Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-03-19
BRICK FACTORY
IS NOT A MYTH
Company Organized Here Today
With C, G. Cushwa President.
PLANT AT NORTH MOUNTAIN

$4,000 Already Subscribed BY For.
eisn capiataIists-Pttsburg Con.
t~ractoar Takes Entire Output of
Plant For Five Years-Stock Sell.
ing at SIS a Share and None to BIZ
Given Away As Honus-cieveIand
Firm VIII Erect Plant.
From The World OF Monday:
The stockholders of the ALBANIAN
tine Clay Products Company held n
meeting this afternoon at 2 o'clock In
the law Office of f. Vernon Aler, Mr.
C. G.. Cushwa presiding.
First, the proposition OF the Inter,
national Construction Company, OF
Cleveland, o., for the completion Of
the brick plant at North Mountain,
seven miles northwest of Martinsburg
at a cost Of SOC. 1855 was accepted
This covers the entire cost of the
land. equipment OF the plant, railroad
siding water reservoir, etc, ready
for operation.
The contract of James NJ. Porter,
OF P%ittsburg. was also accepted to
take the entire output of the plan
for a period of five years with the
privilege of five more, Mr.. Porter di
recting the company to frame the con
tract in such written form as they
might desire and agreeing to meet all
reasonable stipulations in 1t. Mr..
Porter takes the product at a fixed
price that will guarantee a large per-
centage of profit to the stockholders.
The International Construction
Company submitted plans for the
brick plant, through their representa-
tive from Pfttsburg. who has been in
this city for several days, and which
plans were adopted.
Bylaws were adopted and other de-
tails attended to at the meeting.
The stockholders then elected the
following board of directors G. G..
Cushwa. A. d. Darby, f. Vernon Aler.
J. Frank Thompson and II. H. Hess,
Mar'insburg; C. w. Hess and r. Ham.
mersla, North Mountain; s. l.. Dodd,
Hedgesville: John p. Kearfott, Kearn-
eysville; James M. Porter, Pittsburg,
1t was decided that the president OF
the company, TO be elected. should
sign and execute the several con-
tracts alluded 10.
1t was also agreed that in order to
-ns.x a1na, tho ,narD ntiaEIU thn
stock of the company should be sold
at SIS per share. par value 500, the
same to be paid within the next 80
days, so that the brick plant may be
completed as soon as possible to fill
pressing orders Of Mr.. Porter who
wants 1000, 900 paving bricks as soon
as he can get them.
officers Elected.
The directors then elected the fol-
lowing officers of the A~damantine
Clay Products Company:
President-C. G.. Cushwa.
Vice Presidents. l.. Dodd.
Secretary and Treasurer-A. D..
Darby.
A1DDTltyTH fClHOH Att.
Engineer-H. II. Hess.
A committee, consisting of G. g.
Cushwa. C. w. Hess, s.. l.. Dodd, J..
Frank Thompson and F.. Vernon Aler,
was appointed to take up the work
with the International Construction
Company and see to 1t that the plans
Of constructing the plant are properly
carried out.
At this meeting 500 900 of the capt.
tai 9 ork of the company was sub
scribed and signed up by foreign capt
talists. 1t is confidently believed that
nv lccal parties in the next few days.
Stock can be had from any OF the
local stockholders herr. and as Ii bids
fair 20 be a first class investment
/; here should be no difficulty about
selling II. It must be understood that
not a dollars worth of stock is to be
given away as a bonus to anyone.
Even the Drifting and Robbins lands
at North Mountain were ought by
this company at option prices, Every
thing Is 0 be done in a straightfor-
wsra nd business-like tanner. The
company starts out under the most
iattcring conditions, while the bust
ness g anding OF the officers and di-
rectors Of he company inspires cor
.fderee in the enterprise and assures
its success.
AZ tod before in this paper the
brick plant is TO be in operation by
- : of June, with a daily capac-
~ ~ something like 200, 600 paving
br'cks and the work OF construction
will begin shortly.
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