Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-10-31
FORTY
New Members Added to the
Board Of Trade.
A MOST INTERESTING SESSION
In Which Many Matters Of Importance Were
Discussed.
The COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIES REPORT
Received.-The Mountain state Mannfac.
turing Company To Move To This
City From willinmstOwn.

A special meeting OF the Marlett
Board of Trade was held in the Mari
eta Club rooms Monday evening.
President Hathaway called tn
meeting to order and the minutes o
the previous meeting were read ant
approved.
10 report was made by committe,
on extending the city limits.
meeting had been appointed, but ow
ing to a misunderstanding in regard II
the date,all members were not present
Committee continued.
The committee appointed to attend
the Ohio Valley Improvement Asso-
citation meeting at Louisville reported
that they had made application to the
local B. & o. S. w. agent for free
transportation and that he refused tC
telegraph the company. A private tele-
gram also failed to bring the desired
result and none of the committee at
tended the Louisville meeting.
An extended, but as yet incomplete
report of the committee appointed to
furnish information to the B. & o. In
dustrial agent was given, and was as
follows:
MARIETTA AS AN INDUSTRIAL
CENTER.
The growth of Marietta, Industrial
ly has been from within and not from
without. Only few of her industries
are interpretations. They begin small
and gradually grow into good paying
institutions. We have had very few
failures in the past ten years
During that period Marietta has
grown from city of 5000 to one of
$4,000 people. There are more houses
in this city built within that period
than there are houses built before that
showing a strong contrast between old
Marietta and new Marietta. The class
of houses for residence purposes that
have been built are of good proper
tions and desirable homes. Most of
them containing bath rooms and hav-
ing all the modern conveniences, in
Guiding natural gas and Illuminating
gas fixtures; also appliances for cleo
trio lighting.
The city streets are nearly all paved
with brick, and have the usual 1000
candle power arc lights at all street
intersections.
People who come here to live and
one get interested in the social and
municipal life of the city seldom leave.
The institutions of learning located
here have a great deal to do with max
ing Marietta an attractive place. Ma
rie5ta College, Marietta High School
and the Commercial College, support
ed by the fine common schools of |
lower grades, afford all the education
al advantages lnat any one can want |
for the education of their children |
and young men and women. All Of |
Maretta's educational institutions are
for boys and girls alike. Co-education
ido tdhCh d SllOh6 HOlu mere anu mas
come to stay.
What has this to do with the indus
rial development of a city on the line
If the b. & o. r. r.? Very much in
very way. Better workmen come
rom the intelligent than from the ig-
lorant classes. Skilled labor is better
or community than unskilled. Ed
lcation and refinement tend to make
! better social atmosphere and make a
,ity more desirable as a place to live
II. Much of this goes without saying.
[ would hardly be necessary Ito men
ion these self evident truths here il
t were not incumbent on us to reiter-
tie and insist on the preeminent ad-
-antages of this city in these respects.
We started out by saying that Ma {
ietta's industrial growth was from
within. While this is true it Is also
rue that capital has come here to go
nto business. Certainly the doubling {
+ the population within ten years i'm
lies that great many people have
moved to Marietta and It Is certain /
hta very few of them came here for {
leLr health. They came here to make I
loney and the fact that very few OF I
hem have moved away shows that I
hey are getting what they came for, {
amely, better opportunities for max 1
lg money and satisfactory social c
onditions.
We have helped several industries a
} come to Marietta, and these as a {
ale, have been successful and are to- c
ay making money, not only for them u
elves, but are a help to the city by L
wing employment to our citizens and e
icreased trade to our merchants g
Marietta is in the midst of a btu
inous coal region. The veins vary a
realty in thickness. Those in the Il
ederal Creek district are not excelled n
thickness and quality for fuel, S
cam or coke purposes
The quarries for grlndstones are d
lmerous in the Vicinity OF Marietta.
he famous Constitution stone needs
introduction to the business world. :.