The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-03-28

az much crowded with thriving manufacture
ing cities and towns as any part OF Pennsyl-
vania now is. It is q country OF almost infinite
resources, and the work that has been done
during the last two years in the opening up of
this region, and the building of towns and the
establishment of manufacturing enterprises is
but the beginning of an Advancement that
will create an enormous amount ofwealth, and
will cause the building of manufacturing
cities along the entire line OF the road in the
two Virginias."
In support of this view he points out that as
an agricultural region q very large part Of 1t is
unsurpassed in the United States. while its
resources in timber and minerals are practi-
cally unlimited. Taking the three items of
coal, timber and iron alone. there is" he says.
"a basis Of latent wealth in the country
drained by the Chesapeake and Ohio and its
branches that will furnish a solid foundation
for a large number Of big cities, as vel. as for
q great many prosperous industrial towns
with populations Of from 5000 TO 1900 and
20. 900 each. When 10 these advantages we
add the great agricultural resources of the
two States. the petroleum, natural gas. the
fire clays and all the other withdrawing
resources, it can be readily seen that there Is
practically no limit TO the healthy advance
nent of the entire country from Newport
News to Cincinnati"
Referring 10 the possibilities Of the two
States in their general aspects, he expressed
himself az follows:
Wherever there is great activity, whether
in the building of towns or in the stock and
grain markets. some few people will always
overtradc. but the great work of solid and
substantial development of the cOuntry's IN
exhaustible resources goes steadily on. No
one can carefully and cOnservatyely study
the undeyoloped wealth OF the two Virginias
and at the same time study the future marvel
Gus increase Of wealth and population in the
entire country without being impressed with
the fact that we are Just entering upon an era
OF the greatest industrial and town-buildingac-
tivity that any part of the United States has
seen. When 1--WE contrast the natural advantages
and the distances from centers of population OF
the West and Northwest and sec the marvel
Gus growth that has marked the rise of such
places as Kansas City. Omaha, Minneapolis.
St. Paul Duluth, Seattle, Tacoma, Portland
and then study the incomparably greater adj
vantages Of the South, which has a combna-
ton Of about all the good things that oil other
countries in the world have. and without
most Of their serious disadvantages, We must
inevitably be impressed with the fact that
the rate Of growth Of towns and cities in the
South will be as much greater than the rate
of growth Of the Northwestern cities has been,
rs the resources and advantages of the South
surpass the resources and advantages of that
section"
The words Of President ingalls, are entitled
to great weight, as those of a man who has
won the highest reputation for practical
ability. They are especially encouraging in
the light of his announcement, made IN the
course Of the interview, that the Chesapeake
and Ohio Company would cooperate most
vigorously in the encouragement Of every form
Of manufacturing interest in reach gifts lines,
and that it would use its influence ina general
way to draw capital 10 the two Nirglnias from
the North and the West.
With two such railway systems rs the Chesa-
peake and Ohio, and the Norfolk and Western,
wing with each other In the development of
the magnificent extent Of country upon which
they rely for support old Virginia must feel
an impulse TO leap forward in its material
affairs which it has never before experienced
in the whole course Of its history.