The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-06-02
BOARD 0F TRADE
Go iEom e .

he gave me to understand that the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com,
pany was exceedingly Interested In
CIarksburg and its development,
ana that it was giving 1t more at
teEtion than any point on the line.
as II recognizes the great possible
ties that exist at this point for fu-
ture development.'
Wei Advertised.
A. X. Thorn, chairman of the
boards committee on publicity, sta
tlstics and press. submitted the fol-
lowing report:
Your committee on publicity,
statistics and press begs leave to re-
port that the recent census completed
by the United states government
placed our population at nearly 1o,-
600 within the corporate limits OF
the city
I'VE arc informed by the census
department that the population Of
Greater Clarksburg including Gras-
SELF, Industrial. Broad Oaks, Alta
Vista, stealey Heights, Adamston,
Northv!ew and other nearby suburbs
will total nearly 2i2. 900.
This is a remarkable gain over
the census OF 1900, and it speaks
well for the splendid advertising
given by the board of trade.
Your committee desires to ex-
press its gratitude to the Daily Tel
egram and the Daily Exponent for
the able editorials and news items
describing the advantages of Clarks-
burg.
'sWithout the earnest cooperation
on the part of the press of the city,
the board of trade could not have
made the progress that has charac-
terized Its efforts since organizing.
More Buildings Needed.
f. L. Burdette, superintendent of
the city schools. and chairman Of
the boards committee on ed
ucatIon, made the following
report concerning educational prog
ress and conditions in the city:
.~The work of the schools in thel
city and district of Clarksburg dur
ing the last year has been up to the
usual standard. due to the untirins
efforts of a trained corps OIL
teachers and the constant support
and encouragement OF an interested
school board.
you viii agree that the best of
new things, and complete aceommo-
datfon and equipment for schools
usually follow an awakening in busi-
ness and prosperity. This has been
and is now true in CIarksburg. 1t
has not been possible to make avail
able the resources of the city and
district as rapidly as the increase OF
popuIation and broader scope for
schools demand.
Ten years ago there were 1866
youth of school age in the district
In March of the year 1911, there
were 1895. an increase of 1881 in
ten years. The year following any
years enumeration, about eighty
per cent OF the youth numbered is
in attendance in the schools. Ac-
cording to that reckoning, there
should be 2 ,7s6 pupils in attendance
in the schools next year, for whose
instruction eighty teachers would
be needed, allowing thirty-fve TO
each teacher. The yedr just past
there were 2,4OO pupils in attend
ance, out of an enumeration OF I'll
943, as shown in March, 1910. For
the instruction of these 2,4Oo0 pupils
sixty-six teachers were employed.
THE school district of Clarksburg
owns eight buildings, in which are
only forty-seven rooms. In these
forty-seven rooms there were about
1880 children In attendance dur
ing the year, or an average of forty
to the room. The average per room
should not exceed thirty, or ten less
than were actually in attendance
or 40 pupils more than should have
been assigned in all the regular
buildings.
.In addition to the forty-seven
rooms in the buildings named, nine
teen other rooms were either rented
or improYlsed in offices, ETC., as
school buildings. in Which were as
signed 519 other pupils. In all
there were $50 more pupils in at
tendance than the regular buildings
should accommodate. The coming
year will surely increase that at
tendance by several hundred. while
at present there is no definite plan
for relief statutory limitations on
levies, the delay till October OF Mo-
col