The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-06-08
THE FACTORY CITY
OF WEST VIRGINIA
Is the Revealed Destiny of clarks.
burg and Without Smoke
at That.
The Elk Factory
Has Broken Ground
For Its 500. 900 Plant and the
Westinghouse People Want to
Locate an Electric Globe
Factory Here.

Glass factories are nol0nger prob
ability for ClarlSsburg, but they are q
certainty, and atno distant day this
city will undoubtedly ben great man
ufacturing center.
A few weeks ago we announced that
w. S. Brady and other Moundsville
and Pittsburg people had made ar
rangements TO build IA mammoth fac
tory on the Barnes property, provided
certain inducements and concessions
in freight rates were made by the B.
& o. railroad. Those Inducements
have been made by the railroad COM \
pany and are the same given glass
factories at Morgantown and other
places.
Mr.. Brady and other gentlemen have
been on the ground this week and per-
fected Arrangements to begin the con-
struction Of the plant at once. The
movement Is the esult OF a combine
tion nf interests of the FOstoria Glass
Company, Of Moundsyille, and the
Central Glass Company, Of Wheeling.
The new company viii likely be char
tered as the Elk Glass Company. The
gentlemen Interested are men OF long
and practical experience in tie manu-
facture of glassware, and especially
has the FoStoria Company n national
reputation for the high excellency OF
its product.
AS previously stated the public Is
largely indebted To this paper In point
ing out the way, namely, cheap gus
rates by local citizens, and to the West
Fork OIL s. Natural Gas Company for
affording cheap gas.
Cheap gas, as well as the central 10.
cation, shipping facilities, and other
good conditions, is having u whole
some and substantial effect in Undue
ing other factories TO locate here.
The Pittsburg Glass Company, com
posed OF the Westinghouse people, the
nations bestand strongest tinanciers,
capitalists and business men, had rep.
resentatiyeS here this week, seeking
location for un electric globe factory.
C. ii. Ruhe, Of Pittsburg, and other
gentlemen, spent several days
comforting with the Northview
land company. We are informed sew
eral propositions were made by the
land company, upon which the West
Inghouse representatives looked with
much favor. They were not, howeye
empowered to act, and 50 they de-
parted for Plttsburg Wednesday morn
ing, To report to their people, promis-
ing an answer in very few days.
In the event the Pittsburg Glass
Company decides To locate here they
will construct the largest plant OF Its
kind in the United States and manu-
facture exclusively all glassware per-
tanning to the use of electricity. Two
or three hundred persons will be em-
ployed, but the principal work will be
done by machinery.
The Elk Glass Company which is
about to begin operation, will build a
brick plant at IA cost OF 100000 includ-
ing equipments and will manufacture
decorated tableware, furnishing em-3
ployment to 100 hands at first, but
gradually increasing the number to
300 or 400. many OF whom are TO be
home people. Ground has alreany
been broken.
With the Lafayette Window Glass
factory already established and In act
live operation the Elk Glass factory
assured, and the Westinghouse plant
in sight, have we not just cause for
congratulation and may We not pre-
dict a grand future for Clarksburg In
the factory line?