The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-05-29
AS OTHERS SAW (
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SBe lowS 81 portion Of the
great account mt 10 the arlsersburg
News by Major q: Ds Elllott, It IS q
worth preserving
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Falrmont as 4 an ndustrtal center 81
compared with other West Virginia
towns rs I'M class praeti caIfs all by
itself The Fatrmoate Ali introdnc;
Ing To yonlhis brother. never mentions
1.-THE fact that lie Is ID son Of General.
Colonel or Goyernor Jones, Of that
his great grandfather signed the nee
|laration 81 S1ndependen 81, and was 3one
Of the NJ nj Here every man
sells sforswhatsh Is worth and the In
voice taken covers his worth as ii
citizen, as IL builder and iii d captain
Of Industry eyerybody worlds here,
and the little city is teerning fail ot !
bright Wide awake young men, who
walk; With a Arm tread with head UP
and eyes To the front full Of hope
and full praise for Tie town,
notice beautiful up.to.d date Court.
house, magnificent business blocks
but that hichsmost attracted my at-
ltentlon while King a drive around
the city was: the residences. every
one otawhich8 gives NOTES OF the pes
sonalltys its owner make no usis-
take In saying that no city within
the limits Of orr commonwealth can
boast q more bsaltittll and elegant
homes. with welI Kept lawns How
ers everywhere Indicating that lhe
ladies are as refined and cultured as
are theIrshusbands aggressive np;tos
date American citlzenss Occupying
many OF these best residences are
those who few years ago were work
! ing in the mine ors on the farm FAIR
mont Is not only rtch In banks, fac
tories tlnes business houses and rest,
\ lencess but Hi the ntelligence Of her
citizenship as well ,Thisssoil has pro-
4 duced ersfulls shate % the men Of
4 affairs who are doing things III West
Virginia today. have in mind d
healthy husky 10y born here, who,
4 some twenty years ago applied for q
4 position as ection hand on the 2. q
\ O h r.. r. but was turned down He
! later secured IA osltiotis on d local pa
4 per as devil From this honorable
9 position ne was promote and finally
h became editor, and d factor la ~
& fairs Of State Eight years from the
: time he applied for work Of the 3. and
4 9. sect foreman he rode oyer this
h same road I'M q iyate ear as premier
Z of}stateS for Tie purpose of assessing
4 this same abroad property for taxa
:. tlon.s To-day hes Is one o. tiie wealthy
Z citizens pf the State, and f. regarded
y as one Of the most tellectual
a To-day Falrmont ii doing herseli
u proud hi honofing one Of her clti-
q zenss who :succe eded in securing when
"a but 4 boy q position at Tie foot Of
!, thesladdersw With the Is. and o. railroad
! company. SO long as such men are
: born, this America III ours viii en-.
Z dures so long as iye don our hats
y ID ability and stesling integrity,
|. America viii continue 10 grow great
81. Thomas u gerald the poor Irish
Il boy, single:handed, without die Id
vantage ofi tue average boy by sheer
force Sof character has step By ster
J won slaurels. where others feil by the
4 wayside.$ During the past forty year,
Il the 81 and %. II r. Company has
changed 3manag ers taany times. Head:
of8departmen have fallen. and sen
timent never entered Into d promo
n tion. Through aiI these iuterna
"a troubles Thomas F,itzgeraid Away.
z came out TO tile good !. and advanced /
IN peg. That he knows more about hi
needs Of the road than any other
and that he VIII so yet higher In tn
ID railroad World, iis conceded ~ ali
ut With some pains have gathered th'
story % his railroad life. and Of hi
" many pronaoti ions.
All The ! LIE Of Fitzgerald:
IA The appo ointment Of MT rhoma.
lgsl Fitzgerald las general manager Of tn
in Baltimore and Ohio railroad Sls n liu
with the policy q President Murrai
80 to cognize the lengt h of service an
IS efficiency ii filing yacancIes by q
Evancing men An the service. M
80 Fitzgerald has been IA the railfca
N. service for about sthirt y:nins years
and all that period with the Bait
more and Ohio Starting as wate
boy on the Slonon gahela bridge, ii
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