The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-05-10
A THRIVING CITY WITH
GREAT POSSIBILITIES
HAsTy REVIEW OF OUR PRINCIPAL INDUSTRIES AND RE.
souRcEs-soME FACTS AND FIGURES WORTHY OF
CAREFUL STUDY AND CONSIDERATION. 3
MANY POINTS OF INTEREST WHICH AVERAGE CITIZEN HAS
NEVER STOPPED ITO CONSIDER in CONNECTION
WITH THE clTVs FUTURE s5
pecIalty of mining machin.

mates a specially Of mining machin,
cry and employs sixty men.
The Monongah Glass Company, In.
corporated 1904, with a capital stock
OF s1OO,O0O.oo, manufactures .tum.
blers. The company now employs 100
men, and is making arrangements to
double Its capacity.
The Miller.Clark Grain Company
was organized about three years ago.
It was burned to the ground in 1901,
but has been rebuilt. It is capitalizol
at slOo,Ooo.Oo. It employs about a
dozen men. It's freight amounts TO
100000. 5a
The Dlckerson Building Supply
Company, incorporated 1901, with a
capital stock Of s5O,O0Oo0, employs
25 men. They deal in lumber and
building materials.
Fairmont Brewing Company was
incorporated in 1898 with a capital
stock Of s2OO,o0o.OO, employs 35 men,
Its afreight amounts to 100000
monthly.
The Sprinkle Planning Mill Com.
pany has employed a half dozen men
during the past year.
The Mountain City Stove & Foun.
dry Works employs Is men, The
company manufactures gas heating
stoves. II
The plant Of the National Glass
Company, through consolidation has
not begun operations.
The Grown Window Glass Com.
pany manufactures window glass, and
ships one car per week.
Johns Brothers Glass Company
makes specially Of bottles, and en-.
ploys about SO boys and 60 men.
Lilly Cement Company, furnishers
Of cement, paints, and building mate.
rials. s... K .s,3 &is5
Donally Machine Shops make spe-
clalty Of oil well supplies, and heavy
forgings.
= Hammond Fire Brick Company,
with a capital stock OF s175,0O0.0O,
employs IS men. Manufacturers Of
paving brick and fire brick, with an
annual output of S,OOO,OOO. II
Fairmont Wall Plaster Company,
with capital Of s25,0OO.OO, manufac.
lures wall plaster and cement blocks,
and employs IS men.
Fairmont Steel Company, capital.
lied with s1oO,oOo.Oo, will soon be
ready for operation. The company
will produce light steel rails, and EN-.
ploys so men. II
The Helmick Foundry Machine
Company, with capital stock Of s12,.
10000, employs from 50 to so: men,
manufacturing coal mining equip
ments. Their freight amounts to s10,.
h d. H 7
10000 per year.
The Safety Check Hook Company
manufactures checks for hats, coats
and mining cars. 1t is capitalized at
$25. 100000, and employs 10 men.
The Aultman Pump Works, with a
capital stock Of s25.OoO.Oo, manufac.
turers of all Kinds Of pumps, and emf
ploys 15 men.
The cigar manufacturers are Clyde
s. Holt, who employs 20 men, and
Brady Summers, who employs 20
men. They produce monthly output
OF about one-half million.
Wholesale Houses. Il
Among the Wholesale houses in
Fairmont Is the West Virginia Gro.
cery Company, which has one OF the
largest and best equipped houses in
the country. It employs s5 men, with
freight business Of 135 cars.
John P. Hart Produce Company
employs four men ! with a capital
stock Of s5,ooO.OO, and a. tonnage Of
five cars per month. 1 VI
"a; w. Q. Reese Produce Company en-.
ploys four men and has Il a monthly:
freightage Of 500 dollars. y
Nj 9 !. 4 Corbin ~ sSon, ;who olesale gro
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