The Big Sandy news., 1909-11-05

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There is many fine spring
bursting from the mountain side;
and at many OF these springs there
has been made hundred of gallons
of the famous "moonshine. The art
of manufacture seems to be no sec
ret and the sinners are still in the
bush.
The Big Sandy is great valley,
made so by great people and is
now a great commercial center; still
there is an important part OF this
valley cut off and lost to the busi-
iness interests of the lower section.
This is made so by reason of polit-
ical divisions easier and quicker
communication to the outside world
The most prominent feature in the
control of commerce here is the |
condition of the public highways |
Along the border line OF Kentucky |
and Virginia the roads are only
roads in name.
Clintwood, the county seat of
Dickinson county, and Grundy, the
county seat OF Buckhanon county,
Va, are each on Big Sandy waters.
The tide of commerce could and
probably would be turned north by
the building of railroad through
this section. have lately seen
many articles that we're quite anus
ing, regarding the building OF the
G., c. & o. Not long since | no
ticed an article in the Independent,
published at Ashland, Ky, giving it
as one of the reasons why the coun-
ty seat should be changed to Ash
land-that the c., c. G. o. was
building to that borough" Your
scribe has been living within calling
distance OF the supposed right of
way of the Carolina, Clinchfield e.
Ohio for months. / was here when
the division engineers were all spot
ted on the line as they supposed
for three years, and have lived here
long enough (seven months) to see
them all ordered in or disbandoRed.
The contract for building was
thought to be let TO Rhinehart e.
Dennis, and suppose they, too.
thought SO, for they shipped to
Elkhorn City several car loads of
tools, etc, most OF which, | under
stand, we're never unloaded.
The Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio
is the resurrected Charleston, Gin
cinnati & Chicago-the "3 C's,
which interested the Sandy people
some 25 or 80 years ago. This COM
pany did let, and work is now pro-
crossing on, seven mile branch
from Dante, on the ~ & W., to
the foot of the Sandy ridge where
you find one of the largest coal
seams in the world. There is yet
thirty-five miles of road to be built
to form a connection with the Bis
Sandy division of the G. & 0. This
link is from st. Paul (formerly Cas-
tie Wood in Russell county, Va.
, on the Clinch river to Elkhorn City
the present terminus of the 0. &
B. S. This route is through {
mountainous section and therefor,
is very expensive. There is requir
ed three mile tunnel to get from
the Clinch river side to the Sand!
waters. Surveys have been mad,
and the seven mile branch that Il
now being constructed is PARTIAL.
the result of getting over the di
:. vide until the tunnel could be con
: structed. This connecting link is 81
. expensive that it is said that tn,
experts sent over the line reported
to the syndicate who was backing
the project that the game was no
worth the powder,
Mark W. Potter, chairman of tn,
u company, says New York capitalist
have invested in this property abou
Z $40 900, 900, Therefore road o
such magnitude cannot afford t,
stop long at st. Paul or Dante
Neither can ii be expected to tarr.
" long at Elkhorn City. 1t may stol
: for a meal at Ashland if it shoult
!, pass that way. This company |
" looking for bigger game. On til
surface here the Carolina, Clinch
+" field & Ohio is as dead as tn
: Southern Confederacy
= Senator John ]. Johnson, wifi
y and son, Jack. were here not lon
. since, viewing the sights and call
:" ing on friends.
> Tip Childers, progressive farm
er of Thelma, and Vince Childers
= of Elkhorn, we're here last week
: seeing the points of interest an
!" visiting Vince Childers, Jr.
" George Preston, of Paintsville
and Paris Preston, of Pikeville, wer
'e here last week to see the dam, an
u inspecting the river through tn
~ Cumberland canyon
y Senator Johnson, we understand
70 has purchased plot of land nea
u Tower Gan and will erect a sum