. The Big Sandy Valley. A history of the people and country from the earliest settlement to the present time. ng into existence all over thecounty, the merchants of Louisa make largersales than ever before. Every hamlet through which iV20 THE BIG SANDY VALLEY. the road passes has quickened and started out on amore prosperous career, while small industries havesprung up all along the line, from Ashland toRichardson. These are only a small part of what may beexpected when the road is pushed on up the valley. COLONEL JAY H. NORTHUP, From the first, has been a director of the road,and few men did
. The Big Sandy Valley. A history of the people and country from the earliest settlement to the present time. ng into existence all over thecounty, the merchants of Louisa make largersales than ever before. Every hamlet through which iV20 THE BIG SANDY VALLEY. the road passes has quickened and started out on amore prosperous career, while small industries havesprung up all along the line, from Ashland toRichardson. These are only a small part of what may beexpected when the road is pushed on up the valley. COLONEL JAY H. NORTHUP, From the first, has been a director of the road,and few men did more to encourage, by his wise counsel, and bycontributing hismeans to carrythe enterprise tocompletion, andwhen it becamenecessary to ap-point a receiverand generalmanager to con-duct the aifairsof the corpora-tion. ColonelNorth up was, ofall others, calledupon to fill the place. The position was a delicateone, requiring great business talent, integrity, andmoral principles to satisfy both the owners andcreditors of the road. But the colonel has satisfiedall parties of his ability and trustworthiness to. COLONEL JAY H. NORTHUP. COAL INDUSTRIES. 321 fill this position, which was unsought by Joseph Mitchell, who had much ex-perience in procuring right of way for other roads,was a very forceful factor in drawing the line ofthe road on the Kentucky side of the Sandy River,having to contend against Hon. C. B. Hoard, anextensive real estate owner of Ceredo, West Vir-ginia, who held out strong inducements to have theOhio River terminus at that point. Colonel Hoardsefforts were ably seconded by Judge M. J. Fer-guson, who preferred the West Virginia route tothe Ohio. Mr. Mitchell did valuable service to thepeople of Ashland and Catlettsburg in battling forthe Kentucky line. It is proper to state that the owners of thePeach Orchard coal-fields did not build the roadwithout other aid. Outside parties took a gener-ous amount of stock in the enterprise. But, afterall, the road
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