South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-11-20


than be- weeu the James and New
rivers. in The two v,r.inias. They
ore sufficient TO create AID SUPPORT
several wo'ld'v kingdoms, wnile Wes,
Virsinia's 10000 sqnsre miles Of
Cat. choice for fuel, ste an. gas a,d
cnke, aud Tying imu0dia,e'y ALA.
cent tn hese iror ORES. have scarcel;
been touched. W. bsve within This
area one woi kab.e vein upon an ,ther.
80 tn I we flint it aluost impossible
- e-linate the va ua Of our coal, OF
the length OF lime i, would supply
tho worlds demand
don't psrticni irly fancy the
phrase. but we may term the cal aud
coke business one OF the sinfant in {.
dustries OF OR STATE; yet Toe the
YEAR ending Jane 3lst last, Yves,
V,rsinias nines yielded 1.2nI, 76S
tons OF coal and her ovens ,239,7I3
tons of coke AN increase ia the cnal
product Of 40 per cent over The We r
1880 ~ an average snnusi increase
ct over Il per cent. fne coking IN :
dasiry wa3 sim s. unknown In our
STATE ten years ago.
| We NAV safely pred ct much
more rapid inc eeae Ia both al aud
coke production in the future. be-
cause OF the incre sing cousumpti N /.
better rai'roat facilities, and rspc cisl-
| ~ because vi the satisfaction eiacl
our coal and coke is giving in com
eii'ion vi Ia he best pfoduct Of the
famous Pennsylvania collierics
Among the cnel producing States o.,
he Union, West V,rpinia now ranks
fourth in tho pto'uc,iun Of coal en-
second in the production Of coke.
Oar TIN or .or,s's lat size aud val
ne exceed those cf any o'hcr State,
are scarcely les attractive than our
coal, aad yield much quicker re
turn. 1t has been truthlul.y said
that West Viginlu's forests present
almost every tree known IN the ,em.
rerate z'ne. Ahou, 8. O00. 900 acres,
or nearly one ha of our lands are in
the orig nal forest State.
The revenues from these forests
are becoming immense and oggre
gate more annually by half mil ion
dollar. than the products of cur
mines. / o give an idea of the i'm.
ineu-i;y OF our timber interests, |
may tel you that one ssw.mil plant,
io cost 100000 IS now being erected
In The interior of The State on the
line OF one OF cur new railroads With
Tue capacity to cut $4,000 000 feet
OF lumber year. upd upon which IL
is expected To realize a yearly prof
OF $500 .OO0; and that. IL is Claimed
the timber ace ssible To this plant
will keep it in operation for 1T least
thirty years. But the greater Dor
ton Of our timber il perhaps still be
ing marketed, and profitable too :,
along the s'rcams, By no more cost.
y or pre'en,ions pants than one con,
sisling Of yoke of oxen, sharp AKA,
AMI cross Gu sw.
mnst not omit TO briefly refer TO
West Virginia's manufacturing in
teres's. The manufacturing indus.
tries in the Wheel ing district are
numbered by the hundred. There is
located The largest nail mill in the
world, and. bv the way. more nails
arc na'e in Wheeling than in any
nt.er city of tie United Safes. A
Affecting gentleman recently said in
speech referring 10 the industries
and those across the Ohiu river
opera ed by Wheeling capital: There
or" invested in them over 100000
O00; ihtir gross anGu sa'es are
worth $4,000 600 They employ
lO,OO0 artisans and have monthly
pay rolls agrega,ing 100000. He
said that the tonnage for that city
tor one year required I75 90 freight
cars to move IL. making a train I l6O
miles long. or sufficient to reach
IRON Ne" York to -. Louis. from
TIE Atomic To- the Mississippi.
A. Hunting. OF. the second ely in
szi aud manufac Urin1 importance
IN " ~ Virginia, over eight hnndrel
men are employed in the Ensign Car
Works alone. Three large glass
houses and other fac cries ars be-
irg constructed the c.
o. the banks Of the Kanagha a.;
Charl' on the cat al of our STATE.
the Ward Water Tube Boilers are
male and have been recently selec :
ed by the Government engineers.
after competitive tests, end shipped
to California TO he placed IL the u
y. eossi defense vessel Monterey.
10 1880 our railroad mileage was
hui 6Dl miles, made up principally
OF the Baltimore and Ohio and
The Chesapeake md Ohio roads
both east and west lines through our
State. Until vi hin ihs last few
years II was the policy Of these roads
70 build mp through traffic ct the ex.
pense OF the local. U1der the pres
ent more liberal management, this
policy has been reversed, VII ch
matks new era in cur States pros.
pefity. Our mountain ranges no
longer retard r4ilfoai building
within the next twelve months the
great Norfolk and Western will be
competed throu1h The rich coal fislds
OF the southern p rtion Of our State.
thus 9 wing West Virginia another
east ard west line from the seabosrd
/ TO the lskes, ADD with it's conneciino
lines giving Us difec; communication
with the great Safe OF North Coro-
ins. In al ii,iOn TO these lines
VIII CD place West Virginia within 81
miles II Baltimore. $50 miles Of
New York, z hours distant from
Cincinnati and IA honrs from Ch'c..
60 we have nearly completed two