The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-26
P.RR. MEN MAKE
BRIEF VISIT TO
G|TYOF FA|RMONT
Come IN Special Train And
Toured Town in Auto
mobiles.
LUNCH At THE NANLEl
Were Highly Pleased With
Entertainment Fur
nisned Here.
.LIHGH At THE NANLEl

A special tain consisting Of rFo
ears arrived II 11:35 this 1Gr7tnE On
TIA Nunnngahe4a railway. bearing s.
ofactais Al enpIorees 5t ths Pen1sTi'
varaa railroad picked up tom 9ala-
deipFiia % Pittsburgh and rom PHss'
burgh 70 Brownsville.
This r1o vas sauy made TO &C
quaint the 2e1 with the aew ie::9'
fury and 70 have them see The pos
slhitit!es OF the EaITnont section At
tia station 70 meet tie party were %
autnnohilas which furnished ample
room for the g. men as well as ser
eral from the city Eho vent % s-eet
the visitors.
Mayor Anthony Bowen. ]. NJ Jac-
chs. Major Samuel D. Brady. F. R
Speed, Tom Cnnne!l- Charles ". ET.
ans and several others greeted The
penusyfTantRas upon their sT-!val.
Official welcome vas granted ne
crowd by Secretary ". Evans Who vas
In charge Of the arrangements 20 en-
tertAtn tina party and he started The
20 autns through the streets Of Fair.
mont and ont the Country Club road
Without doubt the visitors snsoyed
Eairmuntas good roads.
Fpm the tain shed on the East
side the % automobiles Sended thei-
Eays % the plant Of the Owens Bot
ting company. Ever member Of the
party and those on the reception com.
nittee rent through the plant and
were amazed al the machinery install.
al rhere. They watched the employ
es Of the hot-iinE WORKS make bot
ties and pack them and dnAlT place
ttem IN freight cars tor shipment The
fact that railway c4Ts are Tlr 1p into
the third story Of the boI.!inI works
and their contents dropped, glass made
tron the mixture. and everything done
without human hands touC-fng II
seemed more than wonderful 70 the
Visitors.
One Of the visitors made the -
marx that That's an awful lot Of bot.
ties for 4 dry state" Ee Eas qSick-
II answered by an ardent West Viz.
gtnian who stated that these same bot
ties were shipped mostly 70 Pen1sTi.
Eaaia. Ee might have added taat they
ma. also shipped 10 about IS different
stztss and thar many Of them are for
Countries other than America Il took
1re rotund P!trsbu-Eaer 10 throw The
uuwd into laughter by seriously re
marktnE. "wouIdn't II be great Il al
ftiesa bottles were ailed-" To Ehicn
tt,s crowd answered unanimously IN
the affirmative
From the Owens plant the cas-
drove through tnwn 70 the AononEah
Glass works AT Twelfth street but none
Of the occupants got OF as the auur
Eas Getting close 10 lunch time. From
ffia Twelfth street section Of .actoT'
les and factory employee homes ne
cars came down Fatrnont avenue anu
dartnd across 70 Locust avenue az
Fourth street. and followed the Bell
ann road 70 the Couar-T club. TIE
turn was made az he Coua1ry cuid
md an cars driven into tuwa AID stop
ped, At ths Manlsy hotel where the q
an, took luncheon. after lunch '1e
nartr Sent direct to their train vow
ing that they would all return many
many times
Thsy left with eyes heaminG ap
ureetattor for the manner 4 <hieS
tfev had been treated while in tae
city. The rain departed Al e:5l
O'Clock.
While driving along East park are
nns where the cars commanded view
of the Baltimore and Ohio railway
Yards the men looked n Tunderneni
and claimed thar little did they talAS
that such large yard Eould be need
ed 20 meet the requirements Of tae
Fairnout region productions. The!
wera delighted 10 think thai ii would
rotbs long before they would be com
ING TO Fairmunt to view their OWL
farra railway ward with shifting en-
zines and dorens Of men running &C
andl a. seeing that the coal and oth
er FuadfnK Is kept moving. When taeF
were shown The Baltimore and Ohio
uassenger station. they were also sur
urssed but refused to comment
The entire body had it's pictures
taken when II alighted from the tain
br photographer Johnson
A list Of the nnmes Of the visitors
issas fnIluws:
A. G. Mitchell. superintendent No
norgahela division Pennsylvania rail
road. Pittsburgh: z. C. Sixen, super
iutendenr station and transfers. phtl8.
Gr1p1AAy w. C. AArA A=s- Gu4G1 N3ea W
superintendent stations and transfers;
SIP. Newton. district passenger sohc
itnrs Pittsburgh: J. E Linn i7easur
erMs B. A.; A ". Byron. master me-
chauic Monong4hela division; G. W
Sheasier. master carpenter. Mononga,
hela division e 2. Krahmer. super
visiting agent MunonSahela division
j A. Earle. special agent; " D.
Woodward. special agent: L E Kinch,
supsrtntsndent signals Mouougaheia
dirissnns z. u. Biles. passenger agent.
Pittsburgh: s. 3. Lemon, chief cIerk
srperintendert AGENT AonongaheIA d.
-is.Ir: o. R. Wilson. chief clerk sup,
= ertntsndsnt agent Chicago division;
{. < Allen, chief clerk supertntsnd
ent MnnnsEaheia division; W L. Nc
Kee. freight agent Homestead: W
Z jackson. passenger agent Home
stead. ] q. Mutntt, chief clerk comp