The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
HINTON A PRETTY CITY
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doubled IN q short time by the addition
Of another great railway concern
The Virginian Railway. heretofore
known as the 'Deepwater-Tidew
the H H Rogers system. has surveyed
a lire and acquired right Of way along
the banks Of New River. on the opposite
side from the Czasapeake and Ohio. This
line VII tap the ri-h timber lands OF the
Meadow River District. as well as The
coal fields Of the New River region It
is but natural q assume that Hinton
VIII promptly become one OF The most
important points on the new system
The 6nscciaI situation IN Hinton IS well
taken care cs by three weII-esta6IlsAed
banks two OF them national and one &
Sta-e i1srty-ion- The oldest bank IS rhe
First National established shortly after
t-e incorporation Of the town. II is cap
!-sLzed az Sz5o0a. with ". H Garaett,
cashier The president is AzaI Ford. OF
Washington. .. c.
The clcy-s largest institution IS the
National Bank OF Summers. capitalized
at y0a615- James T. McC-eery IS rs
president and J. H. Jordan its cashier
The Citizens Bank OF Hinton. vlth q
capital cf 5000. has Ior its president
" Il Warren. and I P Graham is
cashier TIE aggregate resources OF these
banks exceed 10000.
The press Of Hinton includes three
daily papers and three weekIies-the Hin
ton Daily News Grdependentl, The In
dependent Herald Democratic. and the
Leader Republican,. The Independent
Herald. the Leader. and the Summers
Republican comprise the weeSlies
Wholesale Business Started.
The wholesale business OF Hinton is
capable Of broad development Al pres
ent there are Only two weu-establishe6
wholesale Concer1s-the New River Gro
oery Company. OF which E. a. Miller is
president conducts q large business. botl
locally and in The territory surrounding
Hinton. and the Hinton Hardware Com
pa1y. likewise does a large local and
rural business A f Nelson being p-asi-
dent Of this concern
The agricultural territory surrounding
Hinton, although limited in extent. is
rich The country hereabout IS ribbed.
cross-cut gashed- and scanned with noun
tain ranges. and provides less than .
Per cent Of its actual surface for zg-i-
cultural Development such agricultural
land as there Is. however. is very fertile
The bottom lands along the New and
Greenbrier Rivers IS composed Of a sandy
loan Of a high degree Of fertility. Here
and there among the mountain tops are
70 be found also q few acres Of tillable
soil Of high grade. and much good graz
ing land Much Of the land which Is TN
suitable 10 ordinary farm cultivation can
be readily converted into fine orchard
land, and this is being done 10 a large
extent
Board of Trade Active.
The Hinton Board Of Trade. organized
several years ago. has been until recent
j. inactive However. it has been show
ing signs Of rejUvenation and a desire 10
renew It's intended activities along the
lire Of securing new business ventures
and new enterprises for the city. The
board Of trade viii give every advantage
to prospective newcomers here. and busi-
ness men o. capacity and experience will
find in the business people Of Hinton
earnest co-operators in any plans which
they may lay down
Surrounding Hinton are numerous de-
lightful mountain resorts. all or nearly
al OF them noted for their magnificent
curative waters Among them are Red
Sulphur Springs. owned by the Hon Levi
P Morton. only sixteen miles away.
Green sulphur Springs, nine miles dis
Jant; the famous Pence Springs, twelve
miles from Hinton, and Barger Sulphur
Springs. ten miles away It IS but a
short railway ride TO White Sulphur. and
to Old Sweet, OF the Sweet Chalybeate.
Springs