The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-02-28

deft closed for the cons TIL ciIonfo 4
t1yp-tat plant Ell iysiS I 10 90
blowers THIS plant MIN II 81 Z ,e,,i
an Investment 6f $3.50; 90 d md employ
close 70 400 mon, annual payroll an:
proximately $3.50. 00O. Construction
Of this plant ~ we'll unie way. One
tank Viii probably be ready Tor orcrs
alton July d
Norwood Glass compsfy deal cl0s4
Cd Tor the location OF this company.s
plant, q 96 blower window glass prop
osition which will represent All I'M
yestmert close to $4,000 and employ
about 100 men, annual payroll about.
500. 1000. CONSTRUCTION 81 this plant
VIII commence Just az soon as the
weather VIII permit, plant 10 besready
for operation by fall. This deal was
closed, however, since January 1. and
does not properly belong In 1914.
Ciarksburg Elinker ConIpany. sur
stdiarys Of, the American Metal CONF
pany Plant located about six nliies
cast of town becaukH 81 possilSie
fumes Investment OF about s2o. COO.
employ s 3 about out q mel, annual payroll
a = sses5 .hAuutk 4iIuS eAS0nlpany, wh0le-
sale estab hfnent. stibsidiary Of the
phip VALLEY Dug Company Of Wheel
Ing, fatitltori lied capital 800, 600 and
occupied ~ 900 feet OF floor space in
building Of the Central storage Cons
l,any. approximate iffseStnirht Hf SS0.-
900. This company has bfousjit \ III
four or fivc Z families ana employ
from ~ to Is people.
Ak1;o-A Agate Company. This COM
pany Aas establ ished its plant I'M the
building formerly .ocEupiedSby the Ma.
tional Reflector Company. MODERN
patented machines FOR the ,nanufac-
ture 0f marbles have been installed
building and ground Being leased afd
about g; dozen employees now work.
ing. Ine tltlook fpr tho marble bus+
mess 10 particularly bright owing 10
the european war practically stopping
an mportatlon of marbles and It is
expected that additional machines
VIII be Installed and at least fifty
people working before the close Of
the present year. n
Clarksburg. Gas & electric COM
pany Is building a large modern pow
or plant on West Pike street, which
VIII not be completed until the middle
lot the present year. and more proper-
,ly belongs to the iai5 devel6pnent
The construction Of this plant nov
eyer, Was we'll along at the close OF
iiast year and Is Of considerable in
tefest ITO our people. Tho plant Will
contain two 1000 kilowatts units and
be driven by modern turbine engines
and should furnish electric power TO
meet all demands for years to come.
Imperial Ice Cream Company. Builfi-
Ing 60 X 100 feet; three story wifi,
basement of steel, concrete and hol-
low tile. Actual investment III, build
ing, machinery and equipment siAe-
go: capacity 5000 gallons OF ice
cream, eigltty-two tons OF Ice per day.
employ on the average of twenty
hands the year around.
Empire Laundry Company. Moder,,
nre proof plant, building OF steel, con
crete and brick. Building two stories,
~ 80 feet; investment close to
$lu0,V00. Company shows very rapid
growth, capital stock increase from
$4,000 In 1910 to $50, 600 In 1914,
Plant equipped With most modern
laundry machinery. Nuner al en-
ployes seventy-two, annual payroll
General Smelling Co., authorized
capital 100000, financed chiefly by
PENNSYLVANIA capitalists. Company
mas built ten small furnaces for re-
duction of ores and for smelling
aluminium tool steel and zinc. Has
laboratory for analysing special chem
icais. the European war has created
q great demand for this class of manu-
factnre in this country.
Coco Cola Bottling, Works buildins
new bottling plant "a * IS feet, mod
crn fire proof construction, estimated
cost $2o, 400. This business has grown
rapidly and shows much enterprise
on the part Of its management
/ OIL Well Supply Company has built
and ,eopipped b. new modern machine
shop machinery :equi1hent5 costing
about $l9;000 driven BY 4 Twenty-lorse
power motor. win employ teisht or
ten htgb sclass mat hinists. z
Montpelter Lumber ComSany has
estab lished an ppFto-date li1nbe en-. yard
with a full line Of nlodefn plariff,
s.'-A. sAAoStt4aStJt lily AlluS, GIC,, Tor
the manufacture OF full line OF build
ing material The company,s plant
and equipment represents an invest
ment Of about $4,000 and 1t employs
fifteen to twenty men continuously,
The business has shown rapid growth
since its establishment and additional
facilities will be provided this year.
Industries Rebuilt and Enlarged.
Clarksburg Glass Company's old
plant DESTROYED by FIRE. new modern
buildings nov in. course of construc-
ton. Plant will have thirty six
blower capacity and cost about SIS 600,
consisting Of the usual buildings To-
gether with power house and box fac-
tory. Will employ about 1870 men with
an annual payroll Of about 5000, 900.
Lafayette Window Glass Company
! has built new warehouse 100 so,
costing approximately SIS 900, and are
now considering the advisability Of
enlarging Its twentS-lour blower plant
to thirty-six blower capacity.
sSutter Roofing aud Cornice Com
pany's plant burned last winter and
has been rebuilt along modern lines
Investment approximately sl5, 900
building being of brick 40 < 100. This
company manufacturers a line Of sheet
metal goods and employs about thirty.