The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-01
GOOD
HING<S
COMING
5THEEAsT SIDE OF TIE RIVER
rs GETTING READY FOR A
assWOMDERFUL ERA OF DE-
vELOPMEMT.
BEAUTY OF LOCATION AND Ac-
I ICEsSlBiLlTY TO TOWN ARE
BRINGING a NEW DISTRICT
INTO POPULAR FAVOR.

Every one who has the welfare OF
this community at. heart is interest
led in every movement designed. to
build it up. Every dollar spent in i'm
$provement in any. one part Of the
town helps in a general way the
whole city. Many Fairmonters are
mo tstaWare of&what is and has been
Asgoing on for a number of months
that viii mean more to our town
than even the most sang11ine have
ever dreamed of. To be convinced Of
the truthfulness Of these statements
take drive put East Park avenue,
continuing to Morgantown avenue
going as far as the Sam Black farm
beyond the steel mill. Here is
mile and a half of paved street into
as Eeetty a locality as can be found
~ IN West. Virginia.
s#ssz Now to- be more specific. While
some people think everything is at
@standstill, let us see what is taking
place Son the east side of the river
sSss.i5 There is a new bank building over
ssJhere%j Just nearing completion, an ell
5agantly equipped hospital already in
operation, many new business and |
dwelling houses under construction
and plans for more are being 5consid-
cred Morgantown avenue is being
sraded and paved. leading out to its
intersection with East Park avenue.
At4this point more fresh dirt can be
Seen than at any other place in the |
city. East Park avenue has been ex-
tended until it joins Industrial ave
nue., which was graded down last
tau i To one who has never driven
down this valley, revelation will be
made by going the full length of In
sdusIrlaE avenue. improvements are
going ION steadily and surely and
when the key which locks this re-
glon is turned the eye of every Fair
monter will be turned in that direc-
ton That key is the B. & O. switch.
We$make no promises, but it is only
a matter of a short time until results
VIII begin Fto appear. for the money,
thoughtyand labor expended on this
vast undertaking. The preparatory
work has been accomplished, in the
main, and from now on, the actual
town. building will take place. The
steel mill is now being repainted
Col. B. G. Williams is making his
farm blossom as a rose; Levi B.
Harr has spent several hundred dol
lars in beautifying the home, having
lust put in a frontage of three hun
ired and &forty-fve feet of stone wall !
and pavement, making the grounds
about his home the most beautiful in
this region; Dorsey Pople has recent
~ ys$hnished a handsome stone wall in
front of his residence, adding very
much to an already beautiful place
rheseE improvements only show what \
1ne sites for elegant homes await
he coming Of men of means who
snow howt$to render beautiful their
places of residence When the rail-
ioad switch is bC.lt up Hickman run
md the factory district is developed Y
,eople4a of F'airmont who are not v
aware of what is going on over f
here will wonder, how such things \
,an transpire right in their midst T.
Without their knowing it. Keep your t.
ayeE on the East side of the river. or Il
9etter still, help push a good thing a
dong by speaking a few encouraging ii
words for it. c