The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-11-27
Friday. Nov.. 27. 1891.
The Survival ogthe Fittest.

The Survival OF the Fittest.
The luii in business CHASED hy the
stringent times will produce 81 least one
good eject in That it vii! weed out the
towns ard places Chat never had any rea-
sop 60. existence. Two or three years
ago IL was The fashion for any man or
company Of ner WHO could command the
fow thousand dollars necessary. .ud WHO
felt SO disposed. &c Au: :: meadow or 8
corniic,I, I,.y ii OF into blocks and lots by
means of streets. more OF less distinctly
marked, snd then with Harins advertise
a.ents, brass lands or free excursions
draw I. crowd aii! whrop u2 81 anc'ion
sale AZ more or less ru;nous rates to pnr-
clnscrs who, ui,dcr excitement, in'uonsiy
tclicyea ,!at suc} place would be an
Other i,;rminnlan,, and fortune come at
express speed.
There was NC thought, as has since becn
Shown. that = SUMNER drought would
demonstrate Inc., Of that prime ncccs-
s;sy. water. at Il time when il MAS most
,acdcd nor that coal and iron might
prose disappointing wl!va put to the ac-
tral test OF analysis or experience nor
that .hcx Nigh. nc stranded ~ Il town on
one railroad without hope of another, so
that its people would simply exist hy The
& s,lfferancc oi Il corporation which dad NOT
choose 70 put on the screws to the kili'hS
point. nor that obey could not, in periods
of depression, expect ANYTHING but dull
ness or cessation Of business, when
they, having 70 haul coke ororc 100 to 3o7
miles, were competing with places that
had those articles at their very doors,
uor--aud so on through tic Est Of troubles
brought about by lack Of foresight.
Tie History Of Birming CHAM, and Chat
tanooca. shows that situation, natural ad-
vantagcs, money. work and railway com
petition make towu-l,ui'ding success IN
g the South, hut ynoIc money has been LOST
elsewhere IN !l-;ay;sed effort than las
been made there, aud many crop of
grain will ripcn and meadow grow green
over these financial avcyards before
tho experiment is again repeated, and
more places than one are 50 Jar gone be-
you'd hope of rcsurrcction, that they will
hereafter have 10 be contcHt with the
station in life chat IS accorded side
tract or hack number.
The wisdom Of !lc selection Of Big Stone
Car is shown in lis location AZ such
poin: that tic trend Of .hcwallrys and the
breaks IN The mountains compel other
railroads besides The t"c wc now have
{tl,rcc i: eject ia come here two rivers
of clear, swift flowing "a.cs KUN Through
The town an area OF hundreds OF square
miles of farming land, surrounding us,
that will furnish 70 !. large industrial
population the varied agricultural pro-
ducts of the temperate 2onc IN elevation
Of TOO feet providing al atmosphere anu
Temperature that ilisute health aud the
maximum Of physical effectiveness virgin
forests Of hard woods that avc ne supe-
rior in the United States; 4 peerless cox
Ing coal ~ abundant supply Of iron
ores. some within the Eesscioer limit,
with the Cranberry ores within easy reach
iustifying the hazaiiins Of the prediction
that this will be the seat Of The cheapest
steel production IN the Union.
Yes, when Macauley's New zcalandcr
sits on the rn7ns of London Bridge and
casts his eyes tbs way, lie VII see chat
Big Stone Gap (uit q c',an.el ram, let
us hope), which vas SO vel founded re-
mains as solid as the hills about her and
Tis easily the queen Of tile Southern de-
main. NJ
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The Exposition Hall andthe Worlds
Fair.
That the Virginia editors, during their
recent visit here, should lave found the
Exposition Hall the NEST attractive ex-
bibit Of the varied resources Of its place
that they haze seen in the State, is but
repeating the opinion of the many stran-
gers who have seen it. and, who IN an
hour, haze gotten an idea OF tie resources