Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-06
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Col. "A. i. Mcclure, OF the Pbila
delphia Tunes. while in Southwest
!, Virginia, wrote as follows to his pa
per-
\. The Virginia mountains and val
leys from the Potomac westward are
most interesting study. The first
impression ma 10 by Journey
through tbem is That the region hus
been boolned 10 death 10y ill advised
spectators, brta more careful in
quiry will prove that these jostling
booms anG Tie many now cities which
exit CHI BY in autifully illustrated
plnns on paper, are simply ruorc or
less ahead of the times. 'Fhcre is
vast md varied wealth along the ell
tire line OF the Norfolk md Western
railway from Charlaitown to Bristol.
and the Attractions of climate and
scenery are unsurpassed You cal,
travel IL wLole duy and never be out
side Of what seems to be complete
circle of mountains, and yet many
fnrms on TINS limo would do credit to
the famed Cumberland Valley. Iron,
coal and many other valuable miner
ais are abundant in the northern por
ton and iron is abundant MI along
the line, with coal Of easy nc.
cess everywhere, because Of tho rap
idly expanding network OF railways
through the mountains
One of the remarkable features of
all the new projected towns is the at.
tractive new hotel that is seen in all
of them Tue first necessity of n
projected town seems to be IL pretty
and often imposing hotel, and mum
Dor of the embryo Virginia mountain
towns have progressed but little be-
yond laid out streets, two or three
real estate offices and q hotel, usually
of uncommon architectural beauty,
completed or in an advanced state Of
construction These doomed towns
AFRO now Mt stand.still. They were
struck by the panic and, being chiefly
speculative, they were the first to feel
the shock of Cue Barring failure and
they will be hard to move again when
the effect OF the panic is over; but
they will all be successful sooner or
LATER. a few had advanced sufficient.
ly to move OIL regardless of tho sud
'sea financial pinch, as they had many
as'ts SOLD, houses erected and fucto
1ies completed and in operation, but
the large lsnk of them were nipped
lnst when "a chill halted everything.
1t Is SAFE to say that the next de
soSde wild 500 almost one continuous
tide of iasdttatry and an unbroken
tide of advancement along the rnil-
'agays in the Virginia mountains. The
railways are rapidly equipping them
selves fog e's@ap and rapid transit,
and the asoushdless wealth, the lovely
edimate, tho cheap lands and the ex
cep6onsl natural attractions of the
region must bring progress with in
creased momentum each year.
There will be many disappoint-
ments for a tiGe in these Virginia
booms, but they will all be wanted in
a few years. The whole section is
only in the Iarfnascy OF development,
and there must he constantly increas.
ing tides OF people, in search OF prof.
1T, pleasure assa elealth, through the
Virginia naountein valleys now devel-
oped by raiironda Those most fa,
Tored IN resoas.ec will not long be
strangled by THE temporary financial
depression. ana the success Of all will
only be question of time. The wild
speculative iaeas of the original
boomers wih perish and some will re.
tire loss; but rnore legitimate meth.
DDS viii srieceed them as progress
keeps Up its 4,arch, aud the day is
not far DISSENT when the Virginia
mountain segEone now t1aversed by
railways viii BE stud led with diversi.
fed and prosperous industries and
attractive homes. A. X. M.