Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-07-26
O R C EXCURSION
TO CINCINNATI
Most Enjoyable Time had
BY Those Who Went.

/ clnoal on June 2Ith. was necessarily
postponed, on account Of the flood,
which tore up the railroad in the
coalfeld, rendering travel impossible
for time and unsafe, it was thought,
for a still longer time, was set for
July 18th, twenty days later. The
excursion ran on this date, carryin.
to, and bringing safely back from
Cincinnati, quite large number OF
people.
Ii is eedless to say that good
time was.had, aud the entire trip
greatly enjoyed This was the first
opportunity most of the party had of
seeing Cincinnati, and they made the
most of it, and, Notwithstanding the
hot weather, turned their faces home
ward with reluc'a ance.
The excursion was gotten up by
the Order of Railroad Conductors.
There Was ample arrangements for
the the comfort Of the entire party.
a seperate coach was reserved for
the ladies and their attendants, and
there was no crowding, as is usually
the case OH excursions The train
of six coaches left Bluefeld about 7
o'clock. running as second No. II,
which rendered the journey some
what longer than it otherwise would
have been, as it became necessary TO
make frequent stops. rs to enable No.
IL to get ahead.
The run through tho coalfields to
kenova in the daytime gave the
party good opportunity to see the
ravages of the flood. Broken aud
twisted iron bridges, displaced
railroad tracks, ruined houses, piles
of wrcckage, drifts Of lumber, pieces
of furniture, stoves, beds-almost
everything used in housek eeping
were to be seen lodged in these
drifts, indicating the force and ex-
tent Of the waters. What would
have been the result had this flood
occurred in the night time is fearful
to contemplate.
A traveller through the coalfelds
of West Virginia is impressed by
the splendid Court Houses, built ct
the county seats along the line,
Welch, Williamson and Wayne,
(three WIS., have splendid Court
House, (and iails), all of which are
situated in full view of the cars, and
in nice progressive towns, in, what
seems to be, an exceedingly poor
country. A generous rivalry exists
between Welch and Williamson-it
might be called, probably, jealousy,
but neither Que of these towns can
ever be great unless they level the
hills around them and make room
for buildings, for they are complete
ly hemmed in and surrounded by
'eternal hill,' and bounded by
treacherous stream Of water. How
ever, these little cities are centers of
great activity land numerous bar
rooms we were told) and will con-
tinue, for some time at least, to grow
and multiply.
Reaching Cincinnati late at night,
our party scattered to different hotels
and on the following two days "took
in" the town. The splendid parks.
the Zoo, the best in the United
States, the big stores, the large
houses Of trade-were visited aud
thoroughly enjoyed. This scribe had
in his care two kids" who walked
him, and pulled him around much.
He managed to keep step with them
pretty we'll Notwithstanding that bis
corns were troublesome, and that he
had to carry the burden, and look
after their safety and the lunch. A
trip up the Ohio, 10 miles, to Coney
J Island, on the "hu on" a nice
boat, and back on the island Queen
2 was a treat and was of the fea
E lures of the trip.
This writer regards rs one of tn,
p pleasures OF the trip, not to be for
gotten, few short moments spsi
/, with Thos. j. Davis, Cashier OF tn
Fifth Natioi al Bank, one Of the grea
bai king institutions of the country
p "Tom" is Tazewell boy, who gre,
Z up Pounding M II, a nephew o
Prof. p. III. Williams, cur Srperiu
d tenG t of schools. lie has made hi