The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-09-15

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rail will be used in the city OF Wes-.
ton.
Small Towns Between.
There are several small towns be-
tween clarksburg and Weston that
win contribute a great deal of sup
port to this line. Among these is
Interstate, where the first substauon
is located. Lost Greek is an oil and
gas center that is fast building. 1t
Is a distributive point for well sup
plies. Jane Lew is wide awake
place and is another oil and gas CEN
ter. Service to these points has al
ready been established and the peo-
pie are patronizing the new road in a
fine manner.
There are at least twelve mines on
this line and electric cars are operat-
ed under the tlpples 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 a strain of $4,000
pounds to an axle will be supplanted
by bridge which Is now ready to
swing into place built by the Owens
people With a strain of 10000
pounds to the axle. The Owens peo-
pie 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 in
great quantities. The people are
thrifty and their homes show 1t. Here
,ast herds Of cattle are rasied and at
his time the farmers are getting
eight cents pound live weight for
four year old steers that are being
bought up and exported to England
as choice beef cattle. Smaller pro-
luce from these farms will be ship
ped to market over the express cars
| rhat will he onaraFad
The Clarksburg Country Club is
out this road about six miles from
the city. Here handsome tennis
leurts have 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 win be one OF
he best country club plants in West
Virginia,
Jackson Race Track.
In the broad meadow to the right
If Jane Lew where the line passes is
where the Jackson race track was
coated 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
,arly years of his life displayed won.
ierful traits of expert horsemanshiT
which was marked In after years ii
his dashing brilliant and distinguish.
ed career.
4. A place of historic interest is Jack,
sons Mills on the West Fork river SIX
miles below Weston. Here is where
'tonewall Jackson was reared. He
lived his his uncle, Cummins Jack.
ION, until the age of eighteen, when
&c entered West Point and later
graduated from that institution in
the class with Gen. George B. McGlel-
and. This was famous place for
fishing and hundreds OF farmers had
heir grain ground at this mill which
IS still standing. The county couri
Of Lewis county has let the contract
for a county bridge to be erected a
this point which will conect tina
oart of the county with the trolley
Inc.
The old Weston fair grounds have
gone down but there are the ear
marks OF that Institution where
many vast crowds assembled to SCI
the famous speed programs that were
offered there Judge Bennett still
keeps his splendid harness horsei
here and has fine indoor track
where they are exercised during the
winter months and many visitor!