The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-03-16
Through One of Its Publica-
lions Known as the Tel
ephone News.


He'll Telephone Company Of Pennsyl-
yania and associated companies, con
tains an attractive and interesting
article on the subject, 'Clarksburg,"
OF the city, its advantages as manu-
Y the city its advantages as manu-
featuring site, its surrounding re-
sources of fuel and timber, mention
Of few of the larger buildings, and
historic associations, accompanied by
number of cuts showing views of
the city and its skyscrapers.
Mention is also made of the lot,
IS by 95 feet, part of the Howell
property on West Main street, which
the company has purchased and on
which building is soon TO be erect
ed for the use of the clarksburg
plant, traffic and commercial depart
ments,
Besides other interesting features
the magazine contains an extract
from lecture on the subject, "The
Wonders OF the Telephone Business"
delivered at Pittsourg by Herbert n.
Casson, author Of THE History of
The Telephone"
Here is what the Telephone News
says about Clarksburg:
Clarksburg, w. Va, lies on the from
tier Of the territory of the Bell Tele-
phone Company of Pennsylvania and
Associated Companies. According to
the census, Clarksburg has about
5000 inhabitants, whose houses are
scattered among gas wells and coal
mines. A visit TO the city brings out
a different story. To begin with, it
is said that within one and one-third
miles OF the Clarksburg court house
at least $4,000 people are living. The
secretary of the Clarksburg Board of
Trade backed up this statement by
saying that 1t has been fifty years
since the corporate limits of the city
have been enlarged. In the mean
time not less than % boroughs and
additions have been laid out and de-
veloped. 1t is largcIy in these adj
diticns that the bulk of the popula-
ton lives. The size of the town is
indeed striking, but no more so than
the enthusiasm of the townspeople.
That Clarksburg is experiencing an
extremely rapid expansion anyone
who has seen the city must admit.
In order to be come convinced of the
permanency OF this growth one has
simply to ask few questions of the
first real business man he encounters.
If cheap fuel has anything to do
with the atttactiveness of locality
in the eyes of the manufacturer, then
nothing can step scores of concerns
from choosing Clarksburg as per-
manent home. Every day more than
one billion feet of natural gas arises
from the wells within 25-mile ra-
dius OF Clarksburg. The gas is sold
to manufacturers at the rate of four
cents thousand feet. This is equiv
alent to selling ccal at scyenty-fve
cents ton. The fsSIn near Clarks-
burg that lacks its own gas well is an
exception. In fact, gas wells are as
common to the farms of Harrison
county as are rain barrels to the
residents of other ruraf communi
ties. This section leads the world in
the amount CT natural gas produced.
Last year more than fifty million
tons OF coal were mined in West Nir-
ginia. And Clarksburg is the center
OF these coal fields There are more
than 100 coal mines. now in actual
operation in the Clarksburg neigh
borhood. These mines are within a
25-mile radius of Clarksburg, and it
has been estimated that $4,000 acres
of coal lie in this tract, awaiting the
miners drill.
Millions of acres of woodland, also,
are awaiting development. At present
lumber is being taken to distant
cities, made into furniture and sold.
Sometimes this furniture finds its
way back to Clarksburg. why
doesn't some one start furniture
factory here?" said member Of the
Clarkshurg Board of Trade not long
ago. We need one badly and the
right kind of promoters wouldn't
have to hunt very far for capital"
So it can be readily seon that
Clarksburg has unusual advantages
in the way of natural resources. But
it also has unusual advantages in the
way Of citizens who have faith in the
town and are investing their money
with the firm conviction that the city
has a remarkable future.
The Gofr building named after this
Clarksburg citizen who built it. is the
most striking office structure in West
Virginia. Ii was opened just a fcW
daVs ago and is ms fine in accommo