Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-06-08
Our Opportunity.

Morgantown that is within our
reach.
Located as we are it is the only
railroad line that would make Nor
gantown the chief entrepot of it's
business. Other railroads might be
built up and down the river, but
they would do nothing more than
furnish competition and secure US
cheaper rates to and from the marks
of trade, with the casual increase of
business which every railroad brings.
But the Black Bottle, when built,
will be emphatically Morgantown
railroad. Morgantown will be the
terminal point to which all its bust
ness will tend. Morgantown will be
the point where its shops and its
employees will be located. Morgan
town will be the shipping and re-
ceiving point for all its freight and
passenger tlaffic. Morgantown will
be the reservoir for all the rich re-
sources of timber, coal, clay and etc.
which the road would carry from the
interior and for which it is to be
built, and here these resources
would be worked up, and manufac-
lures tor that purpose would spring
into existence and multiply with
the increasing demand.
In fact Morgantown would be the
headquarters of the Black Bottle
while it is only a way station of av
erage Importance on other lines.
The Black Bottle penetrates a
new and undeveloped country, rich
in resources, and destined to become
populous when it is made accessible.
All this wealth would be carried di-
rect to Morgantown. All the line of
the road would trade with Morgan
town. And all the wealth of the
new and growing interior would
be poured into Morgantown.
The Black Bottle is Morgantown
enterprise par excellence. 1t is the
road we have always coveted. 1t is
the road that would cause our town
to expand and grow into thriving
little city.
Before the B. d O. was built, all
the country between here and King
wood, and Kingwood itself, drew
their supplies from Morgantown.
The B. & 0. has taken that trade
away from us by affording better ia
cilities for getting to and from mark
ct. But when the Black Bottle is
built all this trade will come back
to Morgantown, because it will put
this population nearer to the mark
cts and enable them to get their
supplies cheaper than by the B. & 0.
This is Morgantown's opportuni
tv. 1t is possible to have it-indeed
we are assured Of it-for the small
sum of $4,000. If it is not worth
that, it would be a very mean little
railroad indeed If it did not pay
that sum back four-f fold to this dis
trict in five years it would disap
point the expectations of the most
experienced and conservative voters
who are considering the enterprise
from a purely business standpoint
and who give it their unqualified
endorsement.
But Morgantown may also throw
away this opportunity by coward
~ and uncnterprising spirit in re
fusing to aid fair and promising
enterprise like that now presented.
If this opportunity is thrown away
it will probably be gone forever.
Some more enterprising community
will run a railroad up Cheat River
and carry the resources which are
stored in the interior and which be
long to as to some other point and
side-track this town for all time to
come.
The voters of Morgan District
ought to be willing to help the en-
terprising citizens who are taking
the burden of this great project so