The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-05-21
FACTORY
COMING TO CLARKSBURG
Probst Furniture Company Of Pom
eroy. Ohio, Will DismantIe Their
Manufacturing Plant Hand
Move Here.
Site Secured on B. & o. Switch on Clarksburg In
dustriaI Company's Property in East CIarks
burg Company Will Erect Two
Brick Buildings.

Clarksburg is going TO have a furni-
tnre factory. And Pomeroy, Ohio, that
Ohio river town of salt fame, the town
that is ~seven miles long and as far back
as you can see,s will lose one of her
best industries.
Such is the decision of the directors
and officials of the Probst Furniture
company, Of Pomcroy, manufacturers Of
bed room suits, chifroniers, sideboards,
etc. The gentlemen comprising the
company have reached the conclusion
that clarksburg is better manufac-
turing town that Pomeroy is or ever will
be. They have done this only after
careful deliberation and the making of
negotiations lasting over long period.
Mr., G. NJ. Patton, one of the members
Of the Probst Furniture company, ar.
rived in tthe city last evening. BY pre-.
vious arrangement he was met here by
w. w. Wood, the industrial agent of the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad company,
who came from Pittsburg to confer with
Mr.. Patton. The object of the confer.
ence between Mr.. Wood and Mr.. Patton
was the settling of the matter of the
special freight rates which the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad have promised the manu--
featuring company in the event they re.
move their mGnufactory to Clarksburg,
one OF the principal towns on the rail.
road; a city that does larger business
with the railroad company than many
Others on the line.
NIr. Patton informed the Telegram
representative Thursday noon that his
company had practically concluded all
negotiations whereby they will disman-
tie their present manufacturing plant
ut Pomeroy and move it to this city.
a site on the Clarksburg Industrials
eonipany's land, by the railroad switch
that is being built there. has been Sc
cured. Two brick building. each 60x2OO
feet will be erected. The factory viii
start Off with 100 employees, including
skilled cabinet makers, who will receive
high wages. From that point, the num-
Der of employees, the manufacturing IA
cilities and the output will be increased
as rapidly as circumstances will allow.
The chief reason that the Probst com
pany want to get away from Pomeroy
Is that fact that their present plant is
located about one mile from the rail
road tracks there. Their hauling has
been costing them too much. The roads
there in the winter are something terri
bic, and this works another disadyan-
tage in getting their finished product to.
the railroad. as well as in getting their
rough material to the factory.
! The membership numbers about fifty. 1t
come to Clarksburg is because they can
secure site on a branch switch Of the
main line of trunk railroad; because
the famous timber lands Of West Vir-
ginia lie within easy reach Of ClarlssbIrg
and easily accessible by railroads, thus
saving them a great deal in freight rates
in getting the rough material TO the
factory; because the Baltimore s Ohio
railroad nave granted them special
freight rates; because natural gas costs
less in clarksburg than anywhere else
in the United States; because Of the cen-
trail location of the city, and because Of
hundreds of other reasons in which the
superiority of this city as a manufactur.
ing center is acknowledged.
Work toward moving the plant will
be commenced just as soon as the branch
railroad the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
company is building to the Clarksburg
Industrial company's land in East
Clarksburg is completed.