Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-02-25

a.. Il ~N ~eos "AF~ ~ iN-t
back from q trip over tho Carolina,
Ci nchAe.d and Ohio railway, thus
describes his trp for the beneht OF
Daily Leader readers: b EA.
Thea writer o is Just back from a
trip aver GeorgeL4 Carter's Carolina
Jlinchfieid q Ohio Ry. Leaving Dante
ehe lorgest coal operation In vir-
gina, which also belongs to ahe
Clinchneld corporation. At o'clock
~. m1qthence TO St. Paul. whore the
G.,1lCsi& O. crosses tho N. & w. on
grade crossing operated by ono
or the newest and. bs-a, tatsrlocking
plants. we ~ proceeded down The
vltnch river part OF the tine on the
old Three Ga grade. TO Duaeannon-
on-ths-Cltnch; from there on 10
iOlinehporti over q nne erode: leav-
ing the old Three Ca grade 10 cross
the river, along By ClinchDort to
Speer's Ferry Here 10 seen soms OF
the most expensive railroad build
b ng In the United States, AT Speor's
Ferry tho c., @. q O. conn ats wlth
the Virginia and Southwestern for
Bristol Aad Big Stono Gap. From
there you enter Clinch Mountain tun
mel mile long through SOLID h;zo-
stone. Next wa come to Kiagsport,
Tenn, ono OF the nnest farming and
kgrazIng Sections In tho country. Mrs
Carter bought up thousnnds Of acres
OF the finest lands hcre, paying
good prices for same. What his
intentions are regarding this place
IL what keeps everybody arossing,
as past experience teaches that Re
never tolls any one hts business and
never Adoes anything without god
and substantial financial reasons.
Passing here, we go through a
| fna country to Johnson City, whore
the general. offices OF the company
are now situated. IN tho Old Three
C's building at Carnegie. a 's1 boom
suburb Of Johnson City, aa
. beavine johnson City, tho next
town is tho Cold Water" boom
town OF Unlcos City, originated by
the prohibition Jparty. headed Gy
CoacJ.nRush Miller, OF Pulaski, va.
Here staads an elegant modern to-
tel with perhaps a hundred rooms.
What pity this build nE could not
ne picked up with an ar ship and
set down n Bluefeld, where It could
oe filled with peop.e every night.
Next we strike Erw1n. Tenn, the
busiest town in the south. Here the
! C,'fC.o& O. IS going to have chops,
sound house,, yards and everything
needed in operating big trunk line
from the lakes TO deepwater at
Charleston. 8. G. Situated on the
banks OF Doe river, which furn shes
an abundance of the finest water,
and the company owns hundreds Of
acres OF land a. level as q 90, r. IT
Is fins farming country and makes
a cheap place for their many employ
es to Eve. Hotol and boarding hous-
60 will DO erected By the company
and nothing left undone to make a
model town for the bsaeht OF their
smpioyss, which will be legion.
From there we go up through the
go1 &c until we get into the mica
country near the top Of the Blue
Ridge. Here We hnd mica mines
and IN lis In constant operation.
Tho next stop is Spruce Pine, N.
EC. From there for rs miles g. The
most picturesque and expensive rail
reading in the URited states. Cross.
ng Are summit Of the Blue Ridge
through a long tunnel one comes
out on the south side boxing over
one OF the grandest views 1msEina-
bic. For miles you cam see the
railroad winding around under the
mountains and along IN the valleys
below. You traverse twenty miles
from tho summit TO the valley and
the distance on an ar line 10 not
quite four miles Nowhere is the
Grade greater than Ia per cont
and the track is laid with IS pound
rails and crushed stone ballast, max
ing the best road bed possible 70 OBJ
tam.
Last week special train Pres
ident Carriers private car and the
Marquette, TRomas Fsreuas Rysn's