The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-11-15
MORGANTOWN'S CHANCE.
Immense Glass Factory Wants
to Come Here.

~ SoAAiS AAShS.
II win 20 Elsewhere Unless we do
What We Ought to In the Premises
Morgantown Men are Stockholders
They Want II Here-0ther Towns
After 1t Hot-Small Sum Asked from
Home People.
Morgantown is on the point of
losing great industrial enterprise
that will mean more to the town
than any other industry in it. This
is very strong statement to make
but absolutely true. A plant that
will bring more money to the town
than any other plant in it will come
here if we want it and il we don't
it will go elsewhere where it has the
strongest kind of invitations.
The plant in question is glass
factory with capital stock of $l00-
600 owned by Morgantown and for
eign people. Half of the stock is
controlled by Morgantown business
men. They are anxious to locate
the plant here but the rest of the
shareholders who are in it for the
money that there is in the venture
want to go where they can get the
best offers.
One nearby town has offered free
site and ten thousand dollars. An
)ther has offered site and twenty
thousand. If Morgantown will give
ien thousand dollars she will get the
plant. The site has already been
,ffered by the b. and company and
he Union Improvement company
las made very liberal proposition
n regard to the gas for five years.
The factory will start with one
hundred and fifty men. This is
guaranteed. 1t will increase with
in one year from starting to from
three to tour hundred hands. 1t
will be two tank twelve pot and
furnace plant and will be prepared
to make all kinds of glassware and
pressed ware.
The incorporators do not ask for a
single cent until the they have the
factory in operation with one hun
dred and fifty people. They then
ask for one third Of the money sub
scribed. In six and twelve months
from the date of starting they TASK
for the remainder in equal payments.
The business men Of the town are
asked to contribute toward this in
dustrv. The Morgantown stock
holders are all men of money and
they will give part of the guarantee
and will probably do as well as any
one in the town. The portion to be
raised by Others will not be the
greatest amount that will go In.
Mr.. It. w. Anderson has had the
matter in charge but he met with
Slight encouragement from some OF
the people to whom he has talked as
they thought that the plant would
come here anyway and that the money
given would be thrown away. We
are assured by one Of the heaviest
stockholders and man whose yerac-
ity is unquestioned that In case the
bonus is pot given by this town that
the industry will locate elsewhere.
This will be done soon.
A meeting of the incorporators win
be held here on Friday and the officers
elected. The letters from other towns
will then be read and unless Morgan
town shows some signs of being will
ing to do what is half way right the
town will lose the opportunity.
This is crisis in the affairs OF the
development OF the city and all public
spirited citizens should rise to the
occasion. We can get the plant II we
do any thing at all. viii we do It?
This paper thinks that 1t is easily
answered in the Affirmative.
The town has grown immensely
since it began TO branch out after the
chances that other towns had been
eagerly swapping up and we cannot
afford to go backward at this stage OF
the game. Let's all put our shoulders
to the wheel and make 1t 20.
The factory will be ready for opera
tion within sixty to ninety days OF
the time that building operations are
begun and II we take it in The work
will begin within the next few weeks.
We have week in which to say
what we will do. After that 1t will
be gone beyond our recall.