The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-14
A GRE'lA
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is WEST VIRGiNlA-THE FOLLOW
ING ARTICLE rs ROM sS
.MONEY,rA5 PAPER ss
PUBLISHED
BY THE FINANCE coMPANl OF
PITTSRURG, OF WHICH GEO
p. EDWARDS is PRE- Es.
lDENT.

p. EDWARDS is PRES.
lDENT.
Very wonderful is the State OF West
Virginia Wonderful i'm It's opportn NJ
ties for gaining wealth wonderful as
storehouse of treasure and Wonder
full in the character of its business
men. Money could be2np more sin.
cere in anything than In advising
young men of character and ab1h
who are deSirous Of obtaining sposi t1pIs5
and wealth, to go to this State.@G reata
fortunes have been made therein the
last few years and many men have
gained more than a competence stnass
ply as the result of right-directed en-
deavor This whole Statesfs a mass Of
mnera wealth, oil and gas sund DER IN a
the ground. which might honesty " syssS
termed a mass Of coal. While ca pi-S2
tai has been attracted to the state
in a large measure yet has been, in
consideration of the opportuni Ites,
infnitesimal in effect. During the last
five years. towns have been spIinging
four years ago, some of the larger
possessed but three or four men whose
wealth could be counted as above
100000. now in each of these@thsre
are at least twenty who have more
than that amount of money, AMI the
100000 men are to-day mil lit,nairess
The somewhat worn quotatic 81 itst
scratched over, applies to- West ir-ss
gina, as while some men haxe5gro osvrlss
rich by reason of their inYes tlnei1ts
there the real wealth of the s has
scarcely been touched.
Fairmont, w. Va, is q air sam he
of the thriving comm uni les w.
sern west mi q,
city, which is practica11v grosstl, or
the last five years. con tas.inss ~
handsome business blocks as can bssss3
found in the old cities of the East
and hundreds of handsome resiGeneess
many of which cost from ~, 600 sIa&
100000. It has street cars and y NJ 60
in which the highest grade 4pf merssi
chandise is sold. Its banks are CON-
Quoted in the best possible nj amer
It's score of manufactures are all nal ~.
ing profits and it's population is M
creasing at rate far in excess Of
the ability of the city to house lIe.ss3:
people coming in. An illust ION t1fs ssss Il
the progression of the town fonnC "
in the fact that frontage on the MAIN
street sells for $1,000 per foot a
which price many sales have ihcen
made. The first noticeable character
istic which appeals to the stranger
visiting Fairmont isthe spirit Of #busi-ss
ness activity which everywhereapre-s
walls. Secondly, would come 70 no Ice g.
the intense amount of force possessed S.
by Fairmont business men 4 2 18th erss
noticeable feature Is the prsdorniTs5
nance of the young men and u tssss
these young men who have made ir-s
mont. They are to a certain estent5s
men who have grown up in the inir1e
diate vicinity of Fairmont btf fts5 70 e NJ NJ
business circles Of the ty contain
also many Pennsylyanians% Who nave s.
been attracted to the State BIZ reason
of the apparent opportuniIes toi ga ID 81
ing wealth in the city ITSELF N u Ms
neightorb ood. Where four We irs3SS ago,
there we're only five men IN the eie SS3$$
worth $500, 900, there are no w more 81
than 100 men worth that large at'2o otlrff
each. while the few who Wesc rated #
ago are now in the millionaire6siass.is
The greatest part of the increase IN irtss
wealth has come from inyestmentssEsSii sES "
coal, oil and real estate
An interesting fact in cotinsc lion 8
with this city on the upper ~ dononsa-
hela is that as the waters w hieh pass
F,airmont finally come to Pittshnrg,so SO
does the business of Fairmont lookstos g
Pittsburg as its natural tletss IN
Fairmont great deal of 2 itt shllrg
money is already invested and 81 TO-
indications a great deal more Of Pitts-
burg money viii go to this eitys IN the
near future. The Fairmont * banks
keep their reserve accounts ins Pit ttssS
burg. The merchants buy thesr stoctsa
of goods from Pittsburg and irls Ir,ansF
other ways are binding ties between
the two cities being estahli lished
Among the attractive fea tures Of Fair:
mont are the ship ping Hitiess sas
dating from Fairmont are lroadss
running east, NORTH so1lt hi an 81 vest