The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-11-15
Owners and NNoI g
Very Short Time
Three Pears
ALMOST 4.819 ZEE
Reside IN tie ElTiv
of Weirton So
Sprung Up ii te

SpTuIlS vi IA H9ls9tS.
In a recent ContEl b6t{1R To-
Western Trade Press
norman, an Ohio Eete
industrial subjects, sas
Of Wierton. the home q t
Sheet and Tin Plate
during the last two
d0striaI progress oG bes
valley has been sgreltlE
by development q the
city of WeIrton rev mile
New Cumberland, ancc
w. va. A visit to VgtertDl
it is advancing steadily
own particular line
Many fine brick bu{l ding sC.El
erected and already. the st1I
pare favorabIy With those
cities. streets haze an hle
and a consignment ct 800
Norway maple are bein
along the princiY b
The Norway maple hrs 5e
because 1t constltutes
for city use. I'll les 1p-e
disease than most
while not so rapid Of GE9,
poplar. it's roots do. not
the dertiment ofpaTinl cur
underground pipes ana eQEll.
addition, It retains II
longer period a the HAl-
be dimcuTt indeed 70 Gllae -
beautiful site for tgglIl
one occupied BY Werton-
above the river q.
by food that menaee1 most
along the Ohio valley, t.e g g
slope Of the adjacent valley q
a natural drainage eQnetf tuttns
best insurance OF health Tor citizens
The principal lad ustrys5 IS the
ufacture OF tin plate. The IN. ili
founded the town. naming It IN hons
founded the town, naming Il I, natQ12
or of the president. 3 r. Webs
excellent Geopa p7hicul lQ
bringing to the very door Oe the
an abundant supply Of coal a q.
at low figure with fatE r tiroel
cilities, is bound 70 grow.
have already been made for 3 ne
mill Manufacturing cold rolled .lEiI
steel This viii aRord epaploys
iveshrdluocnor nam a11aroEn Q
for 500 men. There e o41o- g.
tive operation q can factorZ
phelps Company. RUmor bG
that a porcelain works and seg
other industries are seeking 1eae
tions.
From a corn field to to5nsQ
nearly 4 900 Inhabitants In
years is a record seldom
cept by the boom or mu5liEd
settlements OF the West. Ye1te3
is not a boom. town, but. per1l.s.- ....ss
and conservative little city
electric lights, gas. EateEs
age, an industrial plant emp
500 people who draw sala1aes.
gregating $50, 600 every two
Churches of di&erent demo
house are am6ne daonaomoa =
tons, a bank aud a large mots4
school house are among the
lures. The little city seems to
ahead of it a future that VIII eolles
day see the comparison OF the
values of its ono time corn deld y5s
that of its city lots and SHOW -
a. dlheEenCl3CtOn as eO4tAg "a
estate histories Of the big
dictate in figures that seem
increditable 70 the average ots9..
one of the best signs - the 4a4g2
number Of vForkingmen who are bNs.s
ing their own homes.
nai-ialt mfwypa mfWayP am
WeIrtOn is picturesque
town. Architects, j4ateat g.
ing lines extnnt In most Mil
Of building row after row Of l1o1
all alike and Of disagreeable
ness that creates monotouy an
makes the landscape nnsiG =
the eye, have ingta3ed intes
house an individuality Of H. g
THESE homes Stand back
sidewalk and have graE p.qe7 a
front. The Pttaips Sheet
Plate Company oilers -caaA
Tor the best Kept ln.ygn5s ana g.1's 4
to stlmuIate ci5tc pride
eight trains day In. ana '9Q
Weirton and D branch o
STATE railway tad 1lectIlc Gems
! pany, having ia present teEE1ire.lslt