The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-06-08
For the Year as Shown by the
Reports Made at Annual
Meeting.
DIRECTORS ELECTED
Election of Officers to Serve
This Year VIII Be Held
Tonight.


tie Waldo hotel five directors were
elected. namely, Burton NJ. Des.
pard, John Koblegard, Lynn S. Hor-
nor, c. V. Erdmann and George D.
Chorpening to serve the next three
years, The hold-over members Of
the board are W. Y Courtwright, J..
NJ. Francois, c. H. Harding, Virgil
L. Highland, John B. Hart, Robert
Morris. L. K. Richards, H. e.
Travis, James NJ. White and Charles
u. Alexander.
President Virgil L. Highland pre-.
sided aud Charles E. Lamberd, sec
rotary, kept the minutes. The re-
ports were interesting and optimistic
and the meeting was earnest and
quite harmonious.
secrctary's Report.
Secretary Charles E. Lamberd
presented the following splendid
report:
we have been fortunate in Sc
curing for our city during the last
year another factory, the Mountain
Window Glass factory, formerly sit
uated at Coudersport. Pa. This
plant is now being removed to our
city, and will be situated at Hart
land on the West Virginia and Pitts
burg branch of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad. They will employ
from $50 to 300 men, all OF whom
will be brought TO this city, and
this should mean, speaking consery-
atively, and allowing three to a
family, at least $50 new inhabit-
ants for Clarksburg.
lin securing this plant for Clarks-
burg, we also secured for present
manufacturers who are now located
on that line, and others who will
locate there in the future, better
freight rates, as we have had this
included in the yard limits OF
Clarksburg.
at is very important that our
capitalists build homes at Hartland
and on adjacent property for these
families that will be here Septem-
her /. l am advised that at least
100 new homes will be necessary to
accommodate these families.
Negotiations are now in progress
for the removal of steel
plant employing $500 men.
Negotiations are also in prog
ress for the establishment OF
another plant. The question of fac
tory sites has been solved to a great
extent by Judge Golf, who has placed
upon the market 400 acres of his
Oak Mound farm.
THE industrial situation for the
coming year looks brighter than for
several years The Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company recently
purchased thirteen acres lying north
of its present tracks, which is being
graded and put into condition for an
extension OF its yards to enable it to
handle with greater despatch it's fast
growing business at this point. 1t
will replace the light engine which
is now being used for switching pur-
poses on the Weston branch with
one of its new and heavy engines,
in order that all freight at Hart
land and vicinity can be handled
with despatch.
In conference with Mr.. Thomp-
son, general manager OF the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company,
he gave me to understand that the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com.
pany vas exceedingly interested in
CIarkiourg and its development,
and that it was giving it more at
tehtion than any point on the line,
as it recognizes the great POSSIBLE
tiles that exist at this point for flu
ture development"
Well Advertised.
A. X. Thorn, chairman of the
boards committee on publicity, sta
tistics 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 TO-
600 within the corporate limits OF
the city,
We arc informed by the census
department that the population of
, Greater clarksburg including Gras-
selli' Industrial. Broad oaks, Alta
Vista SteaIey Heights, Adamston.
Northview and other nearby suburbs
will total nearly 90, 900.
This Is remarkable gain over
the census Of 1900, and it speaks