The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-09-06
Hirschman's store viii be clos.
ed Sent. 14th-

tu sept. lftn.
FINE music, fine exhibits, fine races,
etc. at Clarksburg fair October Sd,
4th, 9TH, and 9Th.
THERE are more than hundred
business houses in Morgantown and
the three adjoining municipal corpor-
ations: over ninety of them are here.
If they strike oil in Clinton district
near Sol Frum's it will be easy to dis
cover plenty Of gas to run the engines.
Sol is the best auctioneer in the county
and he knows all about gas.
EVERY body that can should attend
the Clarksburg fair October Sd, 4th,
5th and 9Th.
WHAT is up Deckers creek? Cox
ing coal, iron ore, glass sand, fire clay,
limestone, timber, each in great abun-
dance and of superior quality, and
there are great many other things
OF great value.
PEOPLE are getting anxious to hear
the date OF the Chadwick celebration.
Many think that there will be a big
ger crowd here then than ever before
more than in October 1885. at the
Centennial celebration.
THERE will of course be some in
convenience for want OF light while
The new street lights are being put
in. They cannot all be put 10 at once
and everything adjusted TO suit all.
When completed we will have beau
tiful lights.
THE Standard oil Company is build
ing large dam across Cobun's creek
near its mouth to protect the station
during times of heavy freshets. The
water at certain seasons causes con-
siderable trouble and Inconvenience
there.
REMEMBER that the Clarksburg
fair is held this year on the Sd, 4th,
5th and 9th days of October at which
there is expected the best exhibit and
the best speed program in the history
of the Society.
THERE is man who has resided
here all his life who has been on Main
street but once for ten years. He has
never seen the new pOstoffice, has been
in the court house but once and then
only in the main corridor, has not seen
any portion OF the city for five years
except the nearest route from his
home to the place he is employed.
WORK on the immense reservoir for
the water works will begin at once and
be pushed to completion. Mcdonald
Fogle & Co. have the contract. The
reservoir will be made entirely in the
ground and lined with a cement wall,
the same as the lock and dam are
made of. An immense filtering APP
paratus will be built in connection
with it. When the reservoir is COM
pleted there will be little danger of a
shortage in the water supply for many
years.
THE grading on the Black Bottle
railroad is completed up to the end of
the work done some years ago. They
are at work now on the trestle up the
creek above Harner's. This trestle
was built but had rotted away like
the one at the mouth of the creek.
There will soon be eight or ten miles
Of the road ready for the rails, and
that part of the road will be equipped |
to help build the balance.
The new pipe organ for the Nj. E.
church will be ready in November. |
The church is being put in trim to
receive it, The walls of the audi
ence room have been renovated and |
now the pews, which are somewhat
old fashioned and uncomfortable,
are to be remodeled so as to conform
with the other furniture of the
When the repairs are com
pleted the congregation will have,
for a very small outlay, as handsome
an audience room as if it was brand |
new.
SOMEBODY suggests that a good |
to open in the Univer-
sity would be School of Road MAX
ing. There is no greater drawback
to the prosperity of the State than
the condition of its public roads.
1t virtually suspends business for
six months in the year Our people
neither know how to make road |
nor care whether it is we'll made
or not If it is possible to travel |
over it they are satisfied. They can
not be made see that an all the year
round solid road is an absolute es
sential to prosperous county.