Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-04-12
GOOD WORDS
For Marietta From One Who Was
Recently a Citizen.
Parkersburg. Nv. va. April 1O.

prosperity on all sides.
From inquiry of some of your lead
ing business men, in various branches
of its industries / learned of a crafty
| ing increase OF business in every line
and all the indications for the coming
year point to an activity OF business
for Marietta that will overtop any pre-
vlous decades.
The building of the new Court
House, the rebuilding of the bridge to
West Marietta, the new electric light
plant, some considerable building on
Second street, the filing in and finish
ing of the improvement begun by the
B. & o. S. w. on Butler street, will
give full employment to every man
willing to work,
In addition to this there is the pros
! pective commencement of the govern
ment dam below Marietta, and thus an
influx of additional means for distri-
| button amongst all classes of Mari
etta's citizens.
Add to all these promising outlooks
| the high price of oil and the flattering
| indications of the proximity of that
valuable fluid on territory tributary to
Washington county's county seat and
every Marettian may justly anticipate
year of plenty.
But what gratified me more than
anything else was the almost certainty
| hat Marietta Is on the eve of the re-
noval of its two great eyesores-the
Improvement Of the Ice Harbor lot by
| the erection of new eleceric light
plant at the corner of Butler and From
streets, and the filling of and improve
nent of the residue, which having
been taken hold of by the Village I'm
)rovement Society, is certain to be be-
ore long un fait accompli.
With the B. & o. 5. w. improvement
If its property on the Goose Creek,
lave no doubt the great value of the
adjacent property Will bring about the
! filing of the balance of the otherwise
| yalueless Goose Creeks unsightly
grounds and thus Marietta will be en-.
tiled to the claim of being one of the
Buckeye States prettiest towns. AT.
| .er an enjoyable dinner at the Bellevue
IN afternoon stoll up Front street tool
ne up to the Wittlig granite block.
great advance in architectural beauty
| 'or Marietta, light and airy struc
ure; and the McLaren arch block, fol
| whose fine appearance | can not say
200 much, beautiful building, moderr
n every one of its appointments; ant
hen up Putnam street to inspect the
lew building in course of erection by
Messrs. Follett & Co., structure il
he same line of advanced ideas with
handsome frontage.
Returning by way of Second street
passing the grocery store of Swan
Morgan, and the carriage repository
topping at Hagan & Schad's, noticed
he old tracks Of the B. & o. S. w. tori
Up and repaced by attractive green
grass plots, and had pointed out to me
The other contemplated Improvements
On Second street, which will be quite
an attraction to this thoroughfare
The almost completed Riley block
rounds up the corner of Second anG
Butler streets.
Resting a few moments on Butler
and Front streets a glance back to-
wards the improvements on Butlei
street with the contemplated filling VI
of the rest of Goose Creek basin, one
:an well imagine the improved condi-
tion of that once unsightly piece o.
ground.
The replacement of that dilapldated
frame structure by the new electric
plant, the contemplated widening OF
Frcnt street between Butler and Put
nam. the elimination of the Ice ,Harboi
lot and the substitution of twin sis
;er to the upper city park and the GER.
.ainty of an erection of buildings or |
the opposite side in the style of the |
Wittlig and McLaren Block, will max,
all of Front street attractive and some
thing to be proud of for the citizens Of
Marietta
I would be recreant to my devoirs
deXpreux cheva lier, II | closed this
article without taking off my hat to
the women of Marietta, especially
those of the Village Improvement AS
ISOLATION, to whose energy and good
taste is due the cleanliness of the
streets of Marietta, the beauty of its
private residences, the taste for the
of shrubs and trees and the
of their homes, and the
music at the City Park. Should they
De successful in completing the pre-
ected improvement of the Ice Harbor
ot before the close Of this year. I
should be ready to head popular sub
for the prchase of tablet OF
,ure Carrara marble, to inscribe the
names of the promoters of that much
Needed improvement.
ISAAC Prayer.