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

enty.iour nllcs from Washington and ~ INV INV
from baltimore and the Cumbeeflunllul, ,,,r,, 10
formerly running only from IafIhont,I IN
Alnrtinsburg but recently eNcnueui a, rad, 10
Winchester, and there c0nnccutif m,iuIe. while
Stnnnton and Southwestern NlyEtuth, Systein
north Il connects with the Pcnnsy l i,r K
aud the Western Maryland, The Ipe'sII ,r,i.f
Ohio canal affords another outel 10 "'S
WLCh j. OF great fNius 7, VIC 80. tho state IN.
Two Of the best turnpike roads ~ " ,iEp
teTsect az Mnrtinsburg- old Winsneip,S,ti 1r5,r
from Sinunton and Winchester 10 lhg iSU,a,e5hiye
and on 10 Cumberland, ana tne
grade road, extending west 10 koHiuS! s.teustbu
Work has been commenced on Ibv ,yIll
of the Western Maryland railroad, WIH'.S,"Ti
cross the Potomac near Cherry Euh "uu
through this county Z ,t,te. and OF
LimcStone exists IN large qnRntille,s, III IeTs
especially tine quality Ihg llmf ,Isd 10 PITTS.
burg for glass and iron nanulhelu,LIl ,s sCounty
exists IN maiiy places throughout the Nuu Va
Fins grade pipe ore has been mihyu i n1 a. inc
tiusburg, while brown hemntlc y iy ~, rairty
western and northern portions o. lne d. *
where manganese also appears thOuEn sircny
tent hns not been AsCertRined. IN nv sttSvE
Creek Mountain, extending along uS ,syn oi
westerly side Of Berkeley county - Snd one
anthracite, some fifteen miles IN length N.Y. ~, IN
and hali miles wide, with veins yaI!i,,iS. aJ
three TO eight feet IN thickness, the ".
being OF flnc quality, hut not YET mihsN Inc
kct Fire clay exists In conjunction W., s,,mr
anthracite, and very oeGuIiii ,S,.tpuc, and
Building stone is u hemi'mhIDle Hi1s
some Of the hill land Is well adapted 10 Tlis'S ~
cattle and hOrses, but more money y Il.H ,,,r
wool and sheep. About twolhltus o. Nv ~ il {,
IA cleared and improved, though mIch ot NJ
not nov under cultivation. lnpFOEeu ~ trr
range in value from 500 TO s. per acIg, I'm
Oging about $50. Unlmproyed land varies 1''''
g TO $40 per acre, averaging -. ,,.-,,ord and
Within the past year several MaTyIaAu 5 III
Pennsylvania farmers have bought loW,pt .S,t
farms In Berkeley ut one.tlith the cost ~ ~
former land, with view oil hlgl uIir,tt,5. liza
thus advancing their values 10 sohetni''t 1,%
those ofsImllar farms across the Potomac XIV in
o. tho firms hnye been RlseRdytrendereu N"'uA
bio by this system. ,yooI.
pulp min, steam and water power llouIlllb mus
saw mills two tlnneries doing !atSS, NV fIIge
Kiln Company grain elevations, cigar InG'9l W.
brick yards a pottery, sash and Dlihu LaS'o,s
planning mill, new steam knitting WO'NS .o
hosiery factory and new wooden NIT NJ IA a
foundry has Within the past month sggnl W.,
location near Mnrtinsburg, and machine Si,Ti
from Ohio has about completely It's arrangements
Pine lumber Is manufactured In limited ,luGa.
tlty. A great deal Of good oak anu loPIa w VI
miins Throughout the county: There 81 YGg9 ,!
demand for the oak for car.buiIding my ~, ~
direct shipment 10 Europe. A great deai o. Ivy W.
ond growth hickory Is found IN the mountains;
and spoke and handle tactoTy wouIu W "V'
Naftinsbure, tic county scat, Is o town OF
about 600 Inhabitants, u tho shipping point let
the county, and Is one OF tho oldest anu II NJ
important cities In the State, socially any point
Cnlly. Within the past year a marked increase
has taken place in values and business aGtviiS,
the railroad extension 10 Winchester having
been Of much value TO the city.
Agrlculturally, Berkeley Is one o. tI S USSfi
counties In the State-hNvlng good soil, wen
wntcred by the OpequAn, TusCHnOya, Back Creek
Elk Creek, Meadow Branch ind Cherry nun
To settlers Il offers the inducements OF low,
priced lands, ample competing transparency
10 the great markets Of the county, good sOclal;;
school and church privileges, aud low cost o.
lIvinR-Nll OF thesee to be had within ivy niiles
OF tho Eeabo0rd, ut u cost very little more tnan
that Of land 1900 miles farther west qnu WIN
the manifold advantages that gather IN u COM
innnIiY during a century Of civilization.