The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-08-01

memorable one IN Dayton, II beinR the
occaIion Of the celebration Of tho COM
pIs.lon Of the oheIapeaks & Western
railroad from aRrrisonburg to this point
"A railroad which, when finally COM
pletsd will do 90 much toward the fur
ther development Of Virginia aud West
Virginia. The road will penetrate the
great and yet undeveloped coal aud
timber fields OF WsIt Virginia north Of
the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad, aud
will open. up one otthe richest sections
Of wOn Virginia, eventually reaching
the Ohio river on the western border Of
the state.
The celebration to-day consisted Of a
jubilee aud banquet, at which many
prominent railroad men and others In.
tsrss.ed in the work were distinguished
guests. Letters were road from num-
bsr Of gentlemen who could not be
prsIen,, One Of the most interesting
Of these was from r H. Edmonda, odi.
TOT Of the Mauufactursrs Record, Of
Baltimore, which contained some val
liable companions, showing the vast
possibilities Of the development before
West Virginia and Virginia. Among
other things Mr.. Edmonds says:
GREAr Possibilities.
~ have watched the progress OF this
enterprise with great interest, aud when
first undertaken congratulated the peo.
pie Of Virginia and West Virginia upon
securing q railroad which promises 90
much for these two states. MArvelously
blessed BY nature as Virginia and West
Virginia are, VA can best form an idea OF
the great possibilities Of development
before them by q comparison with what
the neighboring state OF Pennsylvania
has ACCOMPLISHED.
an every material aspect, Ia soil
and climate, mineral and timber wealth
and agricultural capabilities, these two
sta.sS far out.rank Pennsylvania. Pro.
badly no other equal area in the world
has been more laVishly blessed than the
TitElnias, and vet for reasons which 1t
would be needless to discuss, their
msterlal advancement has been far
short Of what PennSylvaula and other
northern and western states have nc
complished. In the iuilnsSs ot time the
railroad and industrial progress OF these
two states iG now about to enter upon
new period Of activity. What this
means for the efutuTe-WhHtit means for
an increase In wealth-ior more diver
atty in agricultural intereItS--can pro-
badly best be judged BY 0 compari1on
with PennIylyania.
The area Of Virginia and West Vir.
VniA combined 10 $1,000 square miles,
that OF Pennsylvania 5000 square
miles. West Virginia alone has 1900
square miles OF coal territory, much OF
Il olthe best and richest 10 the world
while Pennsylvania has only about l2,.
900 square milos. And yet Pennsyl-
vsnIA Il mining on an average about 3d..
10000 tons Of coal 4 yeari while Nost
Virginia and Virginia combined arc
putting out only about 12.0OO,0OO tons.
Pennsylvania with only two-tnirdl OF
the area Of tho Yirzinla' has nearlw TO-.
0JO miles OF railroad; while they have
only about $500 miles.
A VAST DIFFERENCE
sowing to tho enormous industrial
interests Of Pennsylvania, It's farmers
have proIpsrOd to a degree which can
only DO comprohondsd by some Stati'-
csgAshors1 from the last cengus.
In 1890 Pennsylvania had 9ll,OOO
farms. Gysregating lS,30O00o acro1.
valued at S920, ,OOO, 900; while Virginia
and West Virginia combined hGd 2OO,'
600 farms, aggreSating 2J,iOC.OO0 acreS'
yalCui At S4j6, 100000.
"Ihis vast difference in the agEicul'
tural interests oi tho NirginiAH as COM
pared with PennSylvRnia Is largely due
to tho fact that the latter state has so
enormously developed It's Industrial In.
iors'tI RI to havo enhanced tho value oi
IT, iarln property, created home mar,
ks, Tor tho products Of its farms and
thus brought about n more thorough
cultivation Of ssnall farms. What ir'
Plna aud WeaE Virginia can do IN In
dul;rlnl Development and how vast can
bc !heifgrowth Ia tho yOnrI 70 como DO
fore there can DO any possibility OF over.
dong tho huIinesa. may OG undersIood
WbSn II Ia remembered that Pennsyl.
ylnia with ltI 5000 square milol oI
territory, and with lesS natural ro'
'nrrcs' q! oonl aud iron aud timber
,IInn tho Virginiaa, produced Of manu-
iactufsl goods in 1870 sl.3JJ, ,0JJ, 600,
nsa!nst sl27 100000 for Virginia and
Wolt virginia. While Psnnpylvania
pad out 20 It's factory hands s]Jj,O)O,-
OJl In WNgOi In 1890, tho two Virginiai
hii out t27OOO,OJl While thoy had
only u, 900 hands employed 10 factories.
Pennsylvania lad 02O5b0. In fact,
Pennsylvania has moro capital lnvotiol
In manufacturing than tho fourteen
southern SlRios from Maryland to Texas
IN 1890 those fourteen staths had sO5i,.
tJlOJO Invested In manufacturing on
tNfuuIo'. whilo tho ono state Dt Penn
fyyanIa, buL u fraction larger than Nlr'
RI1ia alono and OnB.tiiifd loss In hroA
tnhn Virginia and WSiL Virginia obm.
Dnoi, had tJJ7,OODOO1 Of capital In
manufacturing
Az UNLIMITED purURg
"In tlo liphL Of lhosO GgurSS, No can
'oo what unlimited possibilities 'trcIch
hn'oro tho business pooDlO oi those two
Iuyprod 'ialo,, M vol ~ oi tia cntlro
mIlll Here " fsplon Offering. mar
yo.0ug oppoftnnilIhl iUf rAiIroal con-
,lruoiIon, for industrial CxnnnAlOn aud
Iof diversified farming operations. Hero
IL country which combines nearly all
oI tho natural advantages Of all Other