Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-09-18
MEsr vrReIN1A ANp PIrTsBURa.
How il Is Developing West Virginia-sena-
tor Camden's Enterprise.
EdRQ1chG Gasstte.

How il Is Developing West vIreinia-sena-
tor Camden's Enterprise.
KaRaucAG Ga-ste.
The Hon. ]. n. Camden and other
capitalists some two years ago organized
and commenced the construction Of
system Of roads for the development OF
the territory on the head waters of the
Little Kanawha, the Elk, BuckhannoD,
Gauley and Greenbrier rivers and the
utilization Of the wonderful timber aud
coal products, and rendering accessible
for the purpose of cultivation the rich
agricultural lands of those sections, in
consequence of furnishing ready trans
portation. This enterprise eliminated
in the organization Of the West Virginia
and Pittsburg Railroad Company, and
the rapid progress in the construction
of the road and Its branches in that
ouiet and business way, which one sees
in all enterprises undertaken by Senator
Camden, has advanced TO stage hardly
comprehended by the citizens OF the
State.
The old narrow gauge road from
Clarksburg to Weston and from Weston
TO BuckhannOn was changed into
standard gauge, curves Strengthened
grades cut and brought up 70 the
condition Of first class standard gauge
road.
The road has been built quite dis
lance beyond Buckhannon, up Buck
harmon river 10 Newton and is being ex-
tended to Pickins and Randolph county.
The lands in the neighborhoood OF this
branch are among the finest In the
State, the timber being abundant and
Of first class quality and the develop
ment which has followed and is now in
progress along this branch is wonder
ful. The main line, a standard gauge
road, has been completed distance OF
forty-three miles from Weston to SUIT
ton, the county seat Of Braxton county,
the latter point being situated some
hundred miles above Charleston up Elk
river. This road passes through rich
agricultural region as we'll as valuable
timber and coal lands andat Burnsville
and Sutton intercepts all the valuable
timber products Of the upper part OF
Little Kanawha and Elk rivers and
tributaries. AT Sutton there has been
constructed a large and commodious
boom In Elk river, one OF the largest
saw mills In the State and several others
OF like character will be soon completed.
Six miles from Sutton, towards Weston
at Shavsrsville, the Gauley river divis-
ion leaves the Weston and Sutton line
striking the Elk river seven miles
above Sutton, passing up the Elk TO
the new town of Centraiia at
the mouth Of Laurel creek, thence
up Laurel creek through the Glades in
Webster county to the mouth Of VIII
llams river, on Gauley. Three or four
miles north Of its junction with Gauley
river, a line, part Of the GRuley d.
vision, DIVORCES, intersecting that river
st Lanes Bottom, about twelve miles
below the mouth of Williams river, and
will be extended thence down the eau
ley river 70 the mouth of Cherry river,
some fourteen miles distant from Mich
olas c. II. This Gauley division is being
pushed to completion with the greatest
rapdity, and will be in operation early
in next year.
At Centralia a boom IS to be con-
structed in the Elk river and large
lumber plant put in Immediately.
At Lanes Bottom, on the Gauley, a
boom is being constructed, new plants
erected, and by all odds the largest lum-
Der plant ever known in the State will
be In active operation at this point in
the early spring. This, in fact, will be
the great lumber city Of West Virginia.
Here there will be manufactured aid
shipped the immense growth Of cherry,
oak, poplar, ash, pine and other tim
berS constituting the unknown forests
covering what is known as the Glen
Mountains.
The Williams river extends in q south
easterly course from Gauley and has its
head in the Greenbrler range about ten
miles west OF Marlinton, In Pocahontas
county. From the head Of Williams,
through the Greenbrier range, there IS
a low gap to the head OF Stony creek, a
tributary of the Greenbrier river put
ting In on the western side thereof at
Marlinton. The road from the mouth
Of Williams to Marlinton by this route
is being rapidly located and it Is we'll
understood that 1t is to be completed at
an early day.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Company has located its road from the
Warm Springs branch across the Allie
ghenies aud down Knapps Creek by
Huntersville, the present county seat Of
PocahOntas county to Marlinton. The
line when thus completed from the cell
ebrated iron regions Of Virginia through
a country Astounding in the finest Of
coking Goals and forest of timber I'M
eQualed in America is almost direct
line to Pittsburg letting out these pro-
ducts TO every section OF the country.
Marlinton is being laid of into a
town, and will be in a short time a
place of very great Importance. 1t is
the central part OF the upper Green
brler Valley, the natural location at
which railroads are compelled to cross
the GreenbTier river, and where all the
valuable timbers Of this valley will be