The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-18
RI 8 o. Derelopment PolLey.

one Of the good results Of the rehab-
iIitauon Of the Baltimore < Ohio rail-
road is the well organized policy to
promote Industrial development along
the line, and no field through which
the road passes-the main line Of the
road is more fruitful of possibilities
than West Virginia. To complete the
organization which is to foster and en-
courage local industries. an Industrial
agent in the person OF W. W. Wood. of
Baltimore, has been appointed, and 1t
viii be well for all communities along
the line to keep In touch with him
The duty OF Special Agent Wood, as
announced yesterday, viii be to post
manufacturers and other investors,
who desire good locations for plants,
with information concerning the avail
ability, resources and all other advan-
tages possessed by towns. villages, cit
les and territory along the Baltimore &
Ohio road. SIR. Wood will make his
headquarters In Baltimore.
AT present large portion OF the Bal
timore & Ohio. within this state runs
through come Of the richest coal and
coke regions in the country. where the
development has been enormous. We re-
fer 10 the Upper Monongahela region.
Of which Fairrnont and clarksburg are
the centres. particularly the former,
and further east the Central West
virginia railroad region-known as the
"Davis-ElIins" country. The road
gets from these regions enormous
freIghtage-in fact. the divisions Of the
road are packed with the shipments and
the only limit to the production is the
blockade of the trains ladened with 1t
and the difficulty in the supply Of cars.
The road has. however, done splendid
service. and recently has been able to
supply cars of enormous capacity.
But the new departure does not indi-
cate that the company, under the new
management, proposes to be satisfied
with this situation. These same points
are capable Of being more than coal
centres. The very fact that they are
coal and natural gas centres is a point
in their favor as locations for manu-
featuring establishments on a inrge
scale. Cheap fuel is a strong factor
Of encouragement. The new manage
ment OF the Baltimore & Ohio road.
which proposes TO Increase facilities, is
interested In the development Of this
class Of Industry along with the other,
It realizes fully the preference Of these
points for sites in policy that Will
develop the country along the line and
increase its business.
This is true. also. Of the Wheeling
district. wheeling isn't overgrown
although It Is located in narrow strip.
wheeling ls heartily In favor Of the
policy Of expansion = in physical
growth, increased Industries and on
any other line. Recent railway deals
have placed wheeling in a better posi-
ton as a railroad centre. The advent
Of the wheeling & Lake Erie into
Cleveland. Ohio. territory. means a
great deaf in the way OF closer con-
nection with the lake and the industrial
regions OF the west The connection
here with te Baltimore & Ohio makes
a traffic arrangement possible, in addi-
ton to the Baltimore & ohlo's own
splendid system, a connection with the
far west and the southwest. These are
possibilities short of a railway trust
which mean much for our own imfne-
dIate locality.