The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-09-13

plies. Jane Lew is a wide awake
place and Is another oil and gas cen
ter, Service TO these points has al
ready been established and the peo-
rle are patropiEing the new road in a
fine manner.
There are at least twelve mines on
this line and electric cars are operat-
cd under the tipples of two of them:
There are several factories chief Of
which is the Owens glass plant near
Clarksburg. This factory that is in
the course Of construction and looks
like twin to the Owens Bottle plant
in the First ward Of Fairmont only
the walls OF the Clarksburg plant are
being constructed out of brick. There
is one change In the line that will be
made at this point and that is the
bridge constructed by the traction
company having strain Of $4,000
pounds to an axle will be supplanted
by a bridge which is now ready to
swing into place built by the Owens
people with strain Of 10000
pounds to the axle. The Owens peo-
Pile did this so that they will be able
to shift their steam cars themselves.
There are good farms all along the
Clarksburg and Weston line where
agricultural products are produced III
great quantities. The people are
thrifty and their homes show it. Here
vast herds Of cattle are raised and at
this time the farmers are getting
eight cents pound live weight for
four year old steers that are being
bought up and exported to England
us choice beef cattle. Smaller pro-
duce from these farms will be ship
ped to market over the express cars
that will be operated.
The Clarksburg Country club is
out this road about six miles from
the city. Here handsome tennis
courts bave been installed and excel
lent golf links have been completed.
The grounds are fine and the con-
tract has been let for a first class
club house to be completed within
the next 100 days. Work on this
structure will be started just as soon
as the materials can be assembled.
This when completed will be one Of
the best Country club plants in West
Virginia.
jackson Race Track.
In the broad meadow to the right
of Jane Lew where the line passes is
where the Jackson race track was
located. Here Stonewall or Tom
Jackson as he was known with his
cousins Blackwell, James and Isaac
Jackson, used to race their horses
round the oval. The great military
genius on that old race track in the
early years of his life displayed won
derful traits OF expert Workmanship
which was marked in after years in
his dashing brilliant and distinguish
ed career.
A place Of historic interest is Jack
sons Mill on the West Fork river six
miles below Weston. Here is where
Stonewall jackson was reared. He
lived with his Uncle Cummins Jack
son until the age of eighteen when
he entered West Point and later
graduated from that institution in
the class with Gen. George B. McClel.
land. This was a famous place for
fishing and hundreds of farmers had
their grain ground at this mill which
is still standing. The county court
of Lewis county has let the contract
for county bridge to be erected at
this point which will connect that
part of the county with the trolley
line.
The old Weston fair grounds have
gone down but there are the ear
marks Of that institution where
many vast crowds assembled to sec
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