The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-07-29
HON. J. N. CAMDEN TALKS
About the Great Railroad Develop
ment in West Virginia.
HOWTHEI IRON HORsEIs PRANoINe


commonwealth Being Opened Up
Timber and Mineral Districts Pene-
trated by New Roads and branches.
Wheeling Register.
Ex-senator ]. n. Camden and
party, of Parkersbug. who have been
enjoying a brief but delightful
sojourn ut the comfortable and COM
modious residence of Mrs. Judge G.
w. Thompson out the National road,
returned to their home in the hand
some private car "Gauley" on tho
4 o'clock train yesterday afternoon
over ;he Ohio river road. To the
untiring energy and keen foresight
of ex-senator Camden is perhaps
due, more than any other person in
the State, the rapid developments
that are now going on in some of
the richest sections of West Vir-
ginia. Knowing that a few express
ions from one so thoroughly con-
versant. in fact completely in touch,
with the Development of these
boundless resources, REGISTER
reporter took occasion to call upon
the ex- Senator during his stay in
this section. Knowing that Mr..
Camden was a student of politics. as
well as of railroads the reporter
ventured to suggest if there was
anything new in politics in his Sec
ton of the State.
al have been so busy of late,"
said Mr.. Camden, 'that / have
hardly had time to consider the
political situation. Various rail
road developments have occupied
my hours TO the exclusion of almost
everything else. l am in hopes
some day the resources of our State
will be known TO the world, and L
am just now engaged in evolving
plans that will hasten that day"
SOME NEW ROADS.
GLOW are your new roads pro-
gressing?" asked the reporter.
"Very satisfactorily indeed;@ re-
piled the Senator. 'The Monon-
gahelia River road from Fairmont
to Clarksburg is one of the best
built roads in the State, and opens
up the finest coal territory L have
ever seen. 1t runs thirty miles
along u nine foot vein of the very
best coal. The roads from Clarls-
burg to the Buckhannon river and
from Weston TO Braxton Court
House on the Elk river, are also
completed. They are standard
gauge, well built and well ballasted
roads, and have good prospects for
business. Many large lumber
plants are in operation and in pro
grcss of building. The Alexander
plant on the Buckhannon river is
one of the largest and best equipped
in the State. There are also quite
a number of small mills in opera
ton on the Buckhannon."
allow about the industrial opera
tions on the Elk river?" asked the
reporter.
"Oh, yes, on the Elk river the
Curtain Boom and Lumber Com
pany have very extensive and com
plete plants in operation and several
other new mills are in progress of
erection, making the outlook for
business very encouraging on the
road now completed"
"What are the railroad prospects
from Braxton Court House to the
Gauley?" asked the scribe.
"The work on the road from
Braxton Court House to the Gauley
river in Webster county, is pro-
crossing rapidly. The grading will
be finished this fall and the road
open for business next spring. 1
regard this part of the road as the
most promising and interesting
development In the State. The
timber resources of this section are
wonderful. 1 do not think it
has its equal anywhere east
of the Mississippi, or perhaps
in the country anywhere, for val
liable hard woods. The railroad
company owns a large body of land
on the Gauley and its branches, and
is now erecting a largo lumber plant
on the Gauley river which it ex-
poets to have in operation by next
spring. A large manufacturing
town will spring up at this point
on the Gauley."
ais the plant in operation YETI"
asked the reporter.
"They are just getting ready to-
lay off the plant and also lay out
the town on the Gauley river in
Webster comfy. By the yyay. We