben
eft to these people, as the mountain
between makes it inaccessible
Their present and only outlets are
overland to the C. & o. Railroad,
distance of go miles; or down the
Guyandotte and Big Sandy Rivers,
in push boats or canoes, a slow and
laborious way of transporting COM
modities to and from market. In
part the Norfolk and Western will
open up this country, but the prof.
ected railroad up big Guyan, is the
one that will bring this rich coun-
try into notice, and open a market
for the people. s.l 5SH.5
elbow do you get your timber to
market, Colonel" ain getting logs
to the streams, they log them to the
mountain sides and let them slide
on down to the creeks and rivers.
and are floated out on the rises, on
down Guyandotte and Big Sandy
rivers, to the Ohio, at Guyandotte
and Catlettsburg; and thousands are
taken out in this way" '"i 1s.a 'd 4
There is stream emptying into
the Guyan, that for 20 miles runs
as clear as crystal, and for some
time they have caught from one of
its pools the German carp. The
query is, how did they get there, as
the natives have no knowledge of
them having been placed there by
anyone? '' ...e -+i.. '~1
m, g. ItF ODD -, r
There is an astonishing story
told, but from unquestioncd author
itV of n larpe SturOaOn tkot TO-