West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-06-13
A FAVORABLE ANSWER
Has Been Received by The
Board OF Trade.
RailrOad Matters Delayed Another
week-Paving will Probably beIDOne
I'm Garry owen &C Once-we are en-
The Eve Of q SOON.

AS our readers remember, last
week the Board of Trade enter
tanned a gentleman here from
Pittsburg, who was looking for a
site for mill to be erected thereon
for the purpose of manufacturing
high grade Steel and Iron. The
company will begin work with not
less than 200 men and of this
number $50 will be skilled work
man and the other Fifty com
mon 1aborers. The projectors claim
to have all the orders booked In
advance that the plant can manu-
facture for two years to come.
They have back OF them plenty of
capital and experienced men to
manage the plant.
This gentleman was delighted
with the interest manifested here
by our citizens. He visited Mari
eta, Parkersburg and other towns
along the Ohio river, then returned
home and made his report to the
members of his company. The re-
suit of that report has been favora-
bly, passed upon by the company.
Last evening letter was received,
which reads as follows: II have
just concluded a detailed report to
my associates on the proposition
rendered us by your city, and am
pleased to announce the more than
favorable consideration given to the
probable location of our mill In your
district. To this end, our personnel
will visit your city In a body In the
near future, at which time we will
be In position to advise you In de.
tall as to our plans, and to close
negotiations for said location.
Expressing my sincere thanks
for the kindness shown me, I beg
to remain, very sincerely, etc"
In other words If we can secure
a location and raise very reason.
able bonus we can land this plant
which will certainly make a boom
here. Such a plant has made
Clarksburg. It Is building up
Parkersburg. It will make our
city, place 1t on solid basis and 1t
means more plants here. All we
will have to do will be for every
man who can to join In with the
Board of Trade and push the mat
ter along. The manager of the
Mountain State Gas company has
assured US his company will more
than dostheir part to get this plant,
That probably means a donation
and cheaper gas. This has been
brought about by sthe careful con.
tract made by the Board of Trade
with our window glass company.
The gas people say If we are going
after bona 6de plants and manufac-
turing establishments that our bona
fde plants and not bonus hunters
and will continue to make square
but conservative contracts like the
one we made with the glass peop'e
the Noun tain State Gas company
will join In with US Ito secure such
plants. We all know what thi:
company can do for us If we car
interest them and we have inter
ested them and If this mill locating
here depends upon that company il
is certainty. So much. so good
The railroad company has agreed
to lay switches for the plant or any
other plant we may locate. This il
all that could be asked of the rail
road people and their proposition Il
a very liberal one. Other report.
will come In later and we expec
them to all be as favorable as tn
two that have come In are.
The railroad matter Is not dead
but Is delayed. We regret these
delays very much, In fact, have al
most become discouraged, bu
Rome wasn't built In a day, nor tn
Ohio railroad built In year or two
1t takes time and patience to inter
est capital. Mr.. Howard write
that he has been unavoidably pre-
vented from coming here this weel
as he had to 60 to Wellsburg to tr,
a suit, but that he will write u
Saturday and arrange definitely OF
a day next week satisfactory to al
parties to take this question up am
close the matter and 60 to work
So we will have to be patient a fey
days longer.
We are pleased to state plans ar
under way to pave Garry Owel
with brick. A party OF gentlemen
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