The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-03-31
WEST VIRGINIA
AND PITTSBURG
Greet Each Other With a
Hearty Handshake.
The Mountain State Citizens Are Met
Halfway by the Leading Men OF
Pittsburg-The FIRST Through Train
from Fairmont to That City Carries a
Large Party.

ness interests OF 1lttSDufg and Ten
trail West Virginia is a thing of the
past. 1t took place as announced
Monday night. Elk Governor Elem.
ing's speech was of course the prin
cipal event OF the evening, but the
principal significance of the affair.
this social wedding Of more substan-
tial interests, was the F., NJ. d p.
branch Of the b & O. is completed
and from Pittsbnrg is the gateway
to all that is valuable in the interior
of this state, and Pittsburg very
properly jubilated over an affair OF
so great importance to them-and
to US it is as great. 1t is over and
it was wonderfully great, grand and
glorious from the points of view that
such things are.
But here is almost an end up be-
fore beginning When Elk Gov.
Fleming was invited to deliver his
address at Pittsburg before the
Chamber Of Commerce he was also
directed TO bring with him a number
of representative men of the part of
the state which would be directly
affected by the opening Of the new
road, to celebrate that event in ad
vance being the object of the Cham
Der. He sent out his invitations and
none were refused A special train
started from Fairmont Monday morn
ing at s O'Clock. At 8 it was in Nor
gantown, and it was greeted bv a
large number of people, who wanted
dearly to see that first special pas
senger train which would run over
the completed road The train stay
ed here but few minutes, and those
who were to join the party here got
aboard Vice President Kings private
car Arlington, namely: Hons. Geo. c..
Sturgiss and Joseph Moreland, Mai.
w. G. McGrew, DR.. /. C.. White, f..
NJ. Grant, H. NJ. Morgan, of the Post,
and j. e. Fleming of this paper.
Besides the private car, there was a
day coach, which completed the
train
The other visitors comprised ex-
Governor Fleming, T. w. Fleming,
Hon. j. w. Mason, W. A. Ohley,
Mayor c. w. Arnett and Mayor elect
Stone, Herbert C. Brooks, Hon. W.
S. Raymond, b. L.Butcher,O. S. Nc
Kinney and G. L. Smith, Farmont
Index, j. E. Watson, Dr. J. II. Brown
field, o. j. Sands, George DeBolt,
Samuel r. Nuzum, John B. Crane,
c. L. Skinner, H. G. Sample, F. It.
Martin, M. d. Helmick, j. A. Clark.
Rolf M. Hite and j. j. Burns, all of
Fairmont; George A. Huntington. of
the Wheeling Intelligencer; George
W. Summers, of the Wheeling Reg
lister; A, j. Gaskell, Hon. John
Blackshire, Hon. c. E. Wells, all of
Warrington; Colonel John I. Nc
Graw, Hon. Samuel Gramm, George
Whitescarver, William Morgan, all
of Grafton; Colonel Ben Wilson.
Colonel L. NJ jackson and C. S.
Sands, President and Cashier of the
Traders bank; S. F. Reed, Tele.
gram; A. G. Smith, all of Clarks-
burg; Senator W. G. Morley, of
Kingwood, and A. j. johnson, Con
nellsville Courier.
1t was a companionable crowd.
and at places farther down the line
was augmented by several additions
in the shape of good fellows and
square men, But the Pittsburg pa
pers say the West Virginians were
the handsomest, the brainest, and
the squarcst; we are too modest to
say that.
From 8, the time the party left
here-then they were on road they
never saw before-until Pittsburp
was reached with the escort. at 2 p.
M. the way was one long jollifica-
ton, crowds of delighted people, with
an occasional knot of construction
lists, greeting them at every stop for
an addition to the party.
Then came the banquet and the
speech. The banquet was no great
err than the speech-there were sew
eral speeches but the speech was that
made by exGov. Fleming. 1t oecu
pies seven columns of newspaper
and of course is too much for this
paper just now, but it dealt in the
riches of West Virginia and edited
the Pennsylvanians about our won
derful resources. Next day the par
ty was showed all over Pittsburo in
carriages and were treated most
handsomely once more by the BIG
hearted but business fishing people
of that mol better town. The start
home was made at 10 o'clock. reach
ing here at 230 Capt Myers stop
ped the train at Beechurst bridge
and the party all took look over
the University, and coming to the
depot stayed with us for an hour and
a half.
The trip, the banquet are over.
They were ones which the party
could find no immediate means of re-
ciprocating except to "resolute."
And so these gentlemen resoluted.
Here is the result:
WHEREAS, Governor A. B. Fleming
and the members of his party from
West Virginia, desire to show their
appreciation of the courtesy and
kindness which they, each and all,
received at the hands of the officers
and employees of the Baltimore a.
Ohio Railroad and the generous and
hospitable manner in which they |
have been entertained by the mem
bers of the Chamber of Commerce of |
the city of Pittsburg, and the Mayor
of Pittsburg and the Mayor of Allie
gheny, for the freedom of their re-
spective cities, give expression to
their feelings as follows:
Resolced, That the thanks of the
party are hereby rendered to the
Baltimore d Ohio Railroad for rail.
road service rendered them on their
journey to Pittsburg and return, and |
especially to Mr. Thos. M. King for
the use of his private car, and to |
Supt. Patton, and to Mr.. Martin.
of the Pittsburg division, who ac
companied us, and to Capt. F. R.
Sapp, of Fairmont.
Resolved, Further that the thanks
of the party are rendered to the
Chamber of Commerce of the city of
Pittsburg for the very cordial man
ner in which that body received Gov.
Fleming and his party.
Resotced, That the thanks of the
party are extended to the Mayor of
Pittsburg and the Mayor of Allie
gheny and the Chamber of Com |
merce for the recention thew tandar