The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-06
RAILWAY OPENS
NEW MARKETS
Completion of the Carolina
Clinchfield and Ohio Railway
Means Much to Mer-
chants and Manufac-
turers of the Gen.
trail West.


The completion of the Elkhorn TX
tension OF the Carolina. Clinchteld ana
Ohio Railway to a c~onnectisn with
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway at
Elkhorn City. Ky, and the inaugura-
ton OF a fast through-freight service
between Central West and Southeast,
effective July I. 1915. removed the
handicap which has heretofore ~
stricted the trade between these two
prosperous sections. Close ~neighbors,
geographically. the Central West n
the Southeast a been almost
strangers commercially, for the great
Appalachian Mountain barrier Lad
heretofore stood as an impossible OBJ
.stacle to direct communication. Inc
tarde OF the Carolinas n the South
eastern states. which has previously
gone to Eastern markets, now lie at
our very door. for the Carolina. Clinch-
field and Ohio Railway gives us a
quick-service short line directly
through the mountains, reducing the
time OF freights by two days and Civ
ing our shippers an equal opportunity
in he markets OF the Southeastern
states.
The new Railway also increases our
opportunities for trade in the great
Appalachian region through which II
passes. The country is rich in natural
resources.-coal. hard-woods. iron,
zinc, nickel. mica. kaolin. feldspar.
limestone, marble. etc. Mines are
being opened. factories are being built.
agriculture. horticulture and stock
raising are stimulated and prosperous
towns and embryo cities are springing
up like mushrooms. The products or
Hn1I fCreGF aDl a.N.a .FFa~ a.- V.auv.v-
facturers a new and convenient source
OF supply for raw materials i n ex-
change for our finished products. Mer-
chants and manufacturers of the Cen
trail West will DO well TO personally In
~vestigate these new fields which are
opened up by the completion of the
Carolina. Clinchheld and Ohio Rail
way.
The -oad itself. extending from Xix
horn City. Ky, where connection Is
made with the Chesapeake and ONO
Railway. through Southwestern Viz
ginia. Eastern Tennessee and Western
North Carolina to Spartanburg, s. G..
Is a revelation in modern railway en-
.gineering and construction. With a
maximum grade of IL per cent. IL cuts
directly across four great mountain
chains. the Cumberland, Clinch, Great
Smoky and Blue Ridge. comprising the
Appalachian System. The construc-
ton is OF the highest standard known
10 modern railway science. involving
80 pound steel rails. a rock-ballasted
roadbed and steel trestles with con-
crete piers.
The daylight ride from Elkhorn cry
TO S%partanburg. a distance or 27T
miles, has no competitor from a
scenic standpoint in the Eastern hair
OF the continent. The Road follows
the trail of Daniel Boone through ne
magnificent gorge Of the Nolichucky
River. approaches Mt. Mitchell. the
tallest peak east OF the Rockies. M
works its way up to the crest of the
Blue Ridge Mountains at Altapass. y.
C. where a delightful resort hotel
commands a view OF the loftiest peaks
and most spectacular enc OF me
entire Appalachian System. The ue-
scent Of the Southern slope OF the
Blue Ridge involves panomas OF be-
wildering beauty and grandeur as half
a hundred mountain peaks. over a
mile in height. pas in magnificent re-
view before the astonisned gaze OF the
traveller.
"A wonderful road through a .son-
derful country" Is the exclamation OF
practically every one who for the nrst
time travels over The Clinchheld from
the upper Ohio Valley through the
Appalachian Summitland 10 the Pied
o region OF the Carolinas.
4 hearty welcome awaits the manu-
facturer. the merchant. the capitalist
and the home-seeker. Come see the
country for yourself: study Il nrst-
hand and lay your plans for the con
quest ~ Us trade. Write today TOR
descriptive literature including the
scenic. resort. agricultural. hortcul-
tural. stock-raising. mining and manu-
featuring features. Address Chas. 4.
Mandel. a @. p. A., Carolina. Cnncn-
reid & Ohio Railway. Johnson city,
rem. ADV.