The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-20
COSBY LETTER
From Prof. Crago now in South
western West Virginia.
WONDERFUL PROGRESS MADE
In Thar Section of tho State, aud the
VAST Possibilities that Roman.
Keystone and It's Industrial Envi-
Now Experience of Ford
ing Stream LengthWise Logan
County Institute.

Special correspondence Of Intelligencer.
LOGAN, W. Va, July 17.-one who
has not visited this part Of the state
may think he knows something Of the
wonderful progress made during the
past decade. / was among that NUM-
Der. but / found that seeing was more
than believing for 1 discovered that the
half had not been told, and It takes the
actual seeing to realize the great ad-
vanOement made, especially in the Tug
River valley. After the close Of the
MCDOWELL institute. in company with j.
B. Mcclure visited Keystone, twelve
miles above. From WEIGH to keystone
there Is almost continual line Of coke
ovens and they are nearly all In opera
ton. While at Keystone we were the
guests Of Mayor Hartman, who, by the
way, has been in this ONCE ever since
the town was incorporated, six years
ago. BE is most certainly the right
man for the place and is bringing order
to the otherwise disordsrly place. We
were shown around by him, and the
wonderful development Of the place and
surrounding country was pointed out.
About q mile above the town the
North Fork branch railroad extends
eight miles up the stream. On this lit
tIe branch are eight mines with their
accompanying coke ovens. keystone
has from 1000 to 1900 Inhabitants and
at one time was considered the most
dlsorderly place in the valley, but as
stated above. order is being brought
out OF chaos and soon 1t will be model
town.
The ride from WEIGH to Dingess de-
veloped the fact that there are no coke
furnaces below the former place, but
the timber business predominates.
There arc numerous plants along the
railroad, the largest one being at Pan
ther. This is a very extensive plant
and seems to be in full blast at pres
ent. But this Is the case all along the
valley. No working man need be idle.
This Is a great contrast with what 1t
was a few years ago. The trip from
Dingess to Logan, distance Of thir-
teen miles, was made in three and a
half hours by hack. 1 thought had
experienced rough roads before. but I
must confess that this trip is ahead Of
anything ever experienced in the way
OF hack ridlng-In the bed OF a creek
with all the stones left in 1t. and across
a mountain on a road with an average
elevation Of 25 degrees. Prof. ]. F,
Holroyd. OF the Concord normal school,
who was my companion in trouble
made the facetlous remark that 1t was
the first time he forded a stream
lenRthyise.
We arrived at Logan on Saturday
evening at o'clock, where we found a
bsautIful little town and most restful
Mace at the Buskirk House, where our
nhvsIeaI wants were well cared for, and
where We expect to sojourn until satur-
Say Of the present week when we must
cross that mountain again to get to
wInIamson. there to spend next week
Logan Is an old town and the people
I,ye Al their ease. They are courteous
ana generous to a fault and make one
feel al home among them. 1t cannot
be said that they are enthusiastic in
+hs matter Of public school education
~ one 'Is to fudge from the appearance
Of the school house that stands on an
, NM suns. ,,sois :, On the Guvapdotte