The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-01-12
Plentiful
SUPPLY
OF GAS
WILL KEEP IT CHEAP IN cLARKS-
BURG AND VICINITY AND FAC
TORIES WILL CONTINUE TO COME.
MAxwELL's BILL TO PROTECT OUR
WEALTH OF NATURAL GAS
SHOULD BE SUPPORTED BY ALL.
Thomas G. Brady, Promoter of the Big
Gas Convention, Gives His vi.ws
Upon West virginia's Gas in Inter
esting Communication.
Editors Telegram.

esting Communication.
Editors Telegram.
Admitting the receipt of your favor
of the 10Th, in my opinion the combin-
ing of the gas companies has had bad
effect for the present on locating new
industries in our community, but it
should not nave qbeen as far-reaching
as it has, nor it would not have been.
but for tine assistance of the press of
some of the sister villages twhom we
should annex under a general charter
of Greater Carksburg.) They have
been particular to publish the fact that
gas has been advanced over so per cent.
but the fact yet remains That industries
locating in East Clarksburg still enjoy
four cent gas and will for four years.
but this is not all. We have plenty Of
land on wnich mills can be located and
gas secured ut four cents so long rs It
is produced in this community and
judging the future by the past there !,
good long life ahead of it, Clarksburg
will be the glass centre of the country
in five years. The fuel and sand are to
be had cheaper here tnan any point in
the country. Let me give you the fig.
ures to prove it.
Clarksburg ...... Gas &c. Sand, $500
per Ton, F. o. d. factory
Ballaire, o, $3.50. Gas lie. Sand 2.55
Washington, Pa. Gas l2c. sand PSI
Charleroia, Pa. .. Gas l5c. Sand Isl
Pittsburg. Pa. j. Gas l5c Sand o.sl
Elwood City, Pa. Gas Ice Sand 2.sl
We have tine same rates of freight
that all the plants do East and ma.
jority of them West.
Tne day for tna bonus hunter is past.
He, like Sequard's Elixir OF Life. has
had his day. And now comes the steady
calculating business concerns. They
have known for two or three years that
their gas was waning but then men
owned their homes which were in fair
repair and they could not afford to leave
them and go to towns where rents,
were excessive and living so 1lign, while
at the same time they were not exptnd-
ing anything on repair so that when
the moving day came they would not be
compelled to leave so much behind.
Every year makes the moving Of tines,
people to the "Fuel City of the Fuel
State" more certain. Now this being a
fact, what should thu people of West
Virginia in general and tine citizens Of
lClarksburg and the Monongahela valley
in particular dog In my opinion they
lsnouli join hands and move on Charles
ton and back our representative, Hon.
iHaymonl Maxwell. in his move to pro-
tact our Wealth of Natural Gas" ii,
Is there and in earnest. and every county
in the state should be asked to urr
their representative to support Mr. Max
wells bill. which will be presented with
care and due consideration for all.
Mr.. Maxwell is not an extremist and
any measure he goes back OF will b.
worthy Of consideration. 10 will be n
West Virginia measure for West yir.
ginia's protection. Pass it and the fu-
tsre of West Virginia is assured. and
the Fuel City viii receive its full share
of the benefits. 1t won't make any diff
ference whose property gets the next
industry, there win be plenty to 90
around and some to spare. But the
most important thing is to keep our
gas and to do this every person in the
community should nelp. That the big
Corporations will fight the measure with
money and corruption goes without say
ing and men whom the people Of tails
state have intrusted with hign Offices
Twill be there as common nirelings 10
defeat the viii of the people, and they
viii do it if tine people of the state do
not take a hand in the matter.
Pass the bill as Mr.. Maxwell intro.
duces it and the future of West vir.
lginia is as sure as tomorrow's sun. De.
feat il and we will simply get wat
lslops over from tine overcrowded manu-
featuring districts.
A manufacturer recently said TO me,
in reply to my presentation of the
claims Of the Monongahela valley in
general AMI Clarksburg in particular:
Mr.. Brady, 50 long as ] can buy West
Virginia gas at u cents al my mill. al
ready in operation, I'll not move to your
state 1t viii be time enough to build
a new min When we know tnc gas is
going 10 leave Us or b. advanced beyond
what We consider fair price How
much more can you stand4" asked
it, about to the limit wa Inc re-
ply.
With proper safeguards tnrowr
around our gas, as Mr.. Maxwell Prcposs:
the limit will be past AMI the migration
Of the desirable manufacturer win com
mcnee and tne Fuel City of the Fue
ISta4a ain ,,.4 -. f,It .L,we T,af,z Al