The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-02-28
mn HARRISBURG
INDUSTRIAL co.

0|u1esl ~ - LILY eeAAA - -
|os SdnaiHted with the needs OF
Si,s al clarisbnre, that such q COM
oa6y & necessary and essential to our
bea 9l0Wth.
lave the raw material, the
;i,atr II resources, the transportation
cIiifies. the brains, the money and
lssener6y, when properly applied, to
nike Clarksburg what she ought TO
5sSome, the leading city Of West Viz
ginia,
The authorized capital stock Of the
company win be one hundred thou
sand dollars, divided into shares OF
ten dollars each. The life ofthe cor
Sporstion will be fifty years.
The main object of this company is
to purchase about 100 acres OF land
known as the Camden farm, lying to
The east of Clarksburg and about
sthfee.ouarters Of a mile. distant from
the court house; to build . switch
connection to the B. SO. r. Z. and
os,ell M from 25 to 30 acres on Elk
creek for factory sites, which Will be
opened to meritorious industries on
attractive terms.
Oh the property the company will
have about 800 lots in addition TO It's
factory sites and the property is SO
situated that the factory sites will
moi, interfere with the town site, nor
iwillthe town site interfere With the
factory site.
The books are now open for sub
scfiption to the capital stock Of this
company. Every subscription receiv.
ed before the first annual meeting OF
the stockholders will make the sub
scriber a charter member and entitled
\ TO vote at 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
I oversubscribed it will be apporttoned
among the applicants for stock in pro
portion to their respective suoscrip-
stion:
we want to raise every dollar OF
this 81 Tx by popular subscription and
every shareholder, whether for one or
one hundred shares, will stand on the
same basis,
There is to he no velvet in this STOCK
company, that is to say, every share
vim cost the subscriber 100 cents on
the dollar, the stock viii be fully paid
\ ana non assessible, and no subscriber
sfill be liable for cent more than his
subscription.
h d believed that this stock Will be
6ftfi $0OIper cent within three years
s hss already received the endorse
! nientsof about fifty representative
4 business men of harrisburg and Har-
rison county.
The sale Of stock is not confined to
this city, but any citizen of Harrison
!, county or elsewhere is invited to'be-
come shareholder.
Below is 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 to call 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 II received personally at this
once. To comply with the laws Of the
State Of West Virginia it is necessary
ttatsall subscriptions be accompanied
with a check or cash to an amount
equal 10 one-tenth of the stock sub
scribed. Make all checks payable to
either Hugh Jarvis, cashier 1.-THE
Peoples Banking and Trust Company,
or S. R, Harrison, cashier of the The
Merchants National Bank, both Of
this city. In the event that at least
one-halt OF the capital stock be not
subscribed on or before April |, 1902,
all subscriptions will be returned to
the subscribers and such subscribers
will be under no further liability.
/ This statement is made as 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 forwe 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.
no sum up we beg to say that this is
4 legitimate enterprise. 1t is COM
nendable, absolutely safe; an invest
( uent that will guarantee large per-
5centage Of profit. 1t VIII provide
factory sites and so secure factories,
VIII add i've Thousand people to the
population Of Clarksburg.
The undersigned hereby subscribes
TO. shares of capital stock
80 the olarksbure Industrial Conn
bany, atten dollars per share, tobe
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