The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-18


Glass Company, one OF the recently
located Industries here, viii be ready
for operation about the middle OF
September. 1t win employ 100 hands
and VIII exclusively manufacture
tiint glass bottles and milk jars. The
Hazei-Atlas Company. With some 400
hands, Is manufacturing glass tumb-
lers, Jelly glasses, etc.
In addition to these Industries
there are roller -four mills grinding
spring and winter wheat, all OF them
very prosperous and one having a
capacity OF zoo barrels day. Mi
nor industries include wagon
maker four brick factories. and mis-
ceIlaneous industries of all kinds
usually found in cities OF this size.
Here are also the repair shops OF the
South Penn OIL Company, which arc
on an extensive scale and employ $50
men.
The only unfavorable comment r,
have ever heard made regarding
Clarksburg and its possibilities for q
very large development as a manv-
featuring center was based on a pos
slble scarcity OF water In this con-
nection a report on the condition OF
water supply for clarksburg may be
OF interest, and an extract follows,
the report having been made TO the
Clarksburg Board of Trade ~ John
w. Hill & Sons. consulting engineers,
under date or January 5, 1907:
assuming from the rain fall sta
tistics, from the nearest weather bu-
rtau stations, that the minimum rain
fail will not be less than "a inches per
year, and at least so per cent. of run
off to the stream will occur the total
available run-off Gall OF which, less
evaporation and leakage from inn
pounding reservoirs. might be utilized
II really found necessary, to maintain
the city water supply will reach SO.
| ESQ, 100000 gallons. This stream
flow. IL conserved. will represent
nearly sixty times the estimated year
! ly consumption, based on pOpula-
ton using water at the rate of 125
gallons per capita per day.6a'j!i IA
statistics recently gathered, 5fqr
other purposes. showing the mini
mum stream flow of smaller streams
on the Ohio river water shed for nine
months of the year. indicate that
least stream flow for this period OF
time seldom falls below Is cubic feet
per minute per square mile of water
shed. Applying this factor to the
water shed OF the West Fork above
Clarksburg, shows that for nine
months of the year the stream flow
should not be less than 100000
gallons per day, or fifteen times the
average estimated for consumption,
based on $4,000 population.
A bond issue has been authorized
by the legislature of West Virginia to
give increased water supply to
Clarksburg, and no doubt Is enter
tanned that the city will be able to
keep ahead of all possible demands.
The people here have unbounded
faith in very large industrial de-
velopment, and with the abundant
natural resources at hand there GER
tainly seems to be ample justification
for their faith. 1t is stated that TO-
600 car loads of lumber were hauled
through Clarksburg last year While
there has been development along
many lines of manufacture, almost
nothing has been attempted in the
way of furniture manufacture and
other woodworking. The close prox-
unity to Clarksburg of vast forests OF
hardwood would suggest that newt
ably there must be large woodwork
ing industry developed here.
In addition to native workmen
there are many kinds of foreigners
Huns. Italians, French, Germans. etc.
and the statement is made THAI
outsiders find Clarksburg conditions
very satisfactory, and labor is con-
sequently contented.
The banks of Clarksburg have re-
sources of nearly $7,0OO,0OO. and
they are credited with being very lib
eral ntheir accommodations to bust
ness men.
To the visitor and traveller the ex-
ccllent Hotel Waldo at Clarksburg is |
a surprise and a delight. For the
ground it covers there is said to be
nothing finer in the hotel line in the
United States. Judge Nathan Gofr, !
who has been very successful in his
coal. oil and gas investments here,
spent 100000 on the erection of this
hotel. which he put up purely as a
matter of local pride.