Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-05-22
WEST VIRGINIA AND
HER GREAT PROGRESS

Secretary of State Reed Issues An In
terestine Statement In Connection
With Coming sesqul-centennial.
ed and is now mailing out chart
showing the progress of West Virgi.
MIA during the nearly half a century
of the states existence.
The document opens with an an.
nouncement of the West Virginia
semicentennial celebration to be held
at Wheeling, June 20 of next year. the
states fiftieth anniversary, in words
as follows:
The semicentennial celebration to
be held in West Virginia June 20,
1913, promises to be notable event
J in the history of the state. While
the official celebration will be at the
city of Wheeling, ii is the purpose of
the commission TO have the day OBJ
served throughout the state. Each
city, town, village and community in
the state is urged to arrange for ap.
propriate exercises, parades, speeches
etc. Schools colleges, fraternal or.
ders, Sunday schools, civic organiza.
tions, boards of trade and other local
societies will take part. Every loyal
West Nirgnian should take an inter.
est i'll this event. In so years the
state has pushed forward until it is
today a veritable empire, teeming
Il with wealth. energy and magnificent
institutions"
Following this in turn are the fol
lowing divisions, the whole making
up, as the compiler well says, a re-
cord of fifty years of amazing pro.
| gress."
H The State Institution" giving the
names and locations of the % leading
institutions of the state, together with
the date of completion and the cost
of each The most costly is the
stae house at Charleston, completed
+ in
i while the lowest in the list in the
matter of cost is the state militia
rifle range near Ki9gwood, in Preston
county, "a $4,000 institution.
private and denominational Col
leges and Seminaries," 10 in mum.
Der
Countries Population" giving in
parallel columns the population of
each country as shown by the cen.
sus of 1910 and that shown by the cen
sus of 1900.
Leading Cities" twenty in mum
Der, with the population and the al
titudc of each The list begins with
Wheeling with al ,631, and ends with
EPrinceton, with a population of 1927
The highest altitude shown is that OF
Redwood, which IS 1874 feet while
the lowest shown is that of Martins
burg, which is ABB feet
Summary of the Leading Indus
tries Of West Virginia" in which
statistics of II leading industries are
given 1t is shown that the greatest
amount of capital in the year 1910
1911 was invested in the iron, steel
and tin-plate industry, and the
smallest amount r. S482, 600-in the
. cigar and tobacco business. The
greatest number of wage workers
8.349-were employed in the glass
making industry, and the smalle st
number-428-in the brewing and dis
tilling business. The glass workers
received s4,167,309 and the brewers
and distillery employees $273,19
Railroads in West Virginia, SO ii
number, with the main trackage of
each. The road having the greatest
mileage within the state is the Balti
more &. Ohio, with over loo miles.
The lowest mileage shown is that OF
the Cumberland Il Pennsylvania road,
which is 21-1O0 mile.
Facts about West Virginia
early settlement, its political history
it's agriculture, it's mineral wealth, its
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