The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-09-22
Hart Success
In Te ineSSee

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News, of Chattanooga, Tenn, pub
Elished last Saturday, contained the
Following mention Of John B. Hart,
4 Of this city, and his railroad and
timber enterprise in Tennessee:
Speaking of the Tennessee and
North Carolina railroad, when Mr..
~. B. Hart, of Clarksburg, W. Va,
bought this tract of $4,000 acres,
he bought a perfect wilderness, but
Mr.. Hart conceived the idea of maxi
ing it one of the greatest lumber
camps in this country, and had a
man of less energy and teTancity
than Mr.. Hart has undertaken the
job he would have given up in de-
spair long ago, for he met with dis
eouragements enough to shatter the
hopes of the bravest men Timber
inspectors and experts were brought
here from all over the country only
to say that the conditions were such
a mill could not be operated sue
cessfully. They set forth many
excuses to discourage the promoter;
some said ne timber could not be
put to the mill and some hooted at
the idea of building a railroad and
operating it up this mountain sew
eral thousand feet above sea level
To all Of them Hart, the man of
brains, energy and win power, had
but one answer, and that answer was
81 know it can be accomplished and
I intend to succeed When hope
eternal was about to leave his breast
he saw his star of success arising
over the ehoas of disappointment.
and like a crested wave of Joy it
brought forth his dream of success
into a reality. that realit V that he
had nourished and cherished when
all but he had given way to despair.
But ]. B. Hart was a hero in
the face of many defeats and came
forth a conquering hero because he
achieved that which he started de-
termined to do. The reason for
so many failures in life is. too many
men look upon life as only weary
dream and believe that a wreck
must mark the end of one and all.
Not so with Mr.. Hart. but he mas
tered his calling. He built railroad
engines, he plowed them through
the forests, arounds the curves and
over the mountain sides, then like
a pyramid he began to ascend to
higher and nobler things. He was
not contented to remain a mechanic 81
but was determined to rise upon the
human ladder of earthly fame ind
place the one word Success on its
coat of arms, and his name will go
down in history as one of The great
men of the time that made is pos
sible to give other men work, clothe
and educate children and cause men
to be better husbands, fathers and
citizens. Would to God we had
more like him in our southland II
we did we would not have so many
demagogues to contend with. Hart
is a great big whole-sculed mar /; he
would never stoop to do little
thing. He has heart in him as
big as the great mountains around
his lumber camp. He wins them
to him by the golden link in the
chain of brotherly love, the link OF
human sympathy, and these plain,
honest mountain people believe in
him and when he is gathered to his
last reward many will be the plain,
honest mountaineers who viii
mourn over his bier for what he rs
done for them.
Mr.. Hart finished the Tennessee
and North Caroline railroad in 1901
from Newport to Waterville, n. c.,
where the road connects with a
branch running two miles along the
waters of Big Creek to the saw mill
now being constructed by the
Pigeon River Lumber Company.
The main line of the Tennessee &
North Caroline railroad will be ex-
tended thirty-fve miles from its
present terminus, Watervil,c, y. @,
The general offices of the company
arc at Newport, Tenn. Train
schedules will be furnished from
this office. The road occupies the
only pass not taken up through the
Great Smoky mountains and con-
trolls the tonnage on over 100000
acres of mountain land. The prin-I
cipal tonnage now handled by the
Tennessee & North Caroline rail-
road is forest products and iron ore.
The officers of the company are:
J. B. Hart, president, Clarks-
burg, w. Va.
Norman James, vice president,
Baltimore, Md.