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THE TOWN OF MONESSENA MODEL MANUFACTURING CITY ABOUT TO BE ESTABLISHED.ESSEN ON THE M01N6AHELA,wedIn Rostraver Township, Westmoreland Co. etna pa ^ on thc Banks of the Islelandless River, with Coal Fields on Every N?1*, Hand and Within the PittsburgI une Freight Zone .There is EveryIncentive to Phenombcks*nal Growth and Development.r. A.ndt,vere One of the first fruits of returning 5 by prosperity in the United States is to be uire Monessen. It is to be the model manufac-^ jr turing town of the great valley of the )0th Monongahela. The name is formed bv a y 5, combination of the first syllable of Mo and nongahela with the name of the famous ried Prussian manufacturing town in the pro-ice, vincc of the Rhine. The combination is not only euphonious, but carries a mean-the ing—Essen on the Monongahela.!yn- The site of Monessen is on the ma, east bank of the Monongahela river, rie, It is in Rostraver township, the most fer-ter- tile portion of Westmoreland county, Pa. lar- The new town lies between the old bor-liS8 ough of Bellevernon and the city of Mo-ace, nongahela, being somewhat nearer to the ood first named place. As the crow flies it is ead but twenty-five miles from Pittsburg, ing This brings it within the freight zone tily known as the “Pittsburg limit’' and in-lon suies all the advantages in the tariff of freight charges that are enjoyed by busi-ner nes men in Pittsburgh itself.* in Monessen is being pro ' otcd by vas what is known as the East Side Land an, Company, whose city office is at No. 335, ny Fourth ave., Pittsburgh. The personnel iter of the company is as follows: President,* to George 0. Morgan; treasurer, Col. James ib- M. Schoonmaker; secretary, George B. the Matheral; manager, M. J. Alexander.Among the large stockholders are H. irst Sellers McKee, the moving spirit in the for establishment o? the town of Jeannette, of founded in 1888 and now with a popula-es- tionof 8,000; Col. James M. Schoonmaker lay vice-president of the Pittsburg and Lake ted Erie Railroad Company; Judge James A. A Reed, president of the Pittsburg, Besse-re mer and Lake Erie Railroad Company, os. and P. C. Knox, member of the firm of 3ks Knox Reed, distinguished as among to the foremost attorneys in Pittsburg. In-of deed it may be confidently said of the re- East Side Company that no town project he was ever undertaken in Western Penney sylvania by such a number of gentlemen ter well known to the business world, thus ;ge assuring not only a progressive spirit, ed but capable and conservative management. Two of them are the executive * heads of two large railroad systems and another the most extensive manufacturer of window and blown glassware in . „ the United States. The direct manage ^ ment of the details of the establishment )(j of Monessen will be in charge of Mr. M. ^ * J. Alexander, whose successful direction of the development of the towns of Jeannette and Charleroi made each of them in its turn the most noteworthy example of town building in the country. It is frequently said of both places that no j original buyer of lots failed of an opportunity for a handsome profit or in his payments.The site is an ideal one for manufact-turing ; also high and healthy for dwell-I ings. The Pittsburgh Lake Erie Railroad traverses the town, and on the opposite bank of the river is the Pennsylvania Railroad, and now a free river washeB the town.There will be Water Works a National Bank, Electric Light, Sewers and Pavements.The great Pittsburg seam of coal surrounds the town.As houses will be needed faster than they can be erected, a guarantee will be given to pay liberal rent to investors for a term of years, who will at once erect dwelling houses to shelter five hundred men who will be needed in a large factory now being erected.For details address M. J. ALEXANDER, Man* g’r.wrdu-al•i1-*i-)-ILl.AT
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Indiana Democrat
Indiana, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Jul 14, 1897
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