The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-07
In It's Activities for Greater
Clarksburg as Shown by
Secretary's Report.

meolate future. me report SHOWS
great progress. It follows:
Since the publication of last re-
port, about September i, much of
interest has been accomplished
through the efforts Of our organiza-
ton. OF chief Importance is the
closing Of negotiations for the loca-
ton of the Pittsburg Plate Glass
Company.
AS is well known to many people,
this deal was practically closed the
latter part Of July, but concurrently
with the. breaking out Of the war in
Europe we were notified that the
deal would be postponed indefinite
ly. On October we were asked by
wire to meet the president Of the
Plate Glass Company in Pittsburg
the next morning to reopen negotia-
tons. This was done, and since that
time all details have been put in
contract form and the engineers of
the Plate Glass Company will be here
Tuesday Of next week and immediate
construction Of the plant will be
started.
1t may be Of interest to note here
that plans for this plant were COM
pleted in July and much of the ma
terial ordered at that time. This
material was therefore ready for
shipment and much OF 1t loaded on
cars when complete understand
ing was reached last Saturday at our
last meeting in Pittsburg.
The Board Of Trade Land Com
pany has donated a site for this plant
at Norwood, consisting of about thir-
teen acres practically all of which
will be covered with buildings to be
erected and necessary
side tracks. About three acres Of adj
ditional ground has also been OPP
toned to the Glass company. which
will permit Of a fifty per cent en-
This plant viii cost
about, S350.o0e, employing 3I5 to
400 men, have an annual payroll of
about Is $4,000 and produce MONTH
ly about 100000 pounds Of glass,
or approximately two car loads per
day. These figures are based upon
this company's operations at Mt.
Vernon. o.. and are therefore to be
depended upon. We are fErther
pleased to announce the hearty re-
Spouse made by our people for the
building Of homes which we were re-
qu1red to guarantee for the work
men Of this plant. Individual pledges
have been secured by the secretary
and other members of the board
which indicate the building of for
ty to fifty houses by the early sum-
mer of 1915.
The actual location of two large
industries here in less than one year
of my employment should add some
weight to what shall further say as
to our Industrial possibilities. Dur
ing the past six weeks we have gotten
in touch with at least dozen manu-
propositions, which are APP
parently we'll worth our effort. Two
of them good potteries from Ohio,
four window glass propositions; a
New Jersey silk company, which was
investigated by the secretary year
ago and found worthy; woodwork
ing company from Ohio for the loca-
tion Of which no better site could be
found than here, close as we are to
q large hardwood territory. Samples
of the product of this last named
company are to be seen in the office
Of the board Of trade.
Might also call your attention to
the establishment Of small business
here by the Akro-Agate Company, to
be operated In the factory of the Ma
tional Reflector Company Jointly with
that business. While starting in, a
small way, this business looks quite
promising.
In this connection want to say
that in all my experience of fifteen
years in the factory-getting business
1 have never seen time which prom
Used such real activity on the part OF
manufacturers along the line of mi
grating to more favorable economic
points than now. Prominent men in
this business ascribed this largely to
most unfortunate European war. It
IL. further predicted by men closely in
touch with large manufacturing In
terests that these interests will de-
yelop faster the next three or four
years than ever in any twenty years
in the past history of our country.
The opening Of the Panama canal,
the Shifting Of economic advantages
and many other tendencies bid for
the migrating of factories here and
there over the country and the abili-
ty Of Clarksburg to secure the loca-
ton Of two large industries which
when in full operation will employ at
least 1000 operatives and pay out
annually in wages of over three-quar-
tiers of million dollars is surely evil
dence that we should be able to get a
very goodly share indeed of the
plants changing locations, and is fur
ther evidence Of the wisdom Of con-
tinuing upon a well established finan-
cial basis Of your board Of trade
which has demonstrated It's ability to
put across these deals during period
of recognized Industrial and financial
inactivity.
The Monongahela Valley Traction
Company has been asked to put q
track ON Second street, Main to pike,
to permit the operation Of the depo;
car east on Main. north ON Second,
west on Pike thence to the depot on
Fourth street a. heretofore. This re.
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