The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-05-20

The consolidation of the Mountain
State uas Uonpany's interests in this
seqsSi and the gas interests of the West
Jeil g Natural Gas Company in
and around this immediate neighbornood
viii become effective July l and under
che management and control of the
clarksburg Light s. Heat Company,
which organized Thursday evening at
the Waldo hotel by the election of the
following officers:
John hoblegard, of clarksburg, presi-
dent.
John Tonkin, OF Oil City, Pa, vice
president.
FAIRY NJ. Brown, Of Oil City, secre-
tary and treasurer.
g. N. Payne, of Titusville. John Ton
Kin and E. Strong, of Oil City, and B.
Fl Robinson and Jonn Koblegard, of
Clarksburg, directors.
Another meeting of the company was
held Friday morning and plans decided
upon. Cook stove fires win remain at
81 90, the same as the home company
charged, and ordinary fires will be 10
Genus II lHe IlAleG thS
home company. The prices charged by
the Mountain State Company viii be
raised to these figures, burt both COM
panies and the prices viii run the same
as they are now until July l.
Tie oslinal price the West Fork Oil
charged b. the West Fork On s Natural
4 Gas Company was 10 cents thousand
4 =. Al
companies the price was reduced to
cents. This will be raised in the fall to
10 cents, very likely. Present prices to
manufacturers are . and 6 cents and
they will remain the same for some
time at least as no change was decided
upon in this respect.
The origintl price the West Fork Oil
3 Natural Gas Company had for or
binary fires was IS cents. but this was
reduced to IS cents, when the gas war
started between the companies. The
Mountain State company put the price
z Of cook stoves at IS cents and heating to
80 cents in this warfare. These will
go to Sl.OO and IS cents. respectively.
By the absorption the Mountain State
Company turns over eight gas wells and
about 1000 acres of territory and the
West Fork turns in nine gas wells and
: about the same amount of territory
The latter company has, however, lot
of holdings in the Wallace field, which
are not included.
Beginning with July l the offices OF
& the company will be in the quarters now
occupied by the Mountain State Gas
Company in the Oak Hall building. The
Offices in the Moore building will be
abolished altoge ther on that date The
expense of one office will virtually be
cut off,.
Changes in the office forces and fitting
and field departments will be made Tho
secretary of the company win he the
Office superintendent. Robert f. Groves
pre- sent manager of the Mountain State
Company's interests here, will remain in
the office in an official capacity, while
E. s. Morrow, bookkeeper for the Noun.
tain State Company, viii be transferred
TO Pittshurg He will he succeeded by
George h. Ogden. of the West Fork of
flee. Jonn Acheson. Of the West FORK
Company, viii be field superintendent
outside Of the city, and William Hnr-
rington will he field superintendent
within the city. Changes will be made
in all the other departments, rcducing
the force nbort one.half and retaining
an equal number of employees of both
companies absorbed by the new concern
President Koblegard. who was also
president Of the West Fork Company. in
speaking Of the change says the people
of clarksburg need nave no uncasiness
about mates as they will be treated right
and adds that there is no disposition to
be other than fair with an