The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-09

thickness. THOSE thlckeSt VEINS lltNs
some slate, but we have veins SIN
eight and even eleven feet that are pure
coal. Stiii lower than these measures
which have included In the eighty-nine
feet we have seml-anthracite, but we
have never found real anthracite.
Can you see the evidences OF better
times In West Virginia?" Governor At
llinson was asked.
"Plenty of them,' he replied breezily'
~ have recently Travelled over the state
and know that conditions are improving
everywhere. Our merchants are all DO
ing well. They are unanimous In telling
me that business is getting better me
farmers are as happy as June bugs. You
never saw people more 1ubilant tnah
the farmers OF West Virginia are, They
have good crops and now the demand
is good and the prices are good one
man In Hancock county has crop OF
5000 barrels of apples. Wool has gone
up 10 22c. That means n great deal to
us, for, believe, we have the best sheep
state In the union. You know that the
higher up in the hills the mutton Is
raised the better II Is. A West Virginia
sheep man, Cornelius IL. Bell, took the
premium at the Paris exposition for the
there Is about to be n great revival In
the lumber Industry. And right In that
connection want TO say the new tarin
helps us amazingly. The prosecuting
attorney of Mcdowell county told me
the other day that new lumber com'
pnny had just come In there from out
side of the state and had put up post'
ers calling for 500 men. The Panther
company, of that county, which sus!
pended some time ago. has resumed and
will put about 400 men to work ut once
These are the reports that are coming
to me daily. You know, probably, that
West Virginia has millions OF acres OF
the finest kind OF timber land into which
an AK has never been struck. The rea-
son Is that much Of the state is still far
off the railroads"
as there prospect of railroad build
ing, governor"
yves, I know of several roads that are
to be extended into the interior of the
state by routes that will open up large
timber and coal tracts"
about your Oils 1t holding out?"
Talking OF OIL" replied the COVER
nor, we're In the eternal center OF It.
We don't know how large the field Is,
and will not for some time to come, but
the indications are that the oil underlle5
a large portion of the state. There IL no
question about the field holding out.
The limit on production Is not the PFC
sent extent OF the field. The Standard
company doesn't allow more than Is
needed to be produced. 1t has way OF
holding down productions. You under
stand how that Is. West Virginia would
turn out great deal more oil than she
Is doing II the demand justified. AS
soon as the wells In one place begin to
show signs Of exhaustion the Standard
company moves along little further
into the state, puts down new wells and
maintains the production. There Is no
trouble in finding good oil land as fast
as wanted"
It is an interesting fact that the pro-
duction of oil in West Virginia, even
at present low prices. has reached about
$1O,OOO,OOO year.
The traditional yearning of the wan
dering nountaineer for his old home Is
having a practical illustration In West
Virginia. 1t Is bringing back to the
state In notable numbers those who
have sought fortune with various re-
suits in the west and other parts of tho
country. This, however, Is only small
part of the increase.
"Our population" said Governor At
kInson, SIS growing rapidly. We are
getting a good many settlers from old
Virginia, but the most OF the new ele-
ment is from New York. Pennsylvania
and Ohio. II is composed Of those who
see the opportunities offered by Our TN
developed natural resources. We have
got as many churches In proportion to
population as any state in the union.
There never was intolerance there. The
members Of any party can have peace
able meetings anywhere In the state
We believe In free speech"
The governor Of West Virginia Is not
whlstllng his way through graveyard.
His cheerfulness Is sustained by the
facts in every department Of the state
government
MY predecessor" said Secretary of
State Dawson. told me there would be
very little to do In July and August.
have found these two of the busiest
months have had West Vlrglnia,you
know, Is a great corporation state. our
laws encourage Incorporation. When
business Is depressed the applications TO
INCORPORATE fall off. An Increase of cor
poratIons is one OF the best indications
OF Improvement. In July of 1896 we Is
sued articles to seventeen domestic aud
tyenty-glx foreign companies. Foreign
companles are those having their prin-
cfpai office or place OF business outside
OF the state. In July OF this year the
domestic interpretations were thirty,
nearly double those OF last year, and
tho new foreign companies were forty.
an Increase OF fourteen August VIII
make stlll better showlng."
Secretary Dawson Is chairman OF the
Republican State Central Committee
He smiled when he asked II there was
any prospect Of West Virginia in the
near future returning to Democracy.
Aud then, 90 illustrate how things have
changed In the state, he said:
Fifteen years ago we never received
election returns from Mcdowell coun-
ty why? Because there were so few
people that no attention was paid to
election dly. Now Mcdowell has como
ont of the woods. AZ the last election II
give i,GOO Republican majority. 1t Is
part Of the Flat Top coal region, where
many Pcnnsylvnn1nH have gone Inland
where there IA great development"
The state treasurer notes the fact that
Tux collections arc coming In regularly
nnd satisfactorily rs one Of the best
proofs Of new conditions West Virginia
not only has no state debt but has n
surplus Of nearly Sl,0OO,0OO
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