The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-05-18
MARION METROPOLIS IS oN$T.HE=S
HIGH ROAD TO
;MlLLs AND SMlNEs$ARE GRINDING
ouTSTHElR. PRoDUcT EVERY
WHAT THEgcoMlNe YEAR HAS
PROMISED FOR The
CITY.

BUILDINGS PROJECTED WILL =,
cosT8cLosE ITO MILLION
oTHERSMATTERs. {
(Wheeling News.) {
With at least ten thousand coal {
miners employed within a short range
III Fairmont, $50 close that the city is
their trading place, with q thousand
mensemployed in the other industries
in the city, the hundreds of other
men employed there in the railroad
yards; shops and offices, II Is little
wonder that Falrmont is enjoying the
great prosperity which is greatly Sin
evidence there Just now.
III s not a boom that is on there
now but It is!a steady growth on the
merits ofthe place and is as substan'
tial US the, hills upon which the town
Is built. On all sides there are eyi.
dences Of prosperity and the people
realize now that the town is in better
condition than 1T has ever been in
the past.
From: stack the smoke is pour.
ing aud the steam is chugglng from
the escape pipes. Everybody is busy
at$thegworks and In the greater mum!
Der 81 instances they have more than
they can do. At business houses
there Is an air Of business about o.
sonnectedswith the places. The mer.
chants are happy because the bust,
ness IS nov brighter than ever before
md the prospects are really fatter.
Ing
No Knockers There.
THERE'S not a knocker in the town
and II IS believed that It would no
be we'll for a man Of that type to ge'
bold IN his knocking there. There
was q time in Fairmont when Their
was some Kicking on the business sit
uation and the business people Their
Who arehoasting now admit that the
Eere % the other side at the time
There we're reasons for the optlmis
&c feeIlng there at the time as It wa
q fact that the business was owe
done. 3$S
When the first announcement wa
made that The Wabash railroad wa
to run through Fairmont a boo
struck the place Immediately. tt
prices of property went skyward
m instant and men with little NEAR
invested beyond the limit IN the hol
d making fortune in speculation
Great buildings were erected and I
time there was no occupants
HEM insa great part. Then when I
Wabash people took their men frc
me road construction there and
was announced that the building
The road had been postponed md
nftely6the slump was only natural
Natural Growth Since.
Since that time the natural grov
sof Fairmont has been marching
New industries have been brought
md the mining business has b
growing unusually fast until now
great preparations Of Two years
have been met with a good subs
ial business growth. There are
vacant buildings and the demand
properly is so great that the pres
prices are not in excess to their va
While money has been scarce
moreithan a year past it has now
ened up anditSis again being inye
and the improvements are going
Thefact that the Fairmont Coal
panyS Is now constructing II OF
greatest coal mines in the cot
near there in order to supply th'
dnand for their product and that
street car lines are to be extende
an sides gives n al idea of the
fidence that the monied people
hayeFintt the future Of the place.
Is sfurther evidence Of the great
mess growth in and about Fair
T1QLlF OF