The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-06-04
WOOD COUNTY.

Petersburg, county seat; formed DeeembeE y,
i7gS, from Harrison county; named Tor Gov
Asc a'u IA S sSESfemiles; population, SOP
Assessed value OF real and personal property,
County tax on slOO aluaton............Ie6 cents.
cINCE the industrial edition OF the lSTELll;;
OGESCEg was published three yStfS ngo M0oa
especially, have advanced greatly along inahy
Important liues ParkeBburg, mas p9yeu heF
prlncIpRl streets with hre.bricK' put III q COM
plcte system OfundeTgrOund sewage c0nsIuieIge1u i
md mt into operation street railway lines, 0uilt
two fne hotels, erected the lnIsoss' in0sl
and best equipped High schoOl pulluins III
West Virginia. built four new chuIcheS-tW1o ~ ~
Riverside, one In the East End. Que lcolorSal III
fbe lower part Of the City-1nd lot mas been
purchased Tor still another in the East Elld,
erected u great number OF elegant HWeiilhB
houses, established Sl0OOOg ehGit I
factory, a large plant for the mhhuiucIuIe OL
steel wire nail machines, q veneer ana PANEL
works. coffee roasting plant Duilt sl.,yyTy
brewery numerous new buslness houses Svgut y
the ppfmnnent transfer OF the Oihces OF tne
Internal Revenue Department TO ms cry, SstaD-
lishcd Il new Criminal Court Inlheu uLuuih "
stnrt n public library, established new aIliy
newspaper. built massive new county ldIlii
nnentd n y. NJ. c. A. park. crectedaDig ARTIFICIAL
fee plant, established wafer "VlA' 'N' $40
urbS Oithc city. ,.,,, ,to,,oyI nv, I,,,t
some OF The many stops forward reoenLy .nhGL.
Lv Tho old town. The county, too, ms iI9do
marked Improvement especially ~ inc bnlu!hs
nj a number OF excellent iron bridges over lHe
small streams running through inc county, tno
erection Of new school h0us,S a ~ ~. M r II,
ILr homie surroundings. The people OF MO0u
county think they have one OF tue Dest place. "
Inc world 10 live and they hnSe gOOI ieinon 70
believe so. The extensive and marvellous! Iic ten
boitoms Of the Ohio and Little Kanawbn rivers
VTn,iuce grains, fruits and vegetables IN great
abundance TRUCK gardens or numerous l,ll,i Il
and the growing q oil KINDS o. ygs S rnnty nm
The hili lands, where apples grow 70 peFTIgcHo11
reached III but few other localities III tno V ,,
States: also peaches pears ana otnes Eu Iii
This hill land back from raI hTe grass SroT
Inc luxurlaiitly IN the limestone SOIL ana Mooa
coIin,y has large number OF sp!ehaiGi BLOC SVSS
farms The raising of ine hOtsysii, caILlu Guu
sheen Is nm industry which Is rapiuly, gIOMIuS;;
ihc Mood county stock farms are attracting Wldo
attention. A., OLto ,t,or u.
rtucteen miles above the mouth oil inc LlItle
Eann,rbo and for twenty miles below a tolhl OF
,ItTiv.nJnr miles, The Little khnawba 1nkes
nnrtiwpstoTly course through inc Coliip o w
county aud Is locked mad lllLneu :" ~
In Writ county, which enables h!e MI. "
nsss nm daily 10 Burning Springs, IN VIII coun'
liz. thirty.cight miles above TnrkGrson,g, "iu
Frequently 10 Gmutsvillc, In CalhOhh Couugi
The shipping facilities OF ihc county anu " "
a. III ~ farEeTSburg arc remarkably good In
edIitSSSn n the ohio and Little KanawhN rivers,
q, tbr JUNCTION OF which the a!S stnnus, Wy
IN mt River railroad runs north go tontn
,I-,,,cI, the rIty. giving direct communication
VIII Wheeling and Pittsburgh In the north aud
so,,tbcrn markets In the other direction. Fnst
al ,yrst the Baltimore & Ohio nnd the Baltl-
rc a Ohio Southwestern run through inc city
nnmnccting IL directly with Washington, b9 a,l
,rnrI and New York on the east anu WIN Ii IN
cinnntI on the west. Then Overn bthucn ol tle
ioiiirnorr & Ohio Southwestern thS ms co .IiE
InWnicatIon Ly way Of Marietta, OniO, Win Win
t;oitifnLu, and the northwest Ih'E iaFAe3sDni6
/. railroad aud river centre There aTc, more I!,.
n,nr taur turnpikes centering. IN the ely.
There are, therefore, inn,iii,i iTi
sItcs FOR manufactures OF all KINGS. ,,n.,,.
Snc IL ibe oldest and most prnntnhle OIL neils
Il, he county Is the Volcano field ~ tlls county.
II trens IN It's production 81 spiehusd HunllY
~ IN which brings about four dollars er D1rIII
0, ,yblci Is refined at the Camden oil WORKS III
Tbe average price Of improved land j. about
sai NOV acre md the average priccoi uhiihprpItu
f--,,P T. ,SoIit SO per mere. Land lying near inc
III. limits hns been sold iOrR- mtich ~ slnD PCT
~. INT tGIs /. an exception. The highest pteo
nj farming land IN the county pay be put H0"h
nj about s1li per per acre. ,I.,. 70.
Thr county wAnpA railroad mp Tue l.iltS M,
nn,yhn river and would subscribe nDelaliy "
mn reasonable proposition looking io@aLa ! .hS
InildIus Of such IL road. nothcF alIeS'io"s '"0
climbing facilities are complete. ,..ll.
Wood county always keeps her u'oIs VIZ M
w!ny mud make his home with lcT nu''! lih4NS'
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E,ipgr lJr1y STATE JOlfnni.