The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-05-13
Mountain State Rates Will be Raised to Those
Charged at Present by Home Company Slight
Raise May be Made in Meter Rates-Changes
Made in the Officiate.


The consolidation Of the Mountain
State Gas Company's interests in this
section and the gas interests of the.West
Fork Oil & Natural Gas Company in
and around this immediate neighbornood
win become effective July and under
the management and control of the
Clarksburg Light & Heat Company.
which organized Thursday evening at
j the Waldo hotel by the election of the
following officers:
John hoblegard, of clarksburg, presi-
dent.
John Toukin, OF Oil City, Pa, vice
president.
Ehny NJ. Brown, of Oil City, secre-
taIy and treasurer.
q \. naMe. of Titusyille, John Ton
kin and L. Strong, of Oil City. and B
i. Robinson and Jonn Koblegard, of
clarksburg. directors
Another meeting of the company wa.
held Friday morning and plans decided
upon. Cook stove fires win remain At
Sl.00, the same as the home company
charged, and ordinary fires will be 70
cents month. the price charged by the
home company. The prices charged BY
the Mountain State Company will be
raised to these figures, but both com.
panies and the prices wifi run the same
a. they are now until July |.
The original price tine West Fors Oil
charged by the West Fork On & Natural
Gas Company was 10 cents a thodsand
feet, but in the contest be ween the tive
companies the price WIS 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
S Natural Gas Company had for or.
>dinary fires VASES cents. but this was
reduced to IS cents, when the gas war
started between the companies. The
Mountain State company put the price
of cook stoves at Is cents and heating to
so cents in this warfare. These will
60 to Slo0 and 10 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 ] 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 altogether on that dute The
expense of one Office will virtually b.
cut off.
Changes in the Office forces and fitting
and field departments viii be made Tn,
secretary of the company win be the
Office superintendent Robert f. Groves
present manager of the Mountain Stat,
Company's interests here. viii remain ir
+he office in an official capacity. while
f. s. Morrow. bookkeeper for the Noun
tain State Company. win be transferred
TO Pittsburg. He will be succeeded BY
George R. Ogden. Of the West Fork of
flee. Jonn Acheson, Of the West Forr
Company, viii be field superintendent
outside of the city. and William Har.
rington win be field superintendent
within the city Changes viii be mad'
in all the other departments. reducing
the force about one-half and retaining
an equal number Of employees of boti
companies absorbed by the new-concern
President Koblegard. who was als'
pre-ident Of the West Fork Company, il
speaking OF the change. says the peopl,
of Clarksburg need nave no uneasines
about mates as they viii be treated righ'
and adds that there is no disposition T.
he other than fair with all