Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-02-16
THEY'RE AFTER IT.
Parkersburg People are After
the Capitol Hot.

They offer two hundred thousand dol
lars and a lot of choice building lots
Their boom is growing fast-Other
towns are also after the plum-Mor-
gantown and Clarksburg are III the
push-What the Wheeling Register
correspondent thinks of the outlook.
The following appeared in the
Register this morning. 1t will be
interesting to Morgantown people to
know that their town is in the race
for the State capital. The same OBJ
jections that initiate against Char
lesion would also work against us
although in lesser degree. We
will soon have good railroad facili-
ties and we will be glad to welcome
the seat of the state government in
case it should decide to come this
way We will de a great deal to get
it here too. The telegram in the
Register is as follows:
CHARLESTON, w. Va, Feb. IA
The Parkersburg boomers have ar
rived.
Their little boomlet sprung up
like mushroom, but if you doubt
its existence they. show you a sub
scription paper which foots up some
thing like 100000. They agree to
invest that sum in new building,
and throw in bunch of choice town
lots.
They are credited with accom-
plishing, or, rather defeating some
thing in the line of Legislation even
before their arrival. The senate bill
to appropriate 100000 for a fire
proof building here was railroaded
through the upper branch yesterday.
This was regarded as a Charleston
scheme to build capitol annex and
thereby defeat the evil Vaccinations
of the Parkersburg boomers. This
morning a messenger from the sen
ate broke in upon the deliberations
of the House with the astounding
request that the bill be returned. 1t
will be granted. The Senate had
reconsidered it's vote, and tabled the
bill. That was ten strike for Par
kersburg.
Charleston citizens are beginning
to realize that the Parkersburg boom
is something tangible. They will
act accordingly. E. M. Gilkson, ex-
collector of internal revenue, is one
of the boss boomers.
eve offer better building than
the present State house." he said to
the Register man, "better hotel ac-
commodations, a more accessible and
more centrally located city, and a
more enterprising people. We have
two sites in view One is the Gale
property at the head of Market ST.,
embracing square and half, and
the other the City Park, of 13 acres
We have looked into the legal phase
of the matter and find that the state
is under contract with the city of
Charleston to retain the capitol here
unless the question of removal be de
termined favorably by the voters of
the State. We propose to ask for
the submission of a bill for vote as
between Charleston and Parkers-
burg at the next general election If
this is done we have no fear as to
the result. Parkersburg is the most
conveniently located city for the
people of the first and second, and
one-half of the fourth congressional
districts. The people OF those dis
tricts are as much responsible for
the situation as are residents of Par
kersburg"
Parkersburg will not have walk
over in the race, even il the capital is
to be removed. Morgantown has sew
eral nice tracts of land which would
make admirable sites for capitol
building.
Then there is Clarksburg, which
will present strong claims. Staurt f..
Reed, the Clarksburg editor, arises to
remark, and his language it is plain,
that the Harrison county seat is the
ideal location from geographical and
railroad point of view. He inclines
to the opinion that the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company will have extended
its line down the Monongahela valley
through Clarksburg, connecting with
the Davis and Elkins roads, and with
the Chesapeake & Ohio, before the
removal of the capitol will have been
ACCOMPLISHED Mr.. Reed gives tn the