The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-01-31
EHE CLARK ! BURG
INDUSY RIAL Coz


Dany Is Necessary and essential 70 our
best growth.
We have the raw material, the
sfntal resources, the transportation
facilities, the brains, the money and
the energy. when properly applied. 4 70 {,
make Clarksburg what she ought: 70
become, the leading city Of West Wiz
.glpia.
The authorized capital stock OF the
company will be one bundled thou
sand dollars, divided into shares Of
ten dollars each. ThA lifu'cf the cor
poration will be fifty years;
TIE main object OF this company IS
to purchase about 1870 acres Of land
known as the Camden farm, lying to
the east Of Clarksburg and about
three.quarters Of "a mile distant from
the court house; to build q switch
connection to the B. 8 o. r. h. and
open UP from 25 to 30 acres on Elk
creek for factory sites, which will be
opened to .meritorious industries on
attractive terms.
on the property the company Will
have about 800 lots in addition to its
factory sites and the property is 50
situated that the factory sites Will
not interfere with the town site, nor
will the town site interfere with the
factory site.
The books are now open for sub
scription to the capital stock Of this
company. Every subscription receiy.
ed before the first annual meeting 81
the stockholders will make the sub
scriber a charter member and entitled
to vote ut such first meeting; should
any stock remain unsold at the time
of said annual meeting, the charter
members will be allowed the first
privilege OF subscribing to additional
shares: in the event that the stock is
over-subscrlbed it will be apportioned
among the applicants for stock in pto-
portion to their respective subscrip-
tions.
We want to raise every dollar Of this
stock by popular subscription and
eyeryshareholder whether for one or
one hundred shares, will stand on the
same basis.
Theirs is to be no velvet in this stock
company. that is to say, every share
will cost the subscriber 100 cents on
the dollar, the stock will be fully paid
o,,d accessible. and no subscriber
will be liable for a cent more than his
subscription.
1t is believed that this stock will be
worth 300 per cent within three years
and has already received the endorse
ment OF about fifty representative
business men of Clarks5urg and Har-
rison county.
this city, but any citizen of Harrison
county'or elsewhere is invited to be-
come shareholder.
Below is a blank application for
stock in this company which is APP
pended here for the benefit of any
subscriber who has not the time to
or opportunity tocall on me for more
extended explanation of the proposed
company. All applications made on
this blank will receive the same at
tention and be entitled to the same
credit as if received personally at this
office. To comply with the laws of the
state OF West Virginia it is necessary
that all subscriptions be accompanied
with check or cash to an amount
equal to one-tenth or the stock sub
scribed. Make all checks payable to
either Hugh Jarvis, cashier of The
Peoples Banking and Trust Company.
or S. r. Harrison, cashier of The
Merchants National Bank, both Of
this city. In the event that at least
one half of the capital stock be not
subscribed on or before April l, 1902,
all subscriptions will be returned to
the subscribers and such subscribers
will be under no further liability.
This statement is made as a guaran-
tee OF the good faith of this company
and not to cast any doubt as to the
company's ability to dispose OF Its
stock. We anticipate no difficulty in
this for we expect the stock to be over
subscribed.
We want subscribers to be prompt
with their subscription SO that this
company can be launched at as early
date as possible, to take advantage
Of several applications for factory sites
now on hand.
To sum up we beg to say that this Is
legitimate enterprise. 1t is COM
mendable, absolutely safe; an invest
mentthat will guarantee large per-
centage of profit. 1t viii provide
factory sites and so secure factories,
will! add five Thousand people to the
population of Clarksburg.
The undersigned hereby subscribes
to ........ shares of capital stock
to the clarksburg Industrial Com
pany, at ten dollars per share, to be
fully paid and worcestershire, and en-
clasn herewith. dollars,