Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-10-24

line down the stream of that name.
where they expect in the near futu'
o tap the Coal & Iron 70 I'd near Fiji is.
a feeder to the West Va. Central. This
will give them northern outlet and
at the same lime give thecompany the
best possible facility for developing
their immense property.
i RAILROAD BUILDING.
After most interesting experience
in camp life on Cheat mountain, / ,e-
turned to the Greenbrier Valley and pre-
ceeded by rail north to Durbin. an EN-
bryO town located at the forks of the
Greenbrier and st present the terminus
reached last Spring. On May 9Th am
told the first passenger train pulled
out of the little station here, since
sprung up. AS early as July the re
ceipts from ticket sales that month
reached 1929 90, for August it ran to
$534.00 and for September it reached
| $762.00, while the freight business for
that month was So 500 90. In charge
of this business is G. w. Moose, agent
and operator, who with his family are
temporarily living in car near the
depot, which has been fixed up and en-
larged by the railroad company into
remarkably convenient and coy home.
Mr.. Moose will doubtless be remember
ed by Staunt0nians, amongst whom be
lived while clerk for Mr. W. o. Sydnor
several years ago. That there will be
a town of Importance at or very near
Durbin is think practical certainty,
but just where the town site will be
located, depends largely upon the con-
verging point of the three railroads now
centering here. Besides the G. s. 0,
the other roads are the g. M. & P. and
the G & l. OF these the g. u 0. has
built through the water gap just
north with a purpose to reach Travel |
ers' RepOse between which point and |
Durbin is soon to be erected large
tanning plant that will give employ |
ment to about $50 men. The e. & |.
Goal and irony road, owned by Sena I
tors ElklnS and Davis and feeder to |
the w. Va. Central, has finished its
grading and is laying track towards
the town OF Elkins. From the Elkins
end, track laying has also been done, so
that by spring the road expects to run
trains over the completed line. The
G. M. & P. known as Mr.. John T. Nc
Graw s road and of which he is presl-
dent, has also begun work and is grad
ing just north of the gap at Durbin
with purpose to build to Horton, where
it will connect with the Dry Fork ,Rv.
When it is realized that. 80 per cent.
)f the entire area of PocahOntas coun-
~ Ia strip of country Y by % miles) is T,
n wood land and that large portions
# contiguous counties is likewise en-
'iched, some idea of the industrial pos
Utilities of that section may be had.
All this railway building is therefore /
'ound to develop rapidly country so
ich in natural resource and which up
o this time, has been retarded only by s
Want of transportation facilities. This b
las been abundantly demonstrated by
he experience of the q. & o. people,
Who are operating the only road now "
q that field, yet within the very short
7hile that road has operated it's Green r.
rler division, surprising results have
cen accomplished. One and some
ines two heavy loaded freight trains
ONE down the river every day, v
rhile the passenger business, l am
Did, yields a profit greater per mile
nan any local trains of the G. & O.
xcept their Loup Greek branch.
HERE THE VALUABLE WOODS MOST q,
ABOUND. a,
From point near Renicks in Green al
rier county to Clover Lick in Poca ir
Ontas, a distance of about 35 miles,
1e white oak abounds in greater g
than other woods, and that sc
,gether with its accessibility, is caus- tie
lg great quantities of it to be gotten M
ut. This is shipped to eastern mar g.
Is where it finds ready sale at good Il
rices. Red oak is also plentiful on ra
ne higher levels in this same section, b,
lille chestnut and chestnut oak is m
luch seen, interspersed freely with
ass wood, the same extending as far Is
p as Cass. Here is the home of the 7
lemlock and Spruce. which is found OF
, great quantities along the country =
beyond Durbin. In these attitudes -
1e Hemlock attains large growth ID
nd the Spruce, which is found on yet
gher ground, is seen in its perfection,
aying tall smooth trunks; is hearty,
4rge, and growing generally as thick
; the soil will permit-a sight that
Flights the unsophisticated eye and &c
lat transfixes the veteran lum ber- "
ian. A country that must be seen to u
? appreciated. A 8. MORTON.