Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1901-03-06
CLAKSBURG, w. VA.

lDg CITY OF OlaTkSOurg- OlaThspuT.
is the county seat of Harrison count,
and is situated on the west fork OF
the Monongahelis and Elk rivers
Ii is in beautiful little valley, sur
rounded on all sides by hills whiei
are equal in height to the Blue Rids
mountains which traverse the beauu
full Shenandoah Valley. Clarksbur;
is now enjoying "A boom which !
found on stable purposes and Is
thing which m one questions. Sh'
has now population of 5000. I've
years ago she had about $500. so yor
see she has made rapid strides to
wards progress. The principal enter
prises towards building mp the tow,
so extensively is the inexhaustibl
supply of coal and oil which aboun,
here. To see the amount of coal IN
earthed here you would pause for
moment and wonder what was don,
with all of il and who could use al
Of 1t. The mines are iunumerable Ca,
mine that know Of which lies "a
the edge of town has daily outpu'
of 1000 tons and could increase i
three fold If they could get cars TO il
but owing 10 the heavy traffic of th'
B. x o., they can't furnish car,
enough. Clarksburg has been unable
to market her coal in the past owing
to the lack of railroad facilities. tn,
B. &. O., being the only outlet Tn,
consequence was that IL cost NOR,
to get her coal on the market than II
would bring, but private corpora
tions desiring TO see the town throw
off the shackles which has held hei
in silence so long have built a short
line of railroad, 6S miles in length.
which extends to the Ohio rver. s,
now with this outlet she can place
her coal upon the market and com
pete with the world. Now in regart
to the oil fields no doubt You think
the Berryville water works has a
powerful pressure, which IL has, but
if you could see some Of these BIZ
gushers which they are drilling dai-
ly no doubt yon would come 10 tn,
conclusion that the Berryville water
works wasn't in il. Untold thousand,
of barrels of oil pour from thes,
giant wells daily and as the result
men are becoming million Tres. 1t IL
beautiful sight TO see this oil as il
is poured into receiving watts which
hold thousands of barrels. After il
sets awhile if you were offered "a glas,
of it and told that it WAS wine YOU
would never know the difference I'm
I'll you tasted it. Lots of the wealth OF
these oil wells is going abroad, bul
a considerable amount of it stays
here at home. Judge Nathan
Golf, Judge of the L. 5. Court, Lives
here. He lis reputed to be worth three
millions dollars, his income daily from
HE interest in oil wells being three
thousand dollars, besides many 9th
ers. Judge Golf will expend about
S25O,O00 here this year in building.
a portion of which is under the
course of construction now.
Clarksburg has the advantage over
many towns. She has natural gas aud
you can run six fires here d
month at the nominal figure of four
dollars and half, and your lights
cost D cents apiece per month to burn
day and night. She has her streets
lighted with both natural gas and
electric lights. Clarksburg has
number of good enterprises of which
l will make mention of few. There
is large machine works with found
ry attached that makes a speciality in
the manufacture of large boilers and
saw mills; she has an immense glass
factory which gives employment to
large force of hands, It's principal
production being the manufacture of
glass tumblers. There Is also near
completion large pulley factory
which will give employment to MANY
men. A large mill is in the course of
erection which will have a daily
capacity of 700 barrels of -four; a
large wooden mills is situated on the
western part of the town and runs
large force of hands day and night.
and am told that they even have to
60 TO the Shenandoah Valley of Va.
to get wool to keep them going as
they can't raise sheep enough here