Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-06-22
Western West Virginia.: Its
Prospects and Future.


mon have expressed to have tho
train service of the Kcnova Divis-
ion of tho Norfolk aud Western
Railroad extended 20 their respect
i've towns indicates clearly that
the trade of the West Virginia
merchants is businoss worth cul.
tivating. Tho towns along tho
Ohio Extension of tho Norfolk and
Western Railroad must rapidly
increase IN population and impor-
'ancc as mining aud timber
oentcrs. Wayne, Fleming. Dun
low, Logan, Pondmouth, Graydon,
Elkhorn, Pocahontns and many
other such places asmust of neces-
sity spring mp, will require dis
tribnting and Wholesale center.
The natural center of this region
ia konova.
Few people, and only those IA
miliar with similar developments.
rcalizo Tho wonderful rcsources OF
this almost virgin State Of West
Virginia. Here. surrounded ou all
sides 10y n woll cultivated and pop.
ulous country, ia West Virginia,
practically q frontier State, with
all tho resources and Advantages
OF such in the midst of n high civ
ilization. The markets of Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Virginia al d Ken.
tucky at her very doors, within
easy reach by waior and rail of the
great cities of the country. the
products Of the East ard the West
readily accessible, Wost Virginia
to-day has prestige which fow
States in their brightest days Of
early development could match.
Any student of ofrairs must ad
NIT that tho noxt twenty-five years
Will show an enormous addition TO
the population Of this country.
The growing discomfort in Euro
pean countries will tend 10 rapidly
swell the already largo immigra.
iion 10 this eide. This increased
immigration, ii properly absorbed
by the States in most need Of de-
velopment, will greatly enrich
thom, for the commercial value TO
the community Of a hard working
aud industrious emigrant il many
times the amount paid out TO him
IN wages. West Virginia should
have her share Of tho desirable
part OF such immigration, which.
if properly assimiIated, will be one
Of the means Of placing her in the
front ranks Of tho manufacturing
States and OF greatly onriching
those whose foresight permits
them to bank on her future.
Position always has its ad-
vantages. Removals location is pc
culiar: its geographical position
IS at the apex Of a natural funnel
it ~ a point towards which the
Big Sandy Valley, with its branch
e., Levisa and Tug Fork, the
Twelve Pole Valley, with it,
branches, and the Guyandotte and
Ohio Rivers converge, all natural
courses or paths which interior
commerce must follow in its effort
to fad distributing conter and q
market With such facilities for
distribution as the Chesapeake and
Ohio railway, the Norfolk aud
Western railroad, lhe Ohio River
railroad, together with that great
inland carrier, tho Ohio river, Ke-
nova has an advantage which eau
hardly be- estimated.
The men who made Pennsylva-
mia, Now York, ONO, Indiana aud
Illinois what they are, and who
have brought them to their prosout
prosperous condition, were men
who were long-headed, fnr-seoing
and patient, aud who saw iron fur
nacss and rolling mills where tim
bered mountains were who saw
towns and manufacturing centers
in tho watored valley lands men
who saw FAR enough ahead 60 know
that markets aud raw matsrial
close together were tho factors in
that magic thing Success. They
were men whose judgment was
half their capital, and who. when
once aware that the above men.
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