https://www.wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/038648https://www.wvhistoryonview.org/image/038648.jpgJohn Madigan, Owner of South Morgantown Traction Company in Morgantown, Monongalia County, W. Va.Cities--Morgantown--Portraits.John Madigan owned many properties in South Morgantown. In 1906, in order to link these properties, he developed a street car system and called it the South Morgantown Traction Company. He called it this because most of its route was in South Morgantown, and ended at Traction Park.West Virginia History OnView