The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-10

TO what The Board Of Trade shoul1
done for The 3. and Oh locating
their shops here. etc. We nave 40
fight to make again the 3. and o. rail-
road. and ns they have never asked
us to take up any of their lgnrs we
believe It is generally conceded that
tines are pretty. wen able 10 take care
Hof themselves. We understand THAT
the b ana o. railroad Is not In me
sbusiness Of building MP Or teartne
down toWns. hut to rake care 81 the
business al the towns along heir
lines q prond % know to=days
.howeser i Il takes moreB and o
Fairmeht to1ook after tie rail-
roads mtefes here fhan possibly any.
Town located on its lines Within hft
miles OF Fairmont I've q give dg
lures later IL necessary But again
you ask what has the Boafdsof Trade
Ehaye been closely connected
with the Board OF Trade since Ii was
Organized and would say . write
what know It has done would seem
like writing q book % me- The Board
|of Trade has written thousands o. let.
tiers and paid out hundreds Of dollars
advertising Fslrmonts resources.
has kept more Than one Industry from
going into Bankruptcy and thereby
throwing out OF employment hunireds
'of people. These industries Z now
and stronger than ever before
and we'll able to handle their own
financial matters themselves and the
world is none the wiser
When ne new Monongah Glass
Company isscompleted andsin opera
ton Faftmont viii then have three
tactories employing over d thousand
people here; that are in this city today
only because of the efforts and money
of the FaIfmdnt Board OF, Trade. Al
least hair dozen smaller industries
are here because of the-help Of this
6Fgani9ation
The Board of Trade was largely ne
sponsibIe for the building otsthe Nor
aa15dprmitory last year Its members
were enthusiastic to help ID every
vayto give Fafrmont the best public
school building of any city in West
Virginia today; its memhersSare Lar
contributors and active workers
building the Y: M. e. A andEMaspnlc
buildings. which Will stand az monfl
ments OF Fairmonta liberal heartel
and progressive men for years
comic.
Go among the s~tockholders of Fair
monts various Industries and yon IN
and the Board of Trade members have
nut their money and backed every In
dustry here needing help. Itshas paid
out already and obligatedto pay every
dollar Of which will be paid something
over $4,000, all of which comes from
q very small part of our population
and every dollar spent to help make
Fatrmont what it is to-day. one Of the
busiest and most progressive cities In
West Virginia.
Quite often somebody "hollersr Nor
ggntown and Glarksburg are getting
ahead of Fatrmont. 1t has not been
my pleasure to see that good city of
G~arksburg recently, but In the past
sixty days 1 have been over Morgan
town twice and talked with Its busi-
ness men and they are proud Of their
clean and beautifully located city,
and they have a right to be; but doz.
ems Of its best citizens have admitted
to me that Morgantown is not to be
compared with Fairmont in a bust.
ness way, and they are free to. give
their reasons why 1t Is not.
Some objections havebee raised to
the Board of Trade taking any. hand
In the location of the new government
building soon to be located in Fair
mont. There has been mo meeting and
probably will not be on this matter
but should it be necessary g. take any
action it will be to the best interests
Of a majority Of the people Of Fair
mont without reference to wards or
Influenced by persons who have real
estate to sell or to be Increased in
value by the location of this building
The people OF the First ward seem to
be very much disturbed over what &C
itfon the Board Of Trade might take in
reference to their contemplate Local
lions. The Fairmont Board ~otiTrade.
nor none of fits members, are working
against the First ward or any other
part OF Fairmont to my knowledge, but