The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-04-15
JACOB
THRIfT'S
EXPERIENCE
Continued from Tuesdays paper.

~ was mOgm with long train wind
ing its way around the mountain side
and up Elk creek where those imaginary
dens OF snakes used 10 be. No one mad
given him a hint of this and 1t was 30
astonishing that he scarcely believed
his eyes.
On the heels df this wonderful discov-
cry, he behed the beginning of a mod
en city of itself and inquired what it
all meant The answer was that a mum.
Der of enterprising business men had
banded themselves into company and
transformer the Camden farm into a
humming manufacturing place. First he
visited the Industrial window glass plant
in full operation and employing full 20
men at good wages and found IL com
pletely equipped with its large ware
house, lumber yard, box factory and
blowing room, and best of all he saw no
smoke, no dirt but that useful gas in
utility again. He was told that tho
company would build additions to tho
plant at the close of the fire this year
doubling its capacity.
Next he saw large, substantial brick
building and he FASTENED TO il TO ascer-
lain that it was receiving the finishing
touches with the prospect of beginning
operations about May l. The building
covers and acre and a half of ground and
is built TO endure throughout the ages.
The machinery is practically installed
and tie very highest class pottery will
be made.
Jake wanted to know some of the
features of tnis industry and he was
courteonsly told that the manufacture
required many different kinds Of sand
which would be obtained from all over
the world and that the product will be OF
quality that will compete vita any
pottery ware in every market on earth.
It was pleasure to tell ham that the
factory would afford employment tc
quit number of girls and in al would
give work at high wages 10 at least -
persons MS soon rs is started and later
the number would he increased.
'sHow did you happen to coine heres'
inquired Jake.
"oh, it was the gas that brought Us
here, the cheap fuel this Sec ion offers
"Gas again." said Jake, and he begar
to more fully realize the Importance OF
The flame that comes from the earth so
abundantly in and around Clarksburg.
The Colonial chair factory just ready
for operations next came under his oh.
servation.
Queer looking building, that" said
the returned young man.
"Yes, Jake. but it is certainly fine
Look! It is made of cement mostly
concrete of the highest order and will
endure for all time. and see the floors
are OF the same sort of stuff
$50 they are. Well, do think. who
would have imagined that such a grand
industry would have found its way tc
CEarkSburg, but they tell me the Clarks
burg Industrial Company gave them a
site ana they also got cheap gas. You
say. they have a large mandatory il
Cortland. =. Y? We'll. it strikes me
they better move the whole shooting
match down here, and from what ] car
learn Around here they dc intend tc
make it very much larger. Good thing
for Clarksburg."
Jake then became interested in the
machinery and how it was done. With
much pains he was shown in detail the
workings of the factory and from tn,
patterns and the samples Of work, he
at once became convinced That it waa
far ahead of hand-carving and the like.
How many employees will You have?'
The reply was 'Nfr. Thrift, wy start
out with Is the first year, but the sec
ond year We will have from $50 to zoe
persons working in our factory"
Wonderful Wonderful" was Jake's
exclamation. And Jake passed on with
the resolve that he would be back. when
The chair factory starts up about May l.
All at once Jake looked UP and saw
the longest. highest and best bridge ha
had beheld since he crossed the Ohio
river on the way home. He was told
that the Industrial Company. which i
developing the Camden farm into mod
ern manufacturing city had built il at
cost of S27 900, and he expr ssed as.
tonfshment that men should 90 to such
an enormous outlay. but then he re.
fected moment, and remarked that hi
saw it all now. "They are men who
want TO make of Clarlsburg. Greater
ClarkSburg. and she leading city west
OF the Allegheny mountains" he added
and it looks to me like they and many
others are doing inst tina. very thing.
tell you. cannot conceive the magnitud,
Of the progress being made here
Then there i the ClaritIbure Har,