Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-04-11
NEW OIL DEVELOPMENTS.

In the year 1890 the Board of Trade
being familiar with the history of the
Cow Run oil developments as well as
with all other oil and 5as territory in
the region round about Marietta, which
had been discovered since the early six
ties, and believing that large areas
were still undeveloped around the city,
in order to call attention to this fact,
map was prepared showing by circles,
with Marietta as the center. the dis
tances of all known oil and Gas terri
tory within radius of fifty miles from
the city. This map was widely circu-
lated having been printed on the backs
of letter paper and distributed among
the merchants and other business men
who used the same in their cores
pondence.
This map with accompanying print
ed matter served to call attention to
this city and the surrounding territory
as an oil region and helped to induce
the oil operators to put down test wells
in our immediate neighborhood, re-
sulting in many rich oil strikes and in
| the flocking to Marietta of many new
and valuable citizens who have during
the past eight or nine years contributed
largely to the growth and prosperity of
| Marietta.
1t is not necessary to go into the de-
tails of every movement for the ad-
vancement of the city's interests. The
accomplished facts are as follows:
| The annexation of Harmar. Fulton
| burg, and East End territory in the
year 1890. The city water works in the
same year, 1890. Street paving with
brick in the year 1890. Reduction Of
taxation by State Board of Equaliza-
tion 1890. Sanitary system of sewer
age 1891. Naming of United States
Man of War for Marietta resulting In
naming gunboat Marietta" 1895. Sc
curing Marietta Boiler Works in 1896.
Securing an appropriation from Con-
gress of $3.50 100000 to build a lock and
dam in the Ohio River just below Mar
ietta. 1899. Successful campaign for new
court house 1898. 100000 for Lob
dell Rim Works 1898. Reduction Of
valuation for taxation by State Board
of Equalization 1901.
CAMPAIGN FOR NEW COURT
HOUSE.
On May 1, 1896, the Board adopted
resolutions inaugurating a movement
for new court house for Washington
county and on July 21, 1898, at an ad
journed meeting the following commit
tee was appointed: w. D. Devol, d. b.
Torpy, Col. T. w. Moore, E. R. AL
derman, j. H. Grafton, B. f. Strecker,
A. D. Follett, B. ] Mckinney, c.. A.
Miller and c.. A. Ludey.>
On September Is, 1898 after fully in
vestigating the cost of court houses in
other counties, and considering careful
ly the amount of money necessary to
build a court house in Washington
county the following resolution was
adopted:
Resolved, That the Board of Trade
of the City of Marietta, hereby request
the Commissioners of Washington
County to submit to the voters of said
county at the election to be held in No
vember, 1898, the question of issuing
the bonds of said County to the amount
of $125, 100000 for the purpose of con
structing court house and Jail for said
! County"
This was presented to the County
| Commissioners by the Committee and
arguments advanced in support of the
proposition. which meeting with the
approval of that body was duly sub
! mitted to vote. The BOARD of Trade
Committee thereupon began cam
paign for the success of the movement
and held numerous public meetings in
different parts of the county and
! through the Press Committee of the
/ DOdlu u dut hCpI bNC Now SphpNA -
supplied with articles on the subject.
The campaign was successful. The
vote carried by a small margin and
Notwithstanding there was an injunc-
tion suit brought to prevent the bonds
being issued and other troubles all was
finally cleared away and now we have
here the foundations of new court
house duly laid, and while the Board
of Trade and the County Commission
| ers have had little tussle about the
inscriptions on the corner stone we
want to congratulate them on the good
judgment they have displayed in their
determination to give the people of the
county fine building magnificent in
its proportions and appointments and
up-to-date in every respect, splen-
did Temple of Justice which will not
only be monument to the enterprise