The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-22
C0AL,TlHEsLlFEyGIVERE
INTERESTING IA RTic Lee TAKEN
FROM CENT PER CENT ON Il
/ This sURJEcT--'WE sTSiv lR:; *
Il I, GINA HoToG RAPHEp.
5Wl,loNDERFu Y STRIDES MADE in
" THIS STATE IN RECENT Il
YEARS is POINTED OUT
III BY AN EXPERT. ;.

Those who are careful students OF
the industrial situation must have
noted the great increase In the busI.
ness reported by the several agencies.
The natural buoyancy Of the people
of this country, oftentlmes referred
to as optimism, is the one feature
that gives the keynote to. all our In.
dustrial and business conditions as
they exist at the present time. and
that gives cause for hopeful view Of
the future. With this in mind, one
must be dull indeed not to see that
there is an improved and important
outlook for the coal industry of our
country, such as 1t has not had in
the past, says Frederick A. Seward
in Cent Pc, Cent.
One cannot take this subject with.
out feeling much OF enthusiasm
therein, for the use of coal is the
great lfe.giver of the nations pro.
gress, and the field wherein there has
been the most gratifying Increase in
output is in the States south of the
old Mason and Dixon's line In This
section cheap coal lands, readily
worked, are to be had, that admits
Of the sale OF coal in large ouanti,ie.
and in profitable comnetit,on win
the product of the older sections
There are railroads sutfic,ont n
carry far distant when tbera mug,
be Others TO carry The tonnage tba,
will be called for and II is this fea.
ture that ins1ies for ! The K Jy,bass t
and its extensions IN iyyes, virc,r,a
such great possibilities la7.
This brings me 10 the considera.
ton of West Virginia coa, deve,o,.
ment, In all sections nortbern mid,
die and southern one can soc the
energy which leads IN successful nm
Grafton. In, 1899 the outnut in West
Virginia was 10 7oo Ooo tons. 1c,
zoo. 900 tons in 1898 and n .os mn,
lat sO,5OO0OO net TONS for Tho VOC,
1901 by the conservative ,,st,m,,a:
Of the chief insnector NJ m;nes IN
the same wav II ono tolas y, ~,
districts in the unner nortion =, ~,
state where are what are r,own a.
the Fairmont and ELL, cor,,o, az.
tricts the TONNAGE is coo, to how,
grown as ro,,ows. .s y
Eo,rnon. Hi, carde,
1872 1y55 ooo tons ,112o ooo ,o,,
1898 25o5 Ooo tons /, 5ao mn ion!
1909 5G3S Ooo tons . o9o nm ,o,,
Ey;dart,v tb;s ter-,,ory :. ~ 80,
foupdation nc IN tic future ooo, NO
ducinr tnosc;hi,;,;os o,d Al, 5,ho oo,,
ties tributary n tho u opd n RI,
Invest Virginia Central and u,
branches and tho Woh,sh vii, H.
crea co tbe,r ,rt,,t IN tha f,,t,,, I
During the last three vo,rs Was
Virginia has nrodncsd more than
ner cent of tho tot,, coal ortnrt =
the Southern States and iudc,r,
| from The ra mid develonment wori
Ibainp nrosecuted ,brourbo,t ,ha stot !
particularlv IN the central and south
ern nortions .tbis state, iii, o,nt,n,,
| to ;ncrease Ia i relative ,r,nor,,mca
not only as Southern state I'm
among nj, tho coal ,n,rodrc,na c,,ta
of the Union To-day west yireIni
stands third among tho GOA, nrodn,
ers of the country and Il is dest,ne
within a few vears 10 ranl, next !
Pennsylvania Active railroad hu,lj
ING Inv the Wabash interests ana \
the Coal and cote p,,,,o,d cown.n
fDav,s and E,t,rs ,ntaros,, !, ~
northern ond cen,r,, ror,ions 80 :,
State tho construction Of n,,roro,,
-. 80 :