The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-09-27
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I SECTION
Is Issued BY Fairmont and
Clarksbnrg Traction
Company.

zion through which It trayerseat the
Fairmont & Clarhsburg Traction Co..
has issued an Industrial folder, copies
OF which are intended for those inter
ested In lthe growth Of this section
Of the state,
Unlike the usual publications made
By transportation companies. the fol-
der IS not intended to enhance the
business Of the concern. While It CON
tains maps and pictures Of the road.
1t does not even contain the schedule
Of cars that are operated daily by the,
company, The folder is not intended
for general circulation among those
who are merely travellers, but will be
circulated among the business inter-
'ests Of the section
From standpoint of beauty. there
has nothing been seen In this sec
don that compares With the publica-
tion. Handsomely Illustrated by re-
productions OF photographs taken BY
ofHcials and attaches OF the company,
it contains number of we'll printed
pages while the middle section is TAX
en- up with fine map in coIors show
ing the sections reached by the lines
OF the company. Ten Thousand copies
at cost OF thirteen cents each have
been. purchased and viii be ready for
distribution within few days.
The new folder issa piece Of public
utility advertising that Is at once a
thing of beauty and a volume OF use,
fitness to the wfdeawake who cares
to inform himself OF the splendid pos
sfbilfties Of the future linked to the
past achievement OF the Upper Mo
nongahela valley It IS one thing to,
boost your own business, as railroad
booklets are designed to do. but it is
quite another thing to boost, and boost
and boost, until everybody gets lift.
This is the impression made for this
work Of art, ana utility, It gives a
history of traction beginnings. prog
ress and present status. and It sug-
gests future. ramt ions of the, Fair
mont & CIarksburg Electric System.
The Typography Of the booklet is
fine and the illustrations wen chosen
and we'll. executed. The cover page
IS adorned by a landscape showing
section OF track and the suspension
foot bridge at vfropa. On this out
side also are cuts of the National
Carbon Company's works at Grassellt
and the Phillips Sheet and Tin Plate
works at Clarksburg. When you open
the folder there at the top of the
three columns of interesting matter
is a bIrd's-eye view OF Fairmont, new,
fresh and up-to-date. taken from the
north and showing the Watson build
ing ut the stage of construction when
the steel frame is complete. This
page shows also the same building
as 1t will be when completed, shaft
mine, an oil we'll derrick. and the Ma
rion county court house.
The next page shows the Fairmont
Farms, the New England mine and the
covered bridge. the Traction Com
pany's central mower plant, and a
"yiew on the river" The next page
has a beautiful picture OF Anderson
Bend" and an equally good showing
OF ':Monongah, looking NORTH while
over in the lower right hand corner
nestles Traction Park" and Gypsy
mine" On the two inside pages is
a TelleL map OIL SAA9 NaAASS - SHAA 49,
Vile to Weston showing graphic IL
illustration OF tho location Of Fairmont
and Clarksburg, Manpington and Wes-
ton, and every village on the West
Fork river and Buffalo creek. And
it shows every tributary to those
streams. A most complete map. Turn
ing a leaf you see "Maulsby Bridge"
the Cooke ovens and bird's-eye Wis
'on OF Bridgeport Here also are two
OF the buildings Of which Clarksburg
is proud, the new "Gofr building and
the empire building" The head Of
the next page is ''Bird's-Eye View Of
'Clarksburg," with Hotel Waldo"
"Graaseln Chemical Works" and a
"Coaling station" under this far
reaching landscape Of the up-rlver
city and its environs.
The descriptive and historic matter
is worthy of preservation with the Il
Illustrations. for the use Of the histors
ian who will be called upon in after
years to record the progress OF this
section and to accord to this eorpor-
alton the Just commentator for the,
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