Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-05-20
EVERY THING AFLAME.
Morgantown Burns with Conf
dence and Enterprise.

he 0tHeE DAY MdlOr Charles ElIl-
OF of Parkersbnrg was here. Yes
terday his paper, the News, was full
of Morgantown. The introduction
to the article in question was as toll
lows:
During the month of December /
visited this city and was surprised
to find the old town something of
the past Instead of being wholly
an educational center, as OF yore, |
found industrial development afame
being pushed by men of energy and
ability.
/ scrubbed at that time few lines
for the The News, among other
things, saying:
Mature makes or unmakes cities,
and you can't build when she has
willed against you.
"The growth of Morgantown dur
ing the past two years, particularly
during the last year, has been phe.
nomenal.
rs the locating and building of
great industrial institutions to con
tinue?
rs not Morgantnwn the hub around
which the balance of the state will
turn and gaze upon as the Pittsburg;
the Goliah OF West Virginia.
Instead of finding the dear old
town of by gone days | found a city
of nine thousand people all sober,
all well dressed, all busy and all
apparently prosperous. The figures
given as to population are the result
of careful inquiry and personal in
vestigatlon, and / feel safe in making
the prediction that within the next
two years these figures will be great
~ enlarged.
sMan can do much. He can put
on the decorations, build the rail
roads and blow the horns; but, as |
said before, unless the Creator
marked during those seven days in
the long ago certain spots for cities
the history of the past is, they do
not last; they do not build greater
year to year. II the growth of MGR
gantown is substantial, what has
been back of it? II it is to be a.
great city, whyY'
After an interval of about SIX
months the questions propounded at
that time are much easier answered.
Yes, the growth of Morgantown
is substantial and builded on last
ing and permanent foundation.
That Morgantown today can justly
claim to have population OF twelve
thousand may read like fairy tale,
vet, this is the fact; and that within
the short period OF two years her
population will mount w to. or
more than twenty thousand is
statement l feel sure will not he
questioned by any one who is a stu
dent Of industrial development and
that which follows.
There is more building Of a.sub
stantial character under contract
and under construction today in
Morgantown than in any other town
within the borders of our state.
| interviewed the leading con
tractors and aseertained that at
least three hundred houses were
now under contract within the city
limits. | had the pleasure OF taking
a drive through the many new add
items to the town with an old army
friend Lieutenant Cramer. l
found the many beautiful houses
under way of construction to be
models of architectural art and
beauty, each one different model,
showing that the owner possessed
ideas of his own which indicate re-
finement and separate personality
from his neighbor.
Among the many reasons why
Morgantown is experiencing such a
great growth is, that her citizens
are first and last for Morgantown.
Many Of her business men have
made money IN oil, coal and real
estate speculations, and, instead of
shaving paper and investing in some
other mans town, show their faith
in the future Of their home by in
vestlng in every industrial enter
prise that employs labor.
The Union Utility company, Of
hich Senator S. B. Elkins is the
president. George G. Sturgiss the
secretary and E. M. Grant the gen
eral manager, has combined under
one management the gas, water,
electric light and street railway
plants. f. Nj. Grant, the general
manager, has been the pioneer in
most OF the public enterprises of
Morgantown. That he is shrewd,
wide wake business man of affairs
goes without saying.
The cars will be running on the
street railroad on or before the first
day of June. A power house IS now
under construction, which will be,
when completed, the largest and
most complete OF any in West Vlr-
GINA. Senator Elkins has the con-
trolling interest in this company
and is opening wide his pocket book
to improve these combined proper.
ties. This alone should be sufficient
notice to the outside world that
Morgantown is all right, for the
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