The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-05-30
MARVELLOUS MARION.

Brilliant Prospects for this Great
Natural Gas City-Manufacturers Pay
Nothing for Land, Fuel nor Light
A Pross Land syndicate Organized.
When mailed the brief letter that
appeared In the EEpUBLtcAN on We'd
nusday we were passing through Pitts
burg at midnight. Leaving the smoky
city without seeing much OF it we
turned into our buffet car berths and
were soon wrapped in tho arms OF
Morpheus, and when daylight came
On cdnesday morning We had passed
through Steubenvile, Ohio, and WEI c
scudding along towards Newark. an
other tlourishing Ohio towns. "luirah
for the State OF Mckinley" WIS II
voice that greeted us from an upper
berth. We could only see from our
ar windo IS Il at Columbus WAS very
large cas- with paved streets, elc
waited street crossings md electric arc
lights far in advance of Wilmington.
but what grand prairie country
we have been travelling through, ami
1t continued on all the way through
the state. Tho heavy spring ram had
oyerllowed tho level country and made
| it appear to disadvantage Mt. Union
was the Inst town we LETT in Ohio ana
| Red Key was the first town greeted US
| in Indiana, and by the way this was
natural gus town, the gas belt com
mencing at the state line and extend
\ ing half way across 1t. We arrived al
Marion by o'clock p. m. Wednesday,
travelling 1903 mlloS west from Phila-
delphia We were at once escorted to
| the York Inn q spacious hosiery be-
| longing to the now settlement OF Mar
| ion, controlled by the Interstate Trust
| Company. Here we were dined and
after dinner the party was taken III
| cabs around to SEQ manufactures, adj
| vantages and other sights OF Mar
vellous Marion" Suffice it to say,
| that half of what was seen cannot he
told in even a lengthy newspaper ar.
| ticle.
We were in the midst of natural
gas country, with gas wells all
around us which supplied fuel and
| light for almost Il hundred manufacto-
ries. and population Of $1,000. Tho
first place visited was the Westernan
| Natural Gas Iron Company, n large
esta blishment employing 20 hands.
This was rolling mill with numerous
pudding fires III operation, but from
the numerous chlmueys came white
| stream, but not IA s'iutilla OF smoke,
nor was there tho least appearance Of
Stag, cinder, coal or ashes about tile
establishment. Every fire was from
| natural gas, the heat regulated by
simply turning screw. These works
II theyhu not gas, would consuma
30 tons OF coal per day besides being
pcstered with surplus ashes, Stag
smoke and all the other disagreoRb!c
cuncomitants arising from the use OF
coal. Here free gas took tho place
OF coal for fuel AMI light.
| But we cannot describe every place
we visited 50 miuutcly. The noxt
place visited was IL table and fancy
| glass WORKS. where probably 200 men
Logs and girls wern employ ed. tiaa
drove the powerful engine that Oper'
ated the works The making of fancy
glass was u curi01tty to all. From
here we visited tAe Marion Bicycle
works, where 10 hands We're employ
| cd and 30 bicycles week were turncd
out. Gas drove the machinery. From
here we were taken to the magnificent
High school buiiting that cost gti5, U00
and which was attended by between
800 and 1OJ puNi5. 1t WIG signt u
| sec them march out of the building
No trouble h2r. with furnaces and
stoves burning out aud cellars getting
| full of ashes. t'us prevented all this
Then we were taken down through thu
old part uf the town. over splendi.
yitriicd brick paNementa, past u larG,
and beautiful court house and puui
iltle Jail, on to the western oud OF til
city. We became almost bewlldrrnt
in labyrtntn OF luanura tories. Her
was window plate malufactory, bot
lie mauufHctOIIr u pulp muuufaG
tory, Il straw paper nanulactory,
sNIvcr mandatory, box st III manu-
factory. atudeNuiler's wagon matetia
manuactpry, and many others al
driven with gas free us tho Gir W
breathe.
Alter getting through with all thss
factories, VIZ were wAg!rd back to Ii
York Inn where a spleuitd sap. er VT
served. soon afterwards Tie outil
= Regiment band oil pieces apDodra,
as II by magic, an' rctagiHuI til
eoursing delightful nuste until NIT
: night. Afanyot MarlUu'l lelhiug Ell
! n MS dropped in To pay tlteir RESPECT
= To tine peninsula cutDgS.= Amaasa
- thom were Dr. Francis, TX, Ol,9ies.
man Steele and late Gut,rHor I
Oklahoma. A meeting was organize
land addresses were made by Mr. tiet
| +. Mason. ir. Francis and Ex-ItuvcI
| nor Steele welcoming the eastern Wis
tors mud setting forth the advantage
OF Marion. Rev W. w. W, Wilson o
tho Smyrna Methodist; solomon lier
sey of the Wilmington llaE.Y H.ru 81
AN; Theodore Townsend OF Tho Mi
ford Chronicle; John Y. Todd of til
lAston Maryland Democrat; w.
Met omb of the ilavre do Grace Re
publican and frank NJ. Dunn OF tn
Dover, Del. inde& madD responsive
remarks The occasion was feast Q
reason and flow OF soul, and as TIL
I'VE sma' hours of morning came on
the weary editors We're permitted {
retire, after seeing a Eas we'll set O
fire, which blazed up to the height o
80 feet
In the morning tThursday) tho SIX
was overcast with clouds ana rain fe,
during the whole forenoon. The edl
tors, however, called meeting, wit
Frank NJ. Dunn rs chairman and Joll
\. Todd as secretary. and appointed
committee Consisting Of Rev. W. W
W. Wilson, G. Il. Vincent and $. Hen
soy, who reported The following resolu
tons which were unanimously adopt
ed:
Whereas, Through the kindness o
George l.. Mason. President OF the In
ter-State Trust Company, Frederick /
Mason, Treasurer VIM. IL. Wiley
secretary, and Ihad. Butler, Genera
Agent, we, the editors OF Delaware AK
Maryland. invited to Visit the marvel
lous city of Marion, Ind. have Gajoye,
the excellent transportation pruvtic'
FOR us and the magnificent entortain
ment and courtesy rendered u5 dufln;
our visit: therefore
\ Resolved, That we are Indebted Il
: these gentlemenanl tile company the
, repTrs Mt for the generosity and uni
form courtesy they have shown us,
, Resolved, That we ara more thai
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