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Hack over me mountain tops Klk Garden, where the West Vir------ aginia Central takes its coal from an ^taiYUitstinstlt;uelt; an g nWlt;ViwiwliXcObfeeAbymeCOlofViwatoeleven*foot vein. This coal now ^ comes over inclined planes and ^ tram roads to the Mineville H ranch, but Colonel Davis constructing a branch along Abrams creek that will do away with the tramroftds and will greatly increase the output of the Elk Garden mines. This will be ready by January 1 at thelatest*The train speeds onward in the the shadow of high walls of rock, tot There is a refreshing newness in the J its scenery and the houses. Ten years ago there was not a house within ten miles of the road. There is now small villages, with the buildings unstained by weather, are perched on the mountain sides.Huge hemlocks, oaks and spruceshave been felled, piled up along the streams, and now await the whirling steam saw.Around a horseshoe the train gets over the mountain, is switched oil* at Thomas, and ten minutes later Davis, with stumps still standing in its streets and a big hotel on a hill, is reached. The hum of industry is heard through the village. Then the train returns to Thomas and enters upon the new extension. A j ah new world breaks upon the view of gii the astonished sight seer. dirThe train climbs the mountain i tio side until the passenger peering i bo from the car window sees, 300 leet J lor below, the inky waters of the Black- ; the water whipped into a foam by the • Ob rocks over which the stream plunges. | int A succession of falls greets him. j Th High above rises the Hlsickwater me ridge, with cascades tumbling down Mi its sides. The scenery is Alpine in an its outlines. Then the Cheat river, taj formed by several forks, is reached, an A new bridge is being built over the dii river to carry the road to Leadsviile, in* its present terminus. Mr. James I of Fisher, son of ex-Judge Fisher, of iin Baltimore, is one of the engineers of . Vi the bridge. BaAfter a halt of a few minutes the as return trip is begun, and as the ( a train ascends the mountain side tio dinner is partaken, and Mr. \V. W. of Spence,ex-Senator Davis and .Major Bent make short speeches. Cumberland is reached at 7 p. in. The W party will return to Baltimore to- coj morrow. aleThe country through which the mi road extends is wild, weird and ro- m* niantic. The road tound a tew log an cabins occupied by a primitive and lt;mi ignorant people, whom they call cia mossbacks, and who make a liveli- po hood by hunting, lishing and dig j is ging ginseng. With the road has lac come a mixed population of Italians, | Pe negroes. Irish and Virginians. Bear mi
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West Virginia Democrat
Charles Town, West Virginia, US
Fri, Nov 23, 1888
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