The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-19
BOARD OF TRADE
LIFE NECESSARY
To the Development of the. City
and County Declares a
National Expert.


campaign the week ended for the To-
cal board OF trade for membership.
addressed the canvassers and others
as follows at public meeting:
! came to this city at the invita-
ton OF Mr.. Dudderar. whom have
known more or less for about three
years, whose work in Washington.
Pa, was somewhat in touch with
and who has also been somewhat IN
touch with the work have attempt
cd to do as good servant OF my
day. At this invitation. which
reached me on Tuesday in Washing
ton, I Immediately telegraphcd him
that would be here. He regretted
that could not get here until 10
and therefore would not be- able to
go to the high school. You can't
keep me out of high school. 80
telegraphed | would be here on No
j. which would have gotten here ut
12:40 last night. ! sat up and sat
UP and sat UP. and got here at 2:40
this morning, still sitting up. Ind
not n very refreshing journel, but
got here on that sitting up train, be-
cause l intended to go to the high
school. visited your high school
of four hundred and fifty young peo-
pie; and then | went with tho cap
tain this afternoon to the Linden ave-
nue. school. and / want to tell you
that Of all things l bumped into In
Clarksburg. and all things that
might ever expect to come In touch
with In Clarksburg, that Linden ave
nue school will longest stay in my
memory. When Europe Is ut war,
Clarksburg IL In state OF strict neil
trality. l just took down list or
the different nations represented in
the Linden avenue school. where all
were singing America" English.
German, French, Italian. Austrian.
Irish, Russian. Slavs. Spanish. Tun-
garians, Poles WEIGH AssyrIans.
Dutch. Jews. Can you beat It?
Linden School Prniscd.
l passed through Clnrksburg and
stayed here about two hours two
years ago. admit that I got at that
time rather an unfavorabIe impress
sion of the town. 1t looked to mo
as 1t had outgrown itself. II looked
Ito me as though you had been thrown
together hit or miss. My memory for
places Is SO keen If j tell you l.
have been in ninety places since last
June. and tell You that l can close
my eyes and detail the whole layout
of each Of those towns, you will un-
derstand how glad am that came
back TO Clarksburg to get the inn
preston of 1916 instead of the inn
preston of 1914. Your high school
was not here then but you now have
the finest little school equipment in
the form OF high school that have
seen in town of this size in n long
time. 1t is great! Two hundred
and twenty-five thousand dollars eX-
pended in order that your youngsters
may be brought up thoughtful and
educated participants in the affairs
of the next generation Then in
going to Linden avenue school. and
also seeing the records of other
schools that have been put UP in
Clarksburg. and discovering that in
two years this little town. town OF
only few thousand people, (of
course leaving Glen Elk independ
emily OUT has expended one half
million dollars on education in two
years. 1t Is superb!
E Then went around the town and
discovered the various paving ven
lures on which you have expended
money, and the efforts you are MAX
ing to keep up with the astounding
growth of Clarksburg, and want
to tell you that you are doing Won
ders. Between 1890 and 1910
Clarksburg increased over five hum
dred per cent in population. that's
in twenty years. between 1890 and
1910 you increased five hundred per
cent in your population. and you
have not let 1t get very far ahead of
you-you have kept up with it in
your schools. you are going to keep
up with 1t still more. You are going
+ to do something yet. believe, to
: save Elk creek from being despic
able open sewer all summer long.
But you have done splendid. under n
peculiar strain with which this town
has ben developed. and am glar
came back.
When was here two years ago
you had worked out that perfectly
feasible idea of taking a piece of
land and selling lots. and out OF the
result Of the lots provided for fac
tory sites-a perfectly feasible idea
you had done the selling OF the
lots, you had the factory sites. but
you had nothing on them two years
ago. / come back In two years and
you have that region rapidly devel-
oped. You have three or more factor
les out there and you have built more
wisely than you knew. for you pro-
rided other means for Clarksburg.
which Is hedged in among these
hills. You have provided another
outlet for your strength. and should
Judge. IL draw out the idea, that
in the near future you are going to
work out plan for greater Clarks-
burg. for you can't continue COM
fortably under the present method
OF four or FIVE differnt governments
under the same area-you are SUI
ferlng. should say. from too many
movements. too many differences
of opinions as to whether this should
be done or this should not be done.
] go down thes treet and in little
while am out of Clarksburg, still
i am in the midst Of the fine resi-
dences. go in ar er direction
and in a few minutes am out of
sClaTksburg. In this board Of trade
you will do well TO appoint COM
mittee from each of these suburbs
to see that II around the table you
could not come to some peaceable So
luton of a subject that creates Ill
faeltnRa but does mt naed IN crea ta