The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-31
LARKSBURG'S GROWTH
lis UNPREGEDENE

| Few people realize the S(aet that.
the past year was the most Spspcr-
Gus period in the history Of ClSslss-
Ibnrg. In every line Of activity M
have gone to high water mark.
Never before have VIZ had 50 nianv
men employed at such satisfactory
salaries.
Every travelling man You meet will
tell YOU that Clarksbrg is BY I'll!
odds one Of the best cities Of lis
Size in the entire country. Tie
payrolls Of The mines located in .tHc
city's suburbs, with their principil
business offices in Clarksburg wIaen
they are running as they have bcc,.
recently amounts to about Use ,O0O,-
900 1.-TWO millions of dollars alI-
Inually.
Recently Mr.. Anthony Bowen aul
some other business men made i
rough estimate Of the amount OF
money paid out now annually vt
Clarksburg for wages, expenses ana
material and a conservative estimate
Iput the amount ut four and u half
millions Of dollars annually. just
think Of thatl OVER THIRTEEN
THOUSAND DOLLARS A DAY
FOR EVERY WORKING DAY
AND MORE THAN $1,5oo
EVERY WORKING HOUR IN
THE YEAR.
Render, you are astonished. You
say is il possible? CertainlgFit Is
possible. Figure it up Yourself
Begin with two millions Of dollars
for the coal industry and then taEt
mp other lines. The tinplate will
soon be paying out at the rate Of
fifty thousand dollars a month. 1t
lis very close that now counting
everything they pay out
We have six large glass factories.
the estimate on which is not exactly
known, but it is Thousands aud
thousands Of dollars every month.
Take the vast payrolls at Grasse!li.--
Industrial, Adamston. NortJlviuw
and other places adjacent. How
about our great wholesale houses and
their payrolls? The railroad ton
mage handled at Clarksburg, the
freight reseipts, and the sale Of
tickets leads every other city be-
tween Washington and Cincinnati.
The growth Of Clarksburg's banks
Is without precedent in her his
tory or a parallel in the whole
country. Do you know that a year
ago last June tile report of tie
Comptroller of the Currency show
ed that the aggregate resources or
assets Of the seven banks of Clarks-
burg amounted to $l,331,5S4. At
Ithe beginning of the year 1906 the
combined resources Of these banks
reached the tremendous sum of
So, 100000. In that short space Of
time the money in our banks u
creased over ONE MILLION OF
DOLLARS.
Recently the thriving city Of Fair.
mont boosted in the public prcsa
that she was the best city iii tcnl
itral West Virginia and 10 prove glsiS
II was stated that the sale Of stamps
Iat the Fairmont postoffice for lass
year exceeded 100000. But Clarkss
burg went far ahead Of her and sold
over twenty hundred dollars more
passage stamps in the same time
than Fairmont.
Our hotels are not only the best
IN the State, but the receipts III
Clarksburg hotels last year went faf
ahead OF any other year in her hiss
tory
What does this mean?
In a few more weeks we will have
fEanmont connected BY electric cars.
! The great South Penn oil cola-
pany has acquired the land and +
ltringlng all its material manufae.
turing interests to Clarksburg, Ii
i said that Judge Goff has some
thing up his sleeve and will soon
announce the coming Of one Of tnc
largest wage-paying concerns Of the
manufacturing world to BE located
permanently at Clarksburg
The Telegram is heart and sol'l
for all these things. 1t welcomes
them with open arms. Nothing
lean stop Clarksburg but the mistakes
Iof her own people.
| Our entire bonded and floating
debt is only S123,00C With tbs
1--WE have paved miles of streets, built
a crematory, improved the water
works, severed the city, increasN'
1.-THE efficiency Of the fire department
land AIDED many Improvements
|0mr debt for all this sis $133,0O0,
while our prosperous, btlt8at nearly
.Iso wealthy sister city ofs-TairmorIt
Ihas a debt Of about 100000.
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