The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-04-12
OHIO IsIvEK IsAILRoAp.
From the thoughtful Mind and
Graceful Pen ofHon. James
ID. Menager.


1t was Themistocles, / believe,
who said that he could not play
upon any stringed instrument but
he could tell the Athenians how
they could make Athens a great
and populous city. How we'll he
succeeded, at least what greatness
and glory thereafter Athens reach
ed, is familiar story. don't
know whose personality is mostly
stamped on the City of Pittsburg.
There has evidently been some
presiding genius" for whoever
directed her infant footsteps point
ed the way to the building up of
busiest city of the world. Perhaps
the historic associations of the
place have thrown charm around
it, Fort Du Quesue, and its men,
cries of more than century old.
Perhaps it's location at the conhu,
ence of two rivers that uniting
form the greatest inland river of
all continents. Perhaps it is be-
cause there is the gateway from
the East to the West, through
which uncountable millions of
wealth and unnumbored millions
of "wage- learners and bread-win-
ners" have flowed, and perhaps it
is for the reason that ages ago the
sunbeams we're laid away under the
foot hills of the Appalachian noun
tain slopes and the immense coal
deposits were the rich result. Ger
tain it is, that mighty city, by no
"salted or unsalted sea-" has sprung
full-armed and. equipped in COM
paratively few years, to contend.
for commercial advantages, trade
and supremacy. 1t is impossible
to oven summarize, much less to
enlarge upon, the varied industries
of this wonderful city. However,
it is we'll to state that the largest
Bessimer steel plant, the largest
Crucible steel plant, the largest plate
glass works, the largest glass chimn-
ely factory, the largest pickle factory,
tho largest cork factory, the largest
tube works, tho largest manufactury
of glass table ware, the largest and
most powerful engines and pumps
used to pump water, and the largest
brake works for freight and
passenger cars in the world, are in
Pittsburg. Besides all this there
is vast net work of minor manu-
factories and industries. Engaged
in operating this vast network of
factories and mills are 81 1923 oper-
ators; tho cool mines and coke
regions employ $1,000, the mercan-
tile establishments 10000, river
crafts and railways 10, 1000, all resid-
ing in Pittsburg, or Allegheny
county tell the story of her unpar-
allelled growth and makes that
county the richest spot in proper
ton to it's area to be found in the
United States" Its railway tom
mage, several years since, exceeded
that of any other city in the Union,
and its river tonnageis greater than
the carrying capacity of all the yes
sells registered in any seaport or
lake harbor in the UNION. In the
last four years there was produced
in the United States III, 354, S79
barrels of the highest grade of oil.
Pittsburg district produced of that
amount 67,9O5,478 barrels which
sold for S4O,724, 286,GO, being three
fifths of the entire output and seven
Fights of the entire value. This is
all marvellous, only partly told, but
true. A few years ago an enter
prise was started at Wheeling which
has played and will continue to
play great part in the wonderful
drama of the business life of this
Emporium. No more important
enterprise has been established in
West. Virginia than the Ohio Riy-
River Railroad. AS completed
road it is not yet five years under
way. Tho idea of building this
road originated with Ex-Sena-
tor johnson N. Camden, and with
an energy and public spirit char
acteristio of him, once began, over
difficulties and through opposition,
he pushed the WORK. The result is
that to-day magnificent railway,
equipped with all modern applian-
oes and convoniences for travel and
freight, sweeps around the graceful
bonds and through the broad bot
toms of the Ohio River Valley from
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