Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-07-15
THE TOWN OF MONESSEN.
A MODEL MANUFACTURING
CITY ABOUT BE ES-
TABLISHED.
ESSEN ON THE M0NONGAHELA,
In Rostaver Township, Westmoreland
Co., Pa, on the Banks of the Isleland-
less River, with Cold Fields on Every
Hand and within the Pittsburg
Freight Zone, There is Every
Incentive to Phenomenal
Growth and Develop

One of the first fruits of returning pros
perity in the United States is to be
MOnesscn. 1t is to be the model manu-
featuring town of the great valley of
the Monongahela. The name is formed
by a combination Of the first syllable of
Monongahela with the name of the
famous Prussian manufacturing town
in the province of the Rhine. The com
bination Is not only euphoniOus but
carries d meaning on the Mo
nongahela.
The site of Monessen is on the East
bank of the Monongahela river. 1t is
in ROstraver township. the most fertile
portion of Westmoreland county Pa.
The new town lies between the old bOr-
ough of Bellevernon and the city of No
nongahela. being somewhat nearer to
the first named place. As the crow
flies il Is but twenty five miles from
Pittsburg This brings it within the
freight zone known as the "Pittsburg
limit and insUres al the advantages i'll
the tariff Of freight charges that are en-
IOyed by business men in Pittsburg it
self.
Moue5sen is being promoted by what
is known as the East Side Land Com
pany whose city Office is at No. 33j
Fourth avenue Pittsburg The person
nel of the company is as follows, Pres
ident George .. Morgan; treasurer, Col.
James NJ SchOonnaker. secretary,
George B. AIotheral; manager, VI. j
Alexander Among the large stock
holders are II. Sellers Mckee, the NOV
ing spirit in the establishment of the
town of Jeanette. founded in 1855 and
now with a population of :, 600; Col.
f.1.a So. 10,
of the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Rail
road Company; Judge James a. Reed
president of the Pittsburg, Bessemef
and Lake Erie Railroad Company and
P c. Knox, member of the firm of
Knox & Reed, distinguished as among
the foremost attorneys in Pittsburg.
Indeed it may be confidently said of the
East Side Company that no town pro-
ject was ever undertaken in Western
Pennsylvania by such a number of
gentleman well known TO the business
world, thus assuring not only pro-
gressive spirit, but capable and CON
servative management. Two of them
are the executive heads of two large
railroad systems and another the most
extensive manufacturer of window and
blown glassware in the United States.
The direct management of the details
of the establishment of Monessen will
be in charge of Mr.. NJ. J. Alexande.,
whose successful direction of the de
velopment of the towns of Jeanette and
Charleroi made each of them in its turn
the most noteworthy example of town
building in the country. 1t is frequent
ly said of both places that no original
buyer of lots failed of an opportunity
for a handsome profit or in his pay
ments.
The site is an ideal one for manufac-
turing; also, high and healthy for dwell
ings The Pittsburg & Lake Erie Rail
road traverses the town, and on the OPP
posite bank of the river is the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, and now a free river
washes the town.
There will be Water Works, a Ma
tional Bank, Electric Light, Sewers and
Pavements.
The great Pittsburg seam of coal sur
rounds the town.
As houses will be needed faster than
they can be erected, q guarantee will
be given to pay liberal rent to investors
for a term of years, who will at once
erect dwelling houses to shelter five
hundred men who Will be needed in a
large factory now being erected.
For details address
NJ. J. ALEXANDER, Man g'r.
$50 Fourth Ave, Pittsburg, Pa.
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FOR SALE-Handsom seven-room
cottage-house ON w Fulton ST. Ele-
waited location, spring water, large lot
splendid view, good title Inquire at
this office
MONEY TO LOAN-On first mort
gage at per cent, by J. d. Marshall
Atty at Law 112 w. Diamond St,
Butler Pa
Job work OF all kinds done at the
CITIZEN OFFICE.
Every Sunday until further notice the
p. & ". will run special train to Allie
gkeny and return, leaving Butler at SIS
a. NJ, returning arrive at Butler at 1903
p. m, Butler time. Fare for the round
trip, only IS cents.
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