The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-04-08
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e,,,kspurQ IS Wide Awake f1nd Making
Rauid Forward Strides.
~. aelinp Sunday Register.

IT, :. nsed to be said of Clarks-
.,,e that it was the slowest
. .mn in the State. Now it is said
!. ~ harrisburg that it is the most
! s.oeressive town in the State.
r r.ss it is growing more
apidly, considering that it mas
ever enjoyed an artificial boom .s
han any other town IN west
virginia. This is claiming with
sst pride, by the progressive
s n, Of Clarksburg and Har-
lson county. Although other
-orps have built up rapidly and
r,ssed Clarksburg in point of
opulatlop; their mushroom
srowth is more speculative and
not upon real growth, as is the
ase with Clarksburg. Herein
los the difference betweenC larks-
spre and other interior cities.
|Oprs is substantial, steady
growth, brought by the natural
.dvantages Of situation, and
Gods gifts.
clarksburg will be growing
xben other cities and towns have
reached a climax and are on a
,tandstill or declining, not alone
IN population, but in wealth, be-
cause there are few other locali-
pes that have the original wealth
to go on, and a large ard rich
territory to draw from. clarks-
burg IS the natural city for the
capital of the State. Some day,
not in the very far distant future.
it may in reality be the capital
Of the Mountain State, if the peo-
pie of Kanawha do no mend their
ways.
For an interior town, Clarks-
burg is quite a railroad centre.
At least twenty passenger trains
go and come a day, and has four
railroads running through the
territory, one about to be built,
and another which has g f El !,
lie for an eastern and northernl
outlet, with Clarksburg as It's
terminus.
Within the past four or five
years the county seat Of Harrison
county has improved more than
during the ten years previous.
This is owing to the introduction
of new blood, but more particu-
larly to the fact of the natural
resources of the county and
town. This little city has four
banks, all doing a healthy, pros
porous business, three of which
are in new and commodious
buildings. and the Merchants
National and R. T. Lowndes q
Co.'S buildings are probably
among the handsomest of their
kind in the State.
Probably more lumber is saw
ed and gotten out through Clarks-
burg than any other two towns
Of twice the population in the
State. While the lumber is not
secured Immediately within the
bounds of Harrison county, still
Clarksburg is the point of distri-
button for all the country south
and east, and this means quite a
scope of territory, when you con-
slider Clarksburg's railroad faclll
ties for reaching the interior of
Lewis, Braxton, Webster, Opshur,
Gilmer and even Nicholas coun-
ties.
Harrison county has always
been and probably always will
be the richest county in the State
because of her fine agricultural
and live stock interests. Harrison
county probably has today more
live stock within her boundaries
than any other two large coun-
ties in the State. The blue grass
region is as rich and the vast
coal and other minerals within
easy reach under the soil, are
much richer than that of any 9th
er county in the State.
In fact, Clarksburg and Har-
tlson county effers every advant-
age to the beginner in LIES bat
Ties and to those who are look
ing for profitable and safe in
vestments, whether in real estate,