Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-06-30
GOING TO BUILD HER SURE.
Fairmont to Have Real Street
Railway.


The Work Begun at Midnight in order
to Head the Other Fellows off-Pro-
& jectors Announce That it will be
Pushed to Completion as Rapidly as
Possible.
Free Press.
The first steps toward the building
Of the Fairmont street railway was
commenced last night at midnight,
when about seventy hands were put
to work removing the brick from
Main street, preparatory to making
room for putting down the rails and
making the road bed.
A path about eight feet wide was
opened through the center of the
street, commencing at the corner of
Madison street, and extending to the
postoffice. The brick are nicely piled
on the sidewalk and traflc on this
busy thoroughfare has not been inter
fered with.
The idea OF starting after night is
that the streets are clear of the travel
!. ing public. Nothing has been done
today, for it has been raining steadily
The start was d surprise TO many as
it was not understood or known to any
outside the parties interested that
the work would begin so promptly.
Mr. McMechen is here in person and
we are informed that the materials
for the tracks, etc, are on their way
to Fairmont. and the work of build
ing the road viii be pursued with
energy.
There are whole lot Of things to
do in the building of an electric street
railway, and it will take time as well
as lots OF money to get it in operation.
We would suggest to the mayor
and chief of police that they make an
effort TO keep Main street as clear of
standing wagons, buggies. etc, which
obstruct the travel and cause delay
and annoyance, while the work is be-
ing done on Main street.
The road is to be built to Monon-
gah, but we are not Informed as to
which side of the river it will GO up
on. It is reported on reliable author
ity that park site has been fixed up
on, an option taken on the grounds,
the same to be conducted by Mr.
Henry Schmulbach, of Wheeling.
As things now look, and if matters
are carried out in good faith, all these
improvements will be made within
the next year. The capitalists invest
Ing their money in this community
should be given reasonable encourage
ment: at the same time the rights of
the city and county should be care
fully guarded and protected.
The company represented by Mr..
Harry Sands have made no effort to
operate or build on any of the streets.
Whether they intend to begin or at
tempt to build road we could not
learn. Mr.. Hartman, who is interest
ed in the enterprise, was not in po-
Sition this morning to give any infor-
nation as to what his company would
do.
Mr.. McMechen assures the Free
Press that the work of building will
go right along just as fast as it will
be possible to get the materials here
and put them in place By next
week he expects to have Main street
track built and the street back in
good repair. The lines throughout
tide city will be built first and the
roads out of town to follow. The
rails have been contracted for and
some of them are to be delivered at
once for immediate use. The rail is
what is known as seventy pound
rail, sixty feet long, of good steel.
The entire system is to be of the
best and most modern invention and
will be complete in detail. He states
that his company is building with the
view of continuing in the ownership,
and not for the purpose of specula-
tion. He proposes to show his good
faith by his works. This is all that
the common public will ask Of any
concern and no more could be expect
ed The public want the road built
believing that it will add business
thrift to the whole county as well as
to the city in particular.