The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-01-02

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natured fellow in this real estate ma
and ho seemed interested, if not su
prised, when 1 told him the story
Birmingham, Ala, Wichita, Kan, Il
Angeles, CAL, and one or two 9th,
4 boom localities that was more or Lei
o familiar with. His business, howeve
d was to boom things in and around Qliito
Forge, and whatever his convictions h
persisted in saying that there would
2 rise this coming spring, aud now wa
9 the accepted time to invest. He had
: fifty.ton furnace on his hands for sale
J. the "Princess" furnace, located seven
D teen miles from the Forge, operated by
Pennsylvania man, TO which there was
D lot OF ore land attached, the ground hoo
price Of which TO astock company to b
formed) would be S425, 900, which va
considered cheap and $4,000 Delov
possible maximum that might be oh
tanned il the plant was judiCiouRly han
died in the market.
"0ver at Iron Gate, twoImiles east o
Clifton Forge, met with Jake" Yost
as he is familiarly called, an ex.mem
Der OF Congress from Stauuton. He il
running the boom at this place. Hi
company have built an excellent hotel
price, S. per day-and have, as l said,
transplanted the little MOurdsville roll
ing mill, about which there was go mucl
legal fuss and SO many sales OF one kind
or another, in days gone by. It was
finally sold at an old iron price to ]. D.
Weeks, OF Pittsburgh, and by him re-
sold to the boomers Of Iron Gate. They
are at present making muck bar for O
Richmond concern, and say they arc do
ing so at a profit"
"How about labor, expense OF living,
&C., in that manufacturing country 2"
inquired the reporter at this stage
in the interview.
BooM, BOOM, BOOM.
Labor at tho ore mines is nearly all
negro labor. It is paid 81 % per day,
which is recent rise OF o5 cents per
day. There is great demand for labor.
All last summer thousands OF negroes
were employed in grading town sites for
these future populous cities, and so great
was this demand that tho ore compan.
les had to put up the price to ST % per
day. They all agree that it ia an ex.
cellent class OF labor, and especially val
liable, as they put it, because it has 30
little disposition TO strike. Nearly all
the labor at Lownoor, LOngdale and
other furnaces is also negro labor. Tho
money earned Ia spent, for the most
part, at the compauy's stores, where
goods are not sold US cheap by any
means rs at Wheeling.
"Pretty much all that is consumed by
the people is brought into the country
from Eastern and Western markets, and
hence living is expensive"
"You went over the entire line OF the
Chesapeake & Ohio did you not, and
saw pretty much the sane state OF
things at all points, did you not?"
"Yes, went over the entire length Of
the main line, from Huntington to Old
Point and Norfolk, although did not
stop off at every point. l stopped off
enough, however, to see and hear that
it was everywhere the same thing
8oom-bOom-boom all along the lipe-
at Goshen, Basic City, Buchanan, Staun.
ton aud everywhere else"
"Well, what arc your impressions as q
whole as to tho outcome and usefulness
Of what is going on in VirSinia?"
GREAT DEVELOPMENT.
Gas whole, it will result in grea.
development of the old State. Railroads
will be built, coal and ore mines opened,
agriculture stimulated, hidden resources
Of all kinds quickened into develop.
ment, ideas broadened and much good
done. good deal OF money has been
and will be made by the shrewd "pro.
moters," and good deal will be Lost by
the "hseCed lambs" Virginia will be q
long way ahead as an industrial COM
monwealth OF her past record. What /
saw is only "a modicum OF what Ia going
on. A visit along the line Of the Nor
folk & Western railroad would reveal az
much more in the matter OF coal and
lumber DEVELOPMENT. want to take
that line in shortly. It has developed
the most wonderful coal and coke field
in the United States outside OF Conuells-
vile, l refer TO tho Poe lhontas field,
nine.tenths OF which is in West Vir-
ginia. The Norfolk & Western carried
a million tons Of coal to tide.water last
year. at Norfolk their coal tippie
stretches one.fourth way aOFdss the bay,
and the steamers oil all nations and OF
our own o0astwise trade coal at that
tipple. ! was much Impressed with the
future outlook OF Eortolk-morea go than
any other point. 1t is an old place, like
Wheeling, and has about the same num-
Der OF people, and both places have
probably about the same future OF
growth in store. was there during the
two days sale Of lots at lambert's Point,
just adjoining, and the prices obtained
did not seem to me Snduly high"
IN WEST VIRGINIA.
"Leaying the old State Of Virginia and
its recent awakening 10 one side for the
present, would like to ask you about
your recent trip over the west Virginia
Central, and IS to what you saw In that
part Of our own State"
well, you have probably got enough
in tEe way OF an interview for one day.
Some other time, il you 30 desire, l will
give you an interTogatory sitting as to
the developments along the line OF the
West Virginia Central. Suffice it to say
that great work has been done for the
State by. that line. Davis and
Elkip4 and their associates, like
0atih6n and bis associates, have
been real beneiactors to Went Virginia
It is not necessary to discusat them in the
light Of philanthropists in order to 3D.
nit that they are benefaptorl. They
are on the make, Oi course, and taking
chances OF EuoCees as they go, but they
are all lthe same increasing the wealth
aud the population OF the State. Elkins
Ia a broad gusge man who has como Into
the sats to be part and parcel Of it. He
has built homo that is an object lea.
con in :he way beauty, comfort and
con anienes to the people OF the Upper
Tygarts valley, and more than that he
has built railroad that has opened up
the coal and lumber Of Mineral, Fucker
and Randolph counGesz=a road that he
proposes to push both north and
soG;A through the State. This in.
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