The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-06-29
.TH OHIO Central LINES.
SOME POINTS OF INTEREST
OK THE ROAD.
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selves 10 the observant passenge
lover lie 0hfo Eenfral lines, an.
some Of these are entitled 70 IIlors
than passing mention
In the first place the eastern ex
tremety Of the road Is at the wild
and beautiful Gualey Bridge.Khicl
Is also remarkable As the scene ol
some bloody Narfare during the
late civil war Then We reach the
city of Charleston, the capital OF
the State, and leaving that city the
railroad for nearly q ahundred miles
skirts the broad -bosomed Great
ZanaTha. through scenery as beau
LlIn- - any. sven Ia 5arffsl
State To the left the historic nv
er flows on its course serene TO JOIN
the waters of the Ohio, while be-
yond its further banks the clouds
embrace the verdant hills. To the
right there is changefnl panor-
anna of smiling plains. now golden
cropped and again luxuriant in a
wealth Of Gestful green here dark
ly forest fringed; here Hecked with
grazing herds; there dotted with In
yiting farm houses, snugly nest
ling IN umbrageons shade and all
encompassed by the glorious noun
tains whose varied shapes so pict-
uresqnely break the far horizon
line And SO we come to Point
Pleasant, noteworthy for much.
but most for the geniality and hos
pitality of its prosperous and pro
gressiye residents. Here also Is to
be admired the splendid steel
bridge spanning the Ohio and CON
trolled by the Ohio Central Lines,
which is an engineering triumph
and, costing 81 100000. is the most
expensive structure crossing that
river.
Here Is an appropriate place to
stop and note that between Gauley
Bridge and Toledo the Ohio Gen.
trail Lines pass through no less than
four distinct and different phases
of civilization Before we reach
Point Pleasant We are made ac-
quainted among the West Virgin
ia hills. with the great coal indus
try: then beyond the Ohio We come
into country which is the farm
er's Paradise; further northward
we pass through important centres
of city life and finally traverse the
wonderful oil belt of the north.
Between Point Pleasant and Col
umbus there are several points of
interest TO attract attention. First
there is the city of Gallipolis. or
iginally French settlement, but
which is now particularly notable
as harboring the only Epileptic
Asylum In the country; then comes
the admirably well managed Asy-
lum for the insane at Athens, and
as We reach Columbus we are fair
ly deluged with institutions, for
here in the capital city of the Buck
eye State, not only do We find the
state house, or capitol. itself, but
also the state university, the state
penitentiary; the state asylums fo1
the deaf, dumb and blind and the
imbecile and insane asylums, and
finally the barracks for United
States troops.
Mex In Importance Is MarysviIle,
After Dwight itself, this is perhaps
the most notable Gag line city IN
America, and few trains pass With
out depositing one or more unfor-
tunates anxious to submit theil
case to the treatment of the famous
gold cure
Now We enter upon the great
agricultural district of the State, 3
farming country almost unrivaIled
In Its varied productiveness In any
other part of this great Republic
As we look over We note also thai
this is 3 conspicuous sheep or WOO
raising country Kenton. south oi
Findlay. and the county seat oi
Hardin, Is the centre of this ricI
and fertile region
Thence We rapidly pass into the
oil belt, which extends east and
north about Findlay and Cygnet
and the majority of the more i'm
portant product centres Of popula
tion entered by this railroad, anc
almost up to Toledo itself. Find
lay Is the natural gas city o
Ohio. and Cygnet Is more thar
worth visiting because near II i
the large storage field Of the Stand
ard Oil Company, and practically
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