Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-01-09
THEY LIKE Us.
Fairmont people greatly taken
with their treatment here.

West Virginian tells what they saw and
did while here-Old luminosity forgot
ten-Ehat MOrgantown is doing
Splendid future ahead of the town
Fine treatment accorded to the yisi-
tors What this valley is 2to become.
The following article is taken from
the Fairmont West Virginia in refe-
renee to the visit Of the councils to
this place and the banquet given them
by the Morgantown city fathers:
The old familiar cry, 'sTaint no
use," which yet slumbeTs in the mem
cries of the surviving members of the
old time base ball teams of Morgan
town and Fairmont, and which was
the innocent cause of a major portion
of the rivalry and jealousy that has
seemed to exist between those towns,
and yet which is more imaginary than
real, has been again revived but for
the only purpose of assisting TO culti-
vate and cement the ties OF real
friendship that now bind the citizens
of the neighboring cities one toward
the other for mutual advancement
pleasure and profit.
The growth and development Of the
commercial and business interests of
the Upper Monongahela Valley have
in the past few years been most mar
velous, and the twin centers Of that
region, Morgantown and Fairmont,
have in q little while from being in
significant country villages, become
centers of wealth, refinement and we
may almost say d congested popula-
ton.
Our citizens are enterpriSing, public
spirited and up to-date, and nothing
is being left undone by cur city coun-
ellis that will contribute to the health,
comfort and convenience of the peo-
pie: and in order to review the work
now in progress, compare notes and
inaugurate new plans for the coming
year, the citu council of Morgant0wn
recently extended to their brethren
(our city fathers) an invitation to en-
joy a banquet with them on New
Years eve, Decent Der 81, 1898, which
was of course most cordially accept
ed
The Fairmont party which went to
Morgantown on Saturday afternoon
last consisted of Mayor F. p Hall and
Messrs. ]. Harry Meredith, w. S.
Hamilton, j. E. Mccoy, e. T. Hart
ley, f. G. Boydston John S. Hamil-
ton, w. M. Fleming, J. M. Pickett,
j. g. Morgan, and e. M. Showalter.
They were met at the station by a
committee and escorted to the hand
some and commodious apartments of
the Mingo Club, where they were most
Hospitality entertained until the ban
quet hour
The year 1898 has been one of es-
pecial progress for Morgantown. The
public Improvements made there dur
ing that time have far exceeded those
of any previous year. The citizens of
the stAthensn are to be congratulated
upon their wisdom in the selection of
a council who have so ably solved some
of the perplexing questions of munich
pal reform and improvement, and we
doubt not they will continue in the
line they have so well begun. The
members of the present city council
are:
w. E. Glasscock, Esq, Mayor.
Mr.. W. e. Arnett, Recorder.
Messrs. w. w. Hayes, E. Shisler, A.
W. Lorentz, Joseph Moreland and
Fred Hennen. Councilmen.
John G. Samsel, City Engineer
f. Bennett, Chief of Police, and
Harry Pride, Assistant.
Some members of the Fairmont
party have not been frequent visitors
to Morgantown, but even those who
expressed considerable surprise at the
metropolitan airs she is taking on.
The sudden decline in the thermom-
eter and the heavy snow fall that ush-
cred in the new year prevented very
much outdoor sightseeing, but these
are few of the many improvements
that attracted our attention:
Main, Foundry and part of Front
street are all paved with fire brick
from the Glade Fire Brick Company.
of Fairmont but the Morgantown
Brick Company has lately been organ
lied with home capital and plant in
Seneca with capacity of 80, 600 daily.
The Postmaster DR.. j. P. Fitch.
will, beginning with this week dis
pense mail from the new postoffice.
the Brock, White & Courtney building
a magnificent three story brown stone
'front.' that is just completed. The
building is most substantial one and
entirely fire proof The postotfice