The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-06-25
WONDERFUL
METROPOLIS
HAS cLARKsBURG BECOME TO ONE
WHO VISITED IT THREE YEARS
AGO AND is HERE AGAIN.
Marvellous Development and Expansion
Made in So Short a Time Elicit
His Admiration and Create As
touishment-Great Posi-
biities Yet.

puities Get.
1t was the writer's pleasure three
years ago to visit Clarksburg, and al
that time thought there was little left
to be desired in the way of nice home
town. It had business opportunities
without number, and It's hundreds Of
homes. from the coy cottage to the spa
cioas mansion. bespoke the care and ut.
tention that mean much for city. But
this was three years ago. Only a mo.
meut a. time aies, yet long enough for
a wonderful metamorphism to come over
the familiar site. II II was beautiful
then. what words can tell Of its sur.
passing lovliness now. The natural re-
sources Of this wonderful state are here
in vast, uncomputed quantities, and have
been but lightly tapped, yet the result.
ant forces are everywhere visible about
Clarksburg and her suburbs. In the
manufactures, whose towers and chin
news point heayenward in cleany con.
trast to other manufacturing cities that
have not the clean and cheap steam pro-
ducers here found. Mammoth Wholesale
and jobbing concerns have housed them
selves in palaces OF brick and stone
Its hotel. the Waldo, nearing completion.
Is a marvel of architectural beauty, and
win be pointed out with just pride when
Clarksburg Is thrice its present size; in
fact, in size and appointments would
be credit to our home city-Chicl.o.
While these have all been building.
homes have not been forgotten, and the
city proper has filed up with homes in
keeping with the times. Outlying sub
urbs have come in for their share OF ad
vanccment. The East End, Broad Oaks.
Point Comfort and Adamston are fine
places for homes, and with the excellent
car service are in close touch with the
centcr OF business. This car service and
paved streets are, too, part OF the i'm
provements greeting the writer, unknown
before.
In company with our friend. Mr.. Jas.
4. Sanderson. who rs doing his part for
the new Clarksburg, We took a street
car ride about the city. and wish. es-
pecially. in a few words. to speak Of
Adamston. that wonderful suburb that IS
fast filling up with homes, a veritabIe
working mans paradise. Lots there are
within his reach, but are fast advancing
and the man with an eye to the future
should invest soon. Mr.. Sanderson has
some dozen or more elegantly situated
building sites. upon which he has four
,vell-appointed housrs almost finished,
the other lots are on the market. Any
one desiring home within stones
throw OF the car line, in a beautiful,
hcalthful suburb, had best see him At
once. They lie on a picturesque. tcraced
emincncc, from which in one eomprehen-
sive glance all ClarksburS is spread out
before your eyes, and yet there is no
hill climbing TO reach them.
On our return ride we noticed with
regret the absence Of the wooleR mills
that were destroyed by FIRE some time
ago, We had heard of the loss, but
thought that in this center of Medium
fleece wool. cheap fuel and excellent wa
ter, all prime requisites in the carrying
on of business, it would be at once re-
built. but, for some reason, it has not
yet been done. In view Of the fact that
Clarksburg wooden mill goods had a rep
utation in the eastern market second e
none. in their class, it IS harder to I'M
derstand. It would be one OF the best
paying investments Of the many good
ones hCrcabouts, and will not long re-
main as it is. All it needs is a little
energy and capital expended in this di'
rectiou and an up-to.datc woolen mill
plant will soon blossom out, benefit 70
the city, the working people and an IN
tercst.bringcr to its stockholders.
a FRIEND OF Cl.ARKSBuRG.