Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-09-05
HOMES WANTED.
Morgantown Needs Hundreds
of Houses Immediately.

the Wants are much Larger than tn
Supply Six Big Factories Building
and no Place for W0rkmen to GO
Startling Conditions Existing.
A society for aiding the homeless
should be provided in Morgantown
This society would find plenty o
work to do up Deekers creek valley
Hundreds of workingmen are knock
ing for admission to the town anC
there is no place tor them to GO. The,
will have to initiate the cliff dweller.
if they come.
In the Marilla Glass factory sew
eral families are living. They are
unable to find any other place tc
stay. Around this plant forty ol
fifty houses are being erected and
several of them will be done in a
week or ten days. But in the mean
time they are not done and people
have to live somewhere until their
houses are finished.
There will be big rush of people
here to work in this factory Where
they are to go is mystery. Nor
gantown owes it to herself and to
these people to provide for them.
A drive through the valley today
revealed striking state of affairs.
Six big manufacturing establish
ments are either in course of con-
struction or will be put up directly
and at only one OF them is there any
thing doing to provide homes tor
the people who will work in them or
who are building the plants. The
workmen must come to town for
every thing they want. Nothing is
at hand for them.
Among the factories up the creek
under construction are the Marilla
Glass factory and the Rolling Mill.
The latter is rapidly being framed
up while the former is nearly com
pleted and ready for operations.
Below the Rolling Mill the Prism
Plate Glass Company is being stalk
ed out, surveys are being made for
the Automobile Works, The Alumi-
mum Coating Works and the West
Virginia Glass Company is having
its factory laid off.
Work on all these factories will
be started soon. They will be ready
to begin operations as soon as pos
sible. All of them will employ big
forces of men they being the big
gest plants in or near the city.
People of town do not appreciate
what it means to the place in the
coming of these factories. There is
enough ia sight to Justify the pre-
iiction that Morgantown is to be
twice as big in one year as it is now.
What THAI means can hardly be
grasped by people who haven't been
events closely.
Hundreds of homes are wanted.
Scores are building but the town
will be overwhelmed with people who |
will have no places to stay. 1t is up
20 US to provide for them and to pro-
vide before they get here.
When the Seneca Glass Factory |
,ame here the same warning was
given by this paper but it was only |
needed. Workingmen and |
their families damned in here with |
40 place to go and several families
lad to stay in the same house. Now
n some places up the valley of the
Decker's creek no preparation what
ever is being made for the influx of
population.
Six big plants are being built and
heir hands will have no homes. We
will have no get very busy. Some
steps are being taken to relieve the
conditions existing and among others
Hon. George S. Sturglss has laid off
several hundred lots in Sabraton
which are conveniently located with
eference TO the new factories.
But if every lot in Sabraton had a
house on it ready to occnpy it would
lot nearly accommodate the people
Who want to come. The steel mill
llone will employ men enough to take
very house which can be built on 1t.
A sale of lots will take place GU the
enth and it is earnestly hoped that
teps will then be taken to welcome
ur new citizens with homes to which
hey can go when they get here.