The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-06-04

lev railroad, winch VIII nave IeTmlnl ~
Wilmington, Charleston and Savannah,
thus forming a North and South trunk
line from the lakes to the Carolinas and
the South Atlantic seaports.
"To the Southwest, as you are aware,
we recently completed the Clinch Val
lev division from Biuefeid to Norton,
to connect with the L. & N. Having
been over that line you are aware what
an important link it is. BY the time
your special edition is published we
shall doubtless have through trains rum
ming over that line.
PROGRESS OF DEVELOPMENT.
I've are about to begin work on line
from point north OF Luray on the
Shenandoah Valley division to WASH
ington, making the northern termini Of
our system at Columbus, Hagerstown
and Washington; eastern terminus at
Norfolk; southern terminus at State
line with the Cape Fear & Yadkin VAL
ley Railroad, and western termini Mt
Norton with the Louisville & Nashville,
and mt Bristol with the East Tennessee,
Virginia & Georgia Railroad.
1--WE are double tracking from
Roanoke west 10 Elliston, from
q point ono mile east OF Christians.
burg to Radford, and from Blueheld to
Blue Stone Junction. This about COM
pletes our present building operations.
Our Columbus connection will be of
immense benefit to this part OF tho
South. 1t opens up an empire not hith-
erto accessible. 1t gives an outlet to the
Northern and Northwestern markets for
its iron products and the products OF
other manufactures, its enormous
fields of gas. splint, camel and coking
Goals; for North Carolina pine an d the
hardwoods OF Virginia, West Virginia
and the Carolinas it opens up the
immense markets OF Ohio and the North
western States.
"Our Mt. Airy line goes into the cot
ton and tobacco part Of North Carolina
and makes new market northwest from
Wilmington for the naval stores and the
turpentine district OF Eastern North
Carolina.
As q matter of large advantage to
points reached by the Norfolk and West
ern road, might mention the steamship
lines from Norfolk to Boston, Provi-
dence, New York, Philadelphia, Balti-
more and Washington, which, in con-
tection with this road, make water
competition as against all rail to other
points. As to prospects for general IN
dustrial development in the South this
year, / hardly know, not what TO say,
but where TO begin to say 1t, the subject
is SO big and the outlook SO full of
promise.
WIDESPREAD INTEREST.
"About three weeks ago l inserted in
some OF the industrial and daily papers
throughout the North and as far west
as st. Louis and Chicago little two
inch standing notice, calling attention
to Virginia as the coming iron district
OF the United States, and directing that
application be made to US for maps,
reference Book" pamphlets, etc, de,
scriptive OF the mineral and agricultural
resources Of the State.
From that notice we have already
received thousands Of inquiries, and
their number is increasing. They want
to know about farm lands and agricul-
ture, iron and lumber. Many Of the
inquiries are from skilled workmen::
They come, in fact, from all classes OF
people and show an immense and vide
spread interestinthe South. To all these
inquiries we send copies OF our Refer
ence Book" New Industries" and
pamphlet on Virginia: Its Climate,
Soil, Productions, Manufacturing Indus
tries and Mineral Wealth." together
with the latest and most accurate rail.
road maps and maps showing the posi-
ton Of various ores, actually located by
survey, We write a personal letter to
every one who writes for special infor-
nation, and point out to him the proper
place on our road for him to locate in
The line OF his inquiries. We receive
many second letters from these parties,
and We arc now locating large number
Of industries, such as saw mills, wood
working establishments, foundries, ma
chino works and variousiron industries,
md / want to say that, without exccp'
tion, as far as II has come within my
observation and knowledge along the