The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-10-04
An THE CAPITOL SEAT
ABOUT CHARLESTON.

"a low udyb M1LuAn JuS OlGH 40 |
convincing that new era is dawn
ing upon the CITY of Charleston,
following dark and stormy night
of adversity, and the brightest
beams of the rising sun of prosper
ity are flooding the CITY and sur
rounding country. Under the
warmth of these rays, great crops
and countless herds mature, fur
nishing food for countless millions.
Beneath the sod that produces the
raw material, that feeds and clothes
the people are enormous stores of
coal, metals, building stone and
clay.
The laws of modern economic
conditions frown on waste and favor
the utilization of every opportunity.
The opportunity lies open to East
ern manufacturers, either to pull
up their plants, 80 far distant from
central coal fields and relocate
them or establish branches here or
in the midst of here. to make the
goods for their trade, cheap mater
ial, cheap living and saving on
transportation on goods demanded
by an expanding market, being the
elements of influencing such a
movement this way. The great re-
sources of this section have scarcely
been touched. The great coal
fields in this vicinity are practically
inexhaustible, the best coal for
steam purposes known in the world,
exceeding in this respect the quail
ity of coal in the Welsh mines of
the old world.
Charleston is the great center
point through which all business is
transacted through this section. 1t
is not only the capitol CITY of our
great State, but is the industrious
bee hive of the Great Kanawha
valley. It is a natural trading CEN
ter. This insures commercial activ-
ity, for the trade is held by an en-
terprising body of merchants, who
keep abreast of the times and cater
to the growing trade.
Good banking institutions are
necessary to the building of a great
city. All tho Banks of Charleston
are in good healthy condition.
They passed through the panic of
'93 without turning hair"
Besides all this Charleston is a
city of good schools and many mag
nifcent churches, cultivated homes,
and beautifully situated, for the
abiding place of our classes, that
make up modern society, Charles
ton has population of only 10, 900,
but many, many thousands can yet
be added to the population of the
town without cramping the elbow
room of a prosperous and indie
pendent people. This population
will demand greater output of
factories in every line of industry,
and is doing SO.
Differing from SO many cities,
we don't find Charleston thronged
with SO many of the irresponsible,
improvident and vicious classes,
such as assault the independence of
the toiler. Its population is evenly
distributed and the preponderating
element thereof is composed of in
dependent producers that can be
reinforced by several millions with
out affecting the general character
and barring the backs of the work.
ers to the relentless competition
that is whipping the manhood out
of the toilers of SO many of our
great cities and the thickly popu-
lated sections of the East Char
leston's prospects for continuous
industrial growth promises steady
employment, insuring homes and
bank accounts to many industrious
and frugal working people with
mono of the unfavorable conditions
inseperable from the crowded in
dustrial oenters.
This CITY has many industries
but it is not the purpose of this ar
ticle to dwell upon them. They
are all running full tilt.
About the Capitol grounds they
are quiet. The Governor and his
staff are in New York attending
the Dewey reception. There is
with him the full staff, of about
thirty, and each bearing his own
expenses.
1t has long been recognized
fact that there ought to be build