The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-27

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Of coal are mined and shipped, mud soy.
ural hundred thousand tons Of coke are
manufactured aud sold annually but
all these details arc somewhat super.
Iinous, as your people Rre generally
acquainted with the fact that West
| Virginia IL only, after all, an extension
in Il sOulhorly direction OF tho mineral
deposits that have done 30 much to
build M the great slata OF Pennsylvania,
and | will leave this subject with quo.
tation from the highest authority. Tho
official report OF the census whom pub.
lishcd will contain tho following refer
once to tho IMMORAL deposits OF West
Virginia and ita prospective growth
and importance; mo state in tho union
Is moro favored in the extent and di.
ycrslty OF its mineral products than
Wcst Virginia. llcr coal embraces all
grades OF bttuminous, eteGn, coking
aud gas Coala OF tho highest qualities.
Tho natural waterways, improved slick
water navigation, and increasing rail.
road facilities arc important factors in
tho development OF tho resources OF the
state, which must soon DO accorded a
leading position in wealth aud Indus
trial property"
rIrTsnURuu's ISTEEEsrS
But hero pertinent inquiry may
suggest itself to you. How is Pitts.
burGh interested in all this2
Just to tho extent that YOU would be
Interested In tho dOvclopmont OF
nCighbOring section in Pcnnsylvania
whose prosperity will DO made tribu-
tury TO your business interests, Pitts
| burGh is the natural market OF tho
greater portion OF Wost Virginia. The
last rail has been laid, the last spike
driven, in tho road which places you in
direct communication with two-thirds
OF our state. But nov, with tho COM
pIetion OF tho State Limo railroad, or
the Pittsburgh, Morgantown & Fair-
mont branch Of tho baltimore Il Ohio
railroad, which extends directly from
Pittsburgh to FHirmont-thO southern
tOrminus-you are not only brought
into direct communication with tho
towns, tho people aud the industries OF
the Upper Monongahela Valley, but
through tho various railroad lines and
extensions that can be reached at Fair
mont, ClarEsburg and Grafton, you
come in touch at those points with the
whole northern and central portion OF
West Virginia. and should make tho
business OF all that section tributary TO
your city. Tho FIRST place OF import.
anco in West Virginia reached by this
line is Morgantown, Il rapidly growing
business and residence town, which is
| tho seat OF tho State University and
present head OF navigation. Twcnty-
six miles further south We roach Fair.
mont, which is bustling business
| place OF several thousand people, and
the contemplated head OF the slack
water navigation on the Monongahela.
Il. o. MAIN LINE REACHED.
There you strike the main line OF tho
Baltimore & Ohio railroad system,
which runs eas: to Baltimore, through
the counties OF Marion, Taylor, Preston,
Mineral. Hampshire, Morgan, Berkeley
| and Jefferson. West from Fairmout
| tue same limo runs through tho coun-
ties oil Marion, WctzeI, Marshall aud
Ohio to Wheeling, our principal city
and manufacturing center At Fair.
mont you also connect with the north
ern terminus OF the Camdon system OF
railroads, which extend $50 miles south
into the very heart OF the interior coun.
ties OF the state by the Monongahela
River railroad 10 Clarksburg, and
thence by the West Virginia {: Pitts
burgh railroad to its present terminus
NJ Camden-ou-G aulcy. This systom OF
road is OF recent construction. II ex-
tends along the West Fork OF the
Monongahela river from Fairmont 10
ClarksburG, distance OF thirty-thrce
miles, through one OF the finest
agricultural and mineral valleys Of
the state. In this valley the Pittsburgh
coal assumes the highest state OF pcr-
lection in West Virginia. Mines arc
opened along tho whole route between
these points. ana this magnificent val
ley is 4 vcritablo hive OF industry,
where thousands OF people are Gin.
| ployCd, aud new towns and villages
have come into being. From Clarks-
burg the road extends through the
countios OF Harrison and Lewis 10 Wes-
ton, Il thriving town OF several thou
sand inhabitants. Here the road forks,
going in two directions into the best
forests OF tho state. One branch OK
tending through Lewis aud Upshur TO
PiCkcns, in Randolph county. and the
other through Lewis, BrNxton and
Webster counties to Camdcn-on-G
ley. The Gauley river, which is Reached
at this point, is stream which flows
southwark to the Great kauawha river.
At Clarksburg, which is one
OF the largest, weaithie5t and
best towns in the state, this
southern line OF railroad from Pitts
burg crosses the Northwestern branch
OF the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, which
passes through the counties OF Taylor,
Harrison, Doddridgo, Richie and
Wood, crossing the Ohio River ut Park
crsburg, city ranking second in bust
ness aud commercial importance in the
state. Twenty miles cast Of Fairmont,
at Grafton, a live town OF five Thousand
people, you connect with the Grafton
4 Grcenbrier branch OF tho Baltimore
| Il Ohio railroad, which extends south
TO Bclington, in Barbour county, dis
lance OF thirty-siN miles, where direct
communication is made with tho Davis
system OF railroads, called the West Vir-
cinia Central & Pittsburgh Railroad,
which swecps around through RAN
dolph, Tucker, Grant and Mineral coun-
ties, travcrsing one OF the best timber
and mineral regions OF tho state, con-
Meeting at Piedmont with the Bati-
more IL Ohio Railroad. and at Cumber-
land, Md. with the Pennsylvania sys.
ten OF railroads.
TIE JoDGISG TRADE.
Continuing, Governor Fleming spoke
OF the importance OF the vast jobbing