The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-11-09
a BUSINESS OUTLET.
Completing Saltwater to Nor
gantown Will Help Pittsburg.


| gantoWn Will Help Pittsburg.
Opening up q Trading Country Rich in
Minerals and Live Stock.
The following is the manner in
which Pittsburgh Dispatch man
interviewed gentleman who had
been travelling through this state
and who believes in the future of the
country adjacent to this place.
There is a good deal about Morgan
town and we will print a few extracts
from the interview, great deal of
which concerns our river Transports
sion just about to be opened.
"The country is rich beyond de-
scription in mineral and timber, and
not until now do the people feel that
an opportunity offers for putting
upon the market the fiuest ore, tim
Der, coal and farm products this
section can produce.
when do / think navigation will
be opened? Well / was talking
with Captain Adam Jacobs, who has
been steamboating on the Monon-
gahela for more than 20 years, and
will answer your question with his
conversation. He said he had been
very deeply interested in the
completion of Lock No. s, and
watched the work very closely.
He would stake his reputation as a
Judge of public improvements that
he would have the James G. Blaine
at the Morgantown wharf not later
than the 18th of November. Now,
he said, the lock is completed, the
gates and all the machinery are in
place. The dredgeboat is at work
cleaning out the channel about the
pier and removing refuse accumula-
ted in the construction of the work.
So you may put it down as GER
tainty that / will carry large excur-
sion to Morgantown not later than
the 18th inst.
well, now, about the excursion.
All | know is that he said there were
hundreds of people all along the
river, and especially at Brownsville,
who are anxious for the first boat to
go up, and they will be on board.
OF course there will be music. 1t
would no: be fitting to enter the
staid old city of Morgantown with
the first boat, and excursionists from
every town along the river from
Pittsburg there, without brass bands,
flying flags, firing of cannon and
other demonstrations of enthusiasm
What will the people Of Morgantown
do?
| ARRANGING FOR A BLOWOUT.
"Well, if you go you will witness
genuine enthusiasm on their part.
Arrangements have been made for
some time to give the boat and ex-
cursionists the grandest reception
imaginable The town will be in
holiday attire; thousands of people
will come to the city in carriages,
wagons, horseback, on foot and any
way to get there Parades, spe eches
a barbecue, with natural gas as the
fuel for roasting purposes, drills by
the cadets, and in fact, the events of
the day will follow one another so
close that one will not have an oppor-
tunity to get weary. 1t will be a
great day in the history of Monon-
gala county, and none realize it
more than the citizens of that county
and surrounding country.
YES. In many ways Pittsburg
will be the gamer This city is the
natural metropolis for that section
of country, and what now goes to
Baltimore will naturally come to
Pittsburg. Wheeling has some
trade with that section, but Balti-
more has the bulk of the trade,
With the waterway opened, neither
Baltimore nor Wheeling can begin
to compete with Pittsburgh.
~ said large community, and |
will enlarge upon that, too. 1t is
one of the largest and most PROCESS
i've along the river. | make that
assertion because / know whereof
speak. Morgantown, a few years
ago, and Morgantown to day are not
to be compared in a business and
financial sense.
The national bank statements
show an increase of more than 10C
, per cent. Besides better system
of management on the part of the
} farmers, in directing their attention
to stock of all kinds and the best
suited for that mountainous region,
the oil and gas discoveries have
thrown many thousands of dollars
} in the country, and also. the vast
coal and iron deposits that have
been purchased by the spectators,
in view of water and rail communi-
cation with the Pittsburg markets.
Il was informed by Mr.. Picken
paugh, one of the oldest merchants
in the town, that SO towns and vii
lagos draw upon Morgantown for
their annual supplies, and that
means that Pittsburg merchants
will feed and clothe just that many
additional people, now enjoyed by
Baltimore and Wheeling.
"Other instances of the increased
wealth of the county may be men
toned, among them the revenues Of
the suspension bridge which was
built some 80 years ago, and has
never paid dividend to the stock
holders, while this year / learned
from one of the directors handsome
dividend will be declared. This il
principally attributed to the oil anc
gas well supplies that have been dis
tributed from that point to the vari
GUS fields in the immediate vicinity
The building trade has received al
impetus beyond anything known il
thatgsection. New residences hav'
} sprung npus on every hand, and ont
builder tries tooutdo the other un
til every conceivable design the ar
/ chitect's brain can conceive is to b,
! seen. The Wallace House, the lead
: ing hotel of the city, has failed to &C
commodate the guests of the house
A large addition is being erected
: and while the first floor will be uset