The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-25

GOOD TowEsI ARE GROWING
ALONG rrsRouTE-RAPlD
STRIDES HAVE BEEN
MADE;

STRIDES HAVE BEEN
MADE.
Al-
CHARLESTON April 25:-The fac
that the territory along and adjacent
10 the Coal & Coke railway has made
rapid strides the past year Is ptobabl,
not disputed BY citizens Of Charleston
but the exact amount Of improvement
at stations along TIL route is best oh
served by "trip along the road, and
a special writer who made the trlT
last September gives us the following
sketch OF another trip he made this
week from Elrlns to Charleston:
Elkins, SEQ a. m: l@All aboard
for Roaring Greek Junction, orlan.
do, huntsville, Gassuway, Clay c. H..
and Charleston"
AS, has probably been stated In these
columns before, there are ten tun
nels en- route, some short, some long,
located as follows: No.. i, Kingsvllle:
No. ., Orr: No. 3. Goodwin; No, 4,
Sage; No. 5, Abbott; No. G, French.
ion; No. 7, Crawford: No. 8, Jackson,
Vile; No. ., Delta; No. 10. Bembroke;
Nos, S and 10 are the longest.
The road bed has been greatly i'm.
proved since last summer, and easy
riding may he found for a considera.
bic part of The total 115miles.
Sketches Along the Way.
Iantz-A two.story frame and a
store building are going up.
Midyale-Llmber business here Is
good; a new mill and some ten or
twelve houses just completed Just
below the station on Middle Fork river,
Sand Rua-New store and a couple
of houses, also n new telephone line
vim the mills to Midvale.
Nixon AMI Sage being blessed with
two railroads. the C. & C. and the D,
& o.. naturally show some hustle. Sage
Ii growing nicely, new ,wo.storv six
room houses are going IN and also !,
new ,eleDhone line,
Adra,n-BrIsk little mace: n new
restaurant lust built; a new pnmp.
Ing station now under construction.
coke ovens In %opera,ior. several, nov
cottages. and n 'phone line buIllinr
Abott-A prosperous little village
OF about a dozen houses,
Frencirton now has about 4 dozen
houses and two nbone limos
Crawrord-A saw millttown with !,
hotel, Store. blacksmith sho and .,ho,,,
n dozen houses. 9S
WaIkersyIlloF snorts q buslnecs
stree, with several rond sinres MIN
tel, a new residence going IN on0
three phone fines. ~
Jacksonville is n new cation n
fine new depot building. restaurant.
coal mines, new telcpbone line
Chm imam tos !, saw Mir
Orlando-Here the B, & OILS re.
building Dart of lis track. avo ,o,o.
phone lines come in here. ~
Burnsvitle-This Is n busy comfy.
seat town. full of nice houses onJ
stores. The Be.l1 Msthe Indepcnd.
ent telephone CON fare fighting
for supremacy. 81 E,on.s morning
papers get In here kt'lr:a3 and news
agents "cry their wares" No passen.
gers Of the westbouud train nrtor
leaving this point.
Bower is named after tho general
manager OF the road Here Mine M I
OF the Davis Colliery Company Is turn.
Ing out n fine grade of coal. Bower
is n bran now towp with !, Gro throo.
story brick commercial building. tho
Junior Mercantile Company."
Exchange has three or four stores
one telephone line, and abou, n doz.
en- houses.
Gassaway-Theo METROPOLIS of Bray.
top county firmly bust,,,g o,,,. viii,
the, car shops of the company. A fine
new church is under construction. Mr.
Henry Shade, of Elkins, Is the ron.
tractor. Gassaway will get It's frs,