The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-09-01


the city have acquired an interest in
the business. adding new capital
and prestige to the enterprise.
The West VirginIan will be con
tinucd under the same management
as heretofore. the writer becoming
president of the new company, anu
will continue as editor and manager
of the West Virginian and the Farm
,crs Free Press.
4 glance at the personnel of the
board of directors Of the new com.
pany and an acquaintance with the
stockholders both new and old will
be sufficient assurance to the read
ors of the West Virginian that the pa
per will continue to cspouse the
cause of the Republican party and
stand for the advancement of the
community morally, commercially
and industrially.
The West virginian has been
growing very rapidly in recent
years and although the paper occu-
pies two floors and large basement
of the Jacobs buildings. its quarters
are too small to accommodate the
business and it was made necessary
to secure more room. 1t was also
considered good policy to merge the
various kindred businesses under
one ownership from the standpoint:
of economy and efficiency of man
agCmcnt. Great savings will be
shown in the operation of the sew
cral plants under one roof as innum-
cradle items of duplicate expense
will be in the future eliminated.
such as rent, light. power and vari-
Gus operating expenses. All of these
savings will accrue to the benefit Of
OF the paper. and will be reflected IN
improvements of the paper.
There are many advantages to b.
derived from the consolidation nf
the various enterprises. Much dupli-
cation of energy and wear on ma.
chincry will BE- saved in merging the
two job printing plants and the
printing business of the new firm
will be n very extensive business
since it is equipped for doing the
finest kind Of printing of all kinds
and has thee Inclusive book binding
and ruling business for Il cOnSidcra-
Bile portion of the northern end of
the state. and with the avenues OF
publicity through the two newspa-
ncrs many more customers will be
added to the already large list Of
patrons who will become acquainted
with the facilities the plant has for
turning out high grade work with
dispatch.
The new firm will commence
business with $S7.5O0 paid up cap
ital and will not owe n dollar of ill.,
dcbtcdness, certainly n most salts
factory condition for newspaper or
any other business to enjoy.
The West Firginian will for the
next few weeks be published from
its present plant, but as soon as an
additional story can be added to the
building now occupied by the Fair
mont Printing and Lithographins
Company. which the contractors tell
us will be within about thirty days,
the plant will be moved across the.
street to the new quarters. Tho
building will be. when completed.
four stories with a basement under
the entire length of the building,
giving flor space of 5000 square
feet which will afford ample room
for the present requirements of the
business with the exception of a stor-
ago room for white paper, yet to be
provided.
when the merger Is perfected the
West Virginian plant will be tho
largest printing and publishing e.
Establishment in the state outside or
Wheeling, and one of the largest in
the entire country. II will give Fair
mnnt another item to add in It's
Chamber of Commerce booklets and
other matter designed to advertise
the big things the city possesses.
The newspapers of city are tho
mirrors through which the outside
world takes its observations as to the
enterprise of the merchants and
business men generally are always
correctly reflected through the news
papers. So it will be very much to
Fairmont's advantage to have any
Improvement made in the West Viz
ginian that is possible to make and
with the additional facilities that
Will be added shortly to the pIant
such as typesettinG machines and
| other mechanical equipment. the i'm
provement in the West Virginian
will be decidedly noticeable. We
expect to give FairnVont better
newspaper in the future than We
have ever done in the past and bring
the service of the West Virginian nm
to meet the Importance of the COM
munity and the needs of its people
aud that will be making progress.
We ask our readers to bear with
us for the next few weeks as II
would beneedless to undertake any
Improvement until we have moved %
our new quarters. and of course, our