The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-05-14

lie to the advantages Fairmont offers
for investment in real estate, wo want
to disabu,e tho readers mind OF any
impression he may have formed Of it as
o boom" town in the generally accept
cd meaning Of that term. Boom towns
generally so so far and then stop
stalled in thoir tracks caused by specu.
]ative prices, fictitious values and lack
ofresourccs and TRANSPORTATION facilities.
None Of these features cntcr into tho
conditions that have started Fairmont
on tho upward march.
Ono Of tho best evidences Of tho Sc.
curity and stability OF tho progress Fair.
mont has madc, and will continue to
mako, Is tho substantial character OF
the improvements tho Baltimore & Ohio
railroad is making. They are not only
providing for present needs but making
provision for future necessities.
That road never adds a rail or drives
spike but what the matter is thor.
oughly turned over and tho Interior
benefits it will derive carefully consid-
cred. 1t mover builds 4 station or adds
to its taxable valuation until it is com.
PEELED to.
Hero is what Major A. H. johnson,
one OF the Baltimore & Ohio officials,
and who has charge OF the construction
OF the new union depot at Fairmont,
has to say OF this section:
NOW, as lar MS 'booms' and boom
towns arc concerned, I pay very little
attention to them, for have no faith in
their lasting influence; but regarding
your work here my observation has
been that it is not BOOM, but is the
natural growth OF 4 country whose min
eral wealth will back your efforts. For
that reason l believe that our company
will be very liberal with you"
Besides many Pennsylvanians who
have had faith enough in this region to
invest their capital in property in this
vicinity, MI. P. Y. Hite, a Pittsburgh
coal operator, and who has cast his lot
hero, gives tho following personal testi-
mony:
"Iloeatedhere because think this re-
gion has thevery bost natural advantages
for coal, location, shipping facilities.
limestone deposits and everything to in
duce the establishment OF this sort OF a
plant, with the best prospects for sue.
cess. 1t has the advantage over city
location of having no taxes to pay, be-
sides possessing qualities Of coal and
coke that arc unsurpassed. have
looked upon this field for years, and al
ways felt sure tho time would como
when this region would be opened up,
as is now being dono, and become tho
(. great center Of tho whole country"
Capt j.. E. Mccoy, Of the Mccoy
Shoe Company, OF this city, who was in
Fairmont recently, said to a newspaper
man IN that town: ~ have travelled
this road for nearly two years, and must
say that Fairmont has made remarka-
bic Improvements since my first trip
here. And although the coal produc-
ton ofthis belt has made and is max.
ing great changes, yet this country is
still IN its infancy, and the changes that
have been made are small compared
with that VIII ich this region will wit
ness in the near future. have had
some experience in coal deals and can
form pretty good idea OF their effect
and tho working of this coal belt, OF
which Fairmont is theccntral point, to-
gether with your now glass factories,
your now union depot and new school
building, will mako your town city OF
importance, and will, of course, DO de-
cided benefit to Wheeling in business
way, which will return it to you in diff
fcrent channels"
Other testimony could be added ad
infnitun, but it would be like painting
the lily or gliding gold. The solid
basis OF Fairmont's prosperity is the
unlimited resources that surround it
and its incom parable advantages rs q
manufacturing point.
One OF the arguments which has beep
raised in discussing the decline OF man.
ufacturlng industries in New England
has been that owing to tho distance OF
the coal fields from New England CEN
tiers the cost OF fuel works to the dctri-
ment OF the manufacturing interests.
With the increase Of machinery and the
daily additions Of appliances to do the
work that has been done formerly BY
hand, tho necessity for power that can
DO developed and maintained at mini
mum cost becomes every year moro
apparent in American industries. In
decd, so close has competition become
in some of the important smaller lines
OF manufacture that the cost OF the fuel
which supplies the motive power, if
tho mandatory is disadvantagcously
situated, frequently enters largely into
the question of the profits Of the CON
Germ and places it at decided disad-
vantage with a com petitor in the same
limo OF manufacture whose fuel is OBJ
tained near its doors.
Manufacturers assert that it is cheap
er to transport the raw material which
enters into their product to the fuel
than it is to transport the fuel to the
raw material, and for this reason arc
looking to West Virginia as the location
OF future manufacturing enterprises.
Whllo this is true Of the state at large,
it is particularly truc Of Fairmont,
which presents superior inducements
for tho maintenance of manufactures
in her cheap coal and coke, and the in
quiries which>come every day from al
most every section from practical bust.
/, ness and mill mon as to tho facilities
hore for the establishment Of now plants
or the removal OF old ones to this point,
indicate that they are not unmindful or
oblivious OF those facts.
Tho large, accessions to ,Fairmont's
population is not floating one, and
this increase has crowded tho limits
and accommodations Of the town. They
nre still coming in, and as they are not
birds OF passage, but people who want
to make their homes here, they must be
provided with houses, and the ground
on which to build can only DO found in
the Development Company's addition