The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-05-12
Country Club
Limit IN Sight
Prescribed Number of Mem
bers by the Constitution
is Almost Reached.
6contributed.)

GldrkSDuTS OOuuIIS LUZ " 0ehSc
shows a most fourishing condition
There are enrolled on the books OF the
club. in good standing 142 active mem
bers, with twelve applications now In
the hands OF the membership commit
tee to be atced upon at the next reg
ular meeting of the board of directors.
With the approval of the applications
in hand this would mean member
ship of 1874, which will permit of but
forty-six additional members to be
enrolled norder to make up the full
quota oS 200 members permissible by
bylaws OF the organization. With the
considerable number of desirable cit
liens of Clarksburg and Harrison
county who are eligible for member
ship, itis evident that, unless appi-
cations are made at an early date,
some of those who have seriously con-
sidered joining the club will evidently
be unable to do so unless advantage is
taken of the uresent opportunity.
Under the active direction of the
board of directors, its executives. ey-
ecutive committee and sub-commit-
tees, great deal has been accomplish
ed within the short space of few
, months, since acquiring the property
/ from Harvey w. Harmer, known as
the Spring Hill farm of forty-eight
acres about three miles south of the
city. The grounds have been thor
/ oughly cleaned of underbrush and
i seeded for grass. A nine hole golf
course has been lain off, ground for
four tennis courts graded and tenta-
tive plans drawn up for club house
building, and boat house and bathing
pavilion. E. J.. Wood, local architect,
who has submitted a preliminary
sketch for a one story and basement
structure, to be, used as club house,
has been formally selected to prepare
complete plans and specifications to
cover same, to cost approximate ~
$40 900. AS. the. treasury now pre-
sentss a very healthful condition with
the rapidly increasing membership
the matter of finances should not de-
ter construction of the proposed build
fngs and the near MtIfe Should show
sshiug ibIe, i'm ltHisS idireotiona
PIKE 9seoperrss OF the country CUB
is easily, .eached b. trolley. bsing, 10
Gated on the Mt Clare division of the
TRACTION line, butSas y.spne .ssofs the
nNcsS important features I'm CON
nection szaYishss the. asgccess ef
aseountry club is its accessibiltty
by roadway, the. committee on roads
and walks has diligently been at work
locating the most p raettcable route
between Clarksburg proper and the
club grounds, and are making ar
rangements for such improvement to
the highway selected so as to permit
of easy driving by automobiles and
carriages.
The committee on green's and
grounds has. reported that on May 1
practically all of the clearing had
been completed and nine putting
greens for golf had been prepared and
seeded and that the grass has already
made a good start: In addition to
this, the fareway had been. entirely
disced, rolled, fertilized 8 and seeded,
and in a very short time, with favor
able weather, should be in good con
: dition. Furthermore it reports that,
although it is not considered adyis-
able to use the putting greenssfor sew
,-eral months, the committee is pre-
pared to recommend that as soon as
possible false greens will be estab-
jshed ON the grounds and that they
be opened to the members of the club
for the playing of golf. AS the com
mittee has been authorized to pur-
I! chase the necessady cups and agsfi
for a nine hole course. members
should be able to utilize it within a
very short space of time.
Everything considered, with the
completion of the work upon the club
grounds and buildings, one of the most
attractive properties of its character
in the country will be the result. Lo-
Gated as it is, in the bend of the West
Fork river, with water boundary on
two sides of the property, a magnifi-
cent view OF the surrounding country
can be had from the porehess of the
club house in prospect. Furthermore.
its location is admirably adapted for
the full uses of country club. mas
much as it permits Of the additional
sports by reason of its water front
age.
When completed, therefore, the
Clarksburg Country CLUB viii be
distinct acquisition to the city. and
to which every member may be proud
to take his family aud out of town
friends. The proposition as a whole
represents quite an investment but,