The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-15
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~ The special train, consisting ot
seven Ptlnnans and q dining car.
:. carrying about one hundred members
81 of the Merchants and manufacturers
81 Association. Of Pittsbnrg, arrived in
the city this morning at .9;25s o'clock,
s fifteen minutes late. They passed
through here at seven o'clock on their
way from Grafton to Mannington, and
returned at the time mentioned The
: first Thing 10 give them bad impres-
: sion was freight train standing Inn
mediately in front OF the depot which.
&. kept them waiting five or ten minutes,
4 and they We're forced to stand in a
z most dangerous place while the freight
4 pulled out of the way. 5
I Then they Were given q hearty well
I come by the committee from the.
4 Board of Trade, consisting or n. L.
4 Hutchinson. president: Sam r. Nll.,
y zum, secretary; j. NJ. Jacobs; j. NJ:
4 Hartley and George DeBolt, as&many5
members OF the local Merchants AS
sociation as could be present. and
other business men of the city. In
all about fifty of our leading citizens
were there to welcome them The
visitors were brought to the Watson
corner where the Traction Company
showed its generosity by having three
cars ready to. take them for a ride
over the city: They went out air.
mont avenue to Eighth street, then
back and out Locust avenue and re-
turned to the Courthouse. where the
photographers of the Pittsburg papers
made pictures of both entertainers
and entertained. Then the crowd scat
tered. the dealers In different articles
looking up their customers, present /
and prospective. Bankers, grocers, In |
hardware merchants-fn fact manu-
facturers of and dealers in all the lead
ing articles, representing over $780,
100000 worth Of property were here.
Only few minutes could be spared
at each place of business, but thesYisit
was one of pleasure to our local bust +
ness men as we'll as to the visitors,
who had the highest words of praise
for our city. The. train left on its
schedule time, It:10, for Morgan town,
and from there it will go to Union
town. Conne1lsville and on to Pitts El
burg. ending the tour.
This is the first excursion ever
taken by the Pittsburg association, and e
has been one of profit as well as of jst
continual pleasure. The Pittsburg lr
JearS flaf,.
trade with this city as result of the L
visit, and our local business men will Il
profit by the visit If nothing more is I
lssimilated than the enthusiasm S
which was shown. Regret was ex- b
pressed by many of the visitors that5E a
here is an obstacle across the river Il
lear our city which prevents the large t.
teamers from coming here. They
ealize that we cannot afford to pay
S much wholesale for our goods n
yhen we have high rate of transpor ,Ii
alton. The F.. NJ. and P. bridge shuts =,
ut the boat traffic to great extent, n
nd this is felt by the PittsburS SsrS, ll,IT n.
nd it is likely that they will use all m n
heir influence to help get the obsta- ar
lie removed. l$fh
All the visitors think we have the "a
oIning city of the State, and they P,
ere not afraid to say so. Our citi- co
ems turned out to welcome them in a ga
ay5 that was appreciated in a high tf MI
egree. and although no speeches were cd
lade, they could not have been re5
siyed in a more cordial manner.
This excursion left Pittsburg July e.ia
}, and viii end this evening Begins tll 81,
ing at MoundsYille, about thirty IA
WINS have been visited, most of them En-
s West Virginia. AS guests of the he,
;sociation on the trip are repressns
tives OF the newspapers II Of s3I,si IT'S
lrg. They are the foil lowing g.
neodore Lampert and Photographe
J. Sample, Dispatch George s.
lmpsey, Times; Edward Cope,
st; John r Cowan Gazette
lYey. Leader II. c. Sykes, Ghrpni ssss
ssTelegraph Hams Press IL
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