Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-21
Our PROSPECTS

to visit our merchants, buy their
goods here and transact any bus
mess they may want to. Paden
City is just now entering on its
second boom. A large force of
men are at work up there today
putting the big steel plant into
working order. These men board
and room here and, naturally,
spend their wages here. The
glass plant up there will be in
operation next week Other en-
Iterprises are coming in because
the Paden Land company not
only furnishes free sites on the
river and railroad, but has its
own gas and takes stock III
plants; much better inducements
than are offered anywhere else in
the country. The city is bound
to grow into large place. The
steel plant alone will employ at
least from 300 to 400 people who
will all move here, as we have
had no iron and steel workers
at all. They cant live at Paden
City until houses are built. We
can furnish them homes only ten
minutes ride by the electric road.
With our splendid free school
here, acknowledged by all to be
the best, these new people will
locate and live here to enjoy the
benefits of our schools, churches,
paved streets and all the modern
improvements. Lots can be now
bought lower here than in any
town We know of. Plenty Of lots
are on the market, but we have
no lot sales, no promises or adj
vertising to get suckers to buy
town lots. We leave this kind OF
fake booming to our neighbors
up and down the river.
! We have men now actually at
work building an electric railroad
down to FrienI.E. ana I'm
there to st. Mays. All the men
who work on thcSe roads have
1headouaI;l.a here. The contrac-
tors ana he Construction COM
pany officials have offices here.
They will spend here this fall
over 100000 for labor alone.
! When the road is running it
brings the people Of New Mata-
moras, Grandview, Friendly, Dav-
export, Centreview and all the
country adjoining these points
within five minutes ride Of Sis
tcrsville. That means new busl-
ness. great deal of new trade,
and it will ever be growing
trade. Later on, the trolley will
connect us with Long Reach,
Bens Run, Raven Rock, st.
Marys and all the country ADA
cent to these towns. No mere
man can estimate now just how
much good this road will be to us.
We know now the merchants sell
thousands upon thousands OF
dollars year to the people down
the river and a trolley road run
ming every few minutes will IN
crease that trade at least ten
fold.
We have a good city here; all
our streets and alleys are paved;
we have the finest and most up
to-date waterworks in the State;
a fine City building; electric
lights; magnificent school;
/ good chuches; fine stores, equall-
! ed by none in the Ohio Valley;
the largest daily newspaper pub
: lished in a city of the size OF
: Sistersville in the whole United
States; the most liberal, gener-
ous-hearted people on the face OF
Gods green earth; fine hotels; IN
! fact, everything you can find IN
city many times the size Of
Sistersville. We have two large
window glass plants, ice plant,
numerous machine shops, boiler
makers shops, the big Garter Oil
company's plant, whose payroll
is over $4,000 month; and this
is all true, but not the half of the
good things we have here.
Don't you think it's a good city
to locate in?
Don't you think it is a good
city to build in, to start into bus.
mess, to live in, to be a part of?