The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-07-25

from the wharf down the river to
Pittsburg-a ride that is said to
equal trip on the Hudson; or a
morning and evening train will
take you in four hours to the same
point, where there are connections
to the East and West or MORN
ing and evening train will carry
you South % miles to the main
line of the B. q 0. r. r. where
there are connections to the Ma
tional Capital and all cities of the
East or to Cincinnati, Chicago,
st. Louis and all the principal
cities of the West and South.
If Morgantown is not the "Hub'i
there are at least a great many
things revolving around it.
1t seems to be the center of
things.
Easily accessible by rail or wa
ter from the four points of the
compass, it offers facilities in the
matter of ingress and egress, to ev-
cry kind of business that are uneaal-
led by many more populous points
1t is no exaggeration then, to
say that nature has done as much
for Morgantown as any town in
the United States.
Everybody wants to live here
The casual visitor is captivated,
then captured. He says to him.
self, "this looks like home; il
feels like home; it has all the
appliances and comforts that con-
tribute to a home here is natural
gas to light and heat it; here is
mountain spring water on tap in
your dwelling here is healthful
climate free from the extremes of
heat or cold; here is healthful
atmosphere fresh from the noun
tains with no environments to
faint it; here are splendid educa-
tional advantages unsurpassed
anywhere; here is cultured So
clety, a christian community, with
fine churches, a high standard of
morality and social advantages
equal to the best, "where on EARTH
says the visitor-"can / find spot
that possesses more of the advan-
tages of home than this9"
The truth is that Morgantown
has been largely built up through
the influence of the considerations
we have enumerated-its home
qualities have made it.
But independently of its attrac-
lions as home, there are, lust
now, business and industrial adj
vantages and opportunities in
sight which are beginning to be
appreciated, and to rival all it's
other attractions.
Manufactures of a magnificent
and most substantial character
have been built and are building
ON the banks of the River, sand
wiched between steamboats, OH one
side and railroads on the other to
take their products from their very
doors, and with the added advan-
tages of the competition between
rail and water transportation
which insures cheap rates to the
markets of the world for all time
to come. A steamer will take a
from the door of one
OF these manufactures for an all
water transportation to Liverpool
or any harbor of the World. A
railroad on the other side of the
building will receive freight for
the remotest point of the United
States.
A volume of natural gas runs
into these manufactures sufficient
to supply a manufacturing city,and
is drawn from field which prom
lses to last for century.
With hills underlaid with coal
and minerals; with great forests of
valuable timber; and with varie-
by of the other natural resources
within easy reach-not to mention
; rich and productive agricultural
territory all about it, what is to j
Morgantown from becom-
ng a popnlous center of vast and
5aried business industries and
enormous wealth.
There is room here for the mil
lone whoare seeking choice homes |
Or the millions who want profita-