Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-08-12
GETTING METROPOLITAN.
Fairmont gets More and More
Like a big City.
Street Car Line is Proving an Excel
lent inyestment--Line will soon be
Completed to Monongah Fine Build
ings Going up in all Quarters.

competed 10 H0nongah-flneB Build
ings Going up In all Quarters.
i FAIRMeNT, Aug. 1.-THE Fairmont
street car line is proving an excellen t
investment and almost every car is
well filled from early morn till late at
night. Travel in the city proper has
been several times as large as even
the most enthusiastic promoters of
the line dared to expect and it Is evil
dent that when the line Is completed
to Monongah it will yeritably sscoin
money The grading TO Monongah
Is completed now and 1t Is thought
cars will be running there by Octo-
Der l.
Not only in the way of street car
facilities but in many other ways
Fairmont is growing quite metropoli-
tan. The old resident no longer
gfeets an acquaintance with a How
de-do" when he meets him down town
unless he has some particular reason
for doing SO aud everyone rushes
along evidently trying to give out the
impression that they have ne time for
anything but business and,often this
is the case.
The real business man of Fairmont
has no time to ssliye. 1t is a case OF
hustle all day long and put In four or
five hours at night. Heseldom spends
an hour with his family except on
Sunday ana many business men de-
vote Sunday to their correspondence.
Whether or not with all their hustle
and rush the Fairmonter does more
business than the Morgantown man
who devotes his time from a. m. TO
5 p. m. 20 business cares is an open
question
The new business blocks being
erected are all credit to the town
and loom up five, six and seven
stories. There seems TO be no end to
the demand for storerooms, offices and
flats, SO this building boom Is likely
to continue. There are few good bus
mess lots left unless some Of the two
story buildings along Main street are
RACED 1t would add much TO the APP
pearance of the place II handsome
modern buildings stood in place Of
these relics Ola generation or two
ago.
In the way of fine residences Fair
mont will hold her own with any
town in the state. There are fully a
score Of residences here that have cost
So, 600 or more, and one or two now
being erected are to cost $40, 900.
The Saturday night crowds show up
Fairmont at its best. There is all
ways band or two giving open air
concerts on the street Saturday even
ings and the streets are lined with
people resem bling State street, Chica-
go, or Broadway. In a musical way
the town is clear up TO the notch. 1t
has two fine bands, fine orchestra,
and scores of clever musicians At
the head Of the list is Prof. Claude &c.
Macarthur who makes most orches-
ira leaders look like ten cent buckle
on a twenty dollar hat.
Fairmont is fortunate enough to
have sufficient hotel accommodation
for almost any crowd that is attracted
there. or course Benny Williams
Tavern has the call by long odds but
there are several other good hotels
that would do credit to much larger
towns than this.
Almost everyone thinks the new de-
pot is "the thing" but there are
some exceptions-for instance the
baggagemen At the old depot the
floor of the baggage room was on
level with the trucks and there was
no hauling of the baggage as the
trains stopped at the depot proper
The floor of the new baggage room Is
on level with the platform and all
trunks must be lifted ON The trucks
and then be hauled 300 feet up or
down the platform to be loaded. The
baggagemen have their own troubles
since the new depot was built.