Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-07-20
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July II, 1911.
Dear Register got week oil from
the ceaseless add and check OF vouchers
for Uncle Sam and made trip to Ohio
via Pennsylvania Railroad and return by
B. & o. Railroad. These two great
trunk lines charge the same fare to
Springfield, Ohio, although the Pennsyl-
vania is $50 miles farther. The scenery
of the Allegheny mountains at Horse
Shoe Bend pays we'll for the greater dis
tances. The Pennsylvania Railroad has
planted locust Trees in rows eight feet
apart from railroad track to river edge,
30 to so feet, spare ground, all the way
west from Harrisburg TO the mountains
for crossties, now getting scarce. Going
down the west side OF the mountains the
valley andreservoir which flooded Johns
town was pointed out. All these moun-
tains are tull OF coal, and 10000 foreign
miners are at work in them. Each miner
makes 81 900 year for himself, $1,000
for the owners of the mine, and $1,000
for the railroad which hauls the coal 10
market. Yet thoughtless people berate
the foreigner, who greatly helps to de-
veIop our industries.
Once beyond the mountains, we enter
the great Mississippi Valley plain ,OOO
miles wide, that has made our country
so great by its immense yield OF corn and
| wheat.
The inventor, Whitley, Of Springfield,
who made thousands Of almost perfect
reapers and binders, died lately, and
Springfield will erect monument to him,
who developed their city and did so much
for the farmers, who planted double
crops when these great labor-savlng
reaperS and binders came on the market
spent week at Antioch College,
founded in 1853 by Horace Mann, whom
Europeans consider the greatest educator
America has produced. His monument
is in the centre of the 20-acre campus,
Swallowed by the great sugar naples he
had planted 60 years ago.
II is a lovely place, where my children
are at college and my son Claude gradu-
sted, 1911 class.
Below Springfield found my brother,
Willard Engle, taking it easy blowing
corn with riding cultivator on his farm
in the Mad river valley south OF Spring
field. Four railroads runs south toward
Cincinnati and 60 through a beautiful
country, with red clover fields up to the
cattle's knees, and crops looking fine in
spite of dry season.
AT Springfield took the trolley line to
Columbus, and this is fine travelling in
deed. No smoke, no dust, and beautiful
country scenes. met great many
former Jefferson county people in these
places, and all seemed TO be doing well.
Here took the B. & 0. train, and was
soon climbing the western slope OF the
AlleghenieS, again seeing splendid noun
tain scenery until we reached the crest,
where much blasting and dirt hauling is
changing the old bed OF the B. & 0. tol
the betterment OF its line.
Down the eastern slope OF the noun
tains gas wells are in view all along the
railroads, with gas at 20 cents per thous-
and feet, while in the city we pay q
cents for it.
Wonderful, this storage of coal and gas
and our great State has it in three-fourthE
OF her counties waiting to be dug ant
piped for our use.
What a contrast, this railroad trip,
day and night, with the great Baltimore
Cumberland and indianapolis turnpike
which the United States built at cost 0
seven million dollars for westward bount
settlers Is or so years ago, taking weel
or ten days. But it was money well Spen
and helped develop that great country
now the centre OF the United States anC
furnishes more presidents than Virgini;
did in her palmy days.
Truly yours,
JAMES M. ENGLE.