The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-02

years the present factory will be du-
phcated and all OF the company's in
vestment transferred from East Liv-
erpool. o.. to Clarksburg.
Another illustration shows the Ha-
zel.Atlas Glass Company's plant, to
which q new addition is now being
built. thus increasing the total pro-
duction about forty per cent. One
new continuous tank Is being added,
together with other features for
thoroughly undermining this fac
tory.
These splendid Industrial develop
ments have largely been brought
about through the ldefatiigable work
OF the Clarksburg Board of Trade.
which has among its membership
the leading active. energetic business
men of the community. Back OF this
development. OF course, stands
Clnrksburgs greatest asset OF cheap
and abundant natural gas, and with
1t a practically unlimited supply of
coal. oil. timber and glass sand.
Although this gas field is being
heavily drawn upon to supply large
cities In Pennsylvania and Ohio,
thereis and will be for years to come
an abundant supply available for To-
cal consumption, and the Clarksburg
Board OF Trade is still in a position
to offer natural gas to manufacturers
at four cents per thousand cubic feet.
or to make a contract upon sliding
scale to begin at four cents and not to
exceed six cents for a term OF years.
In addition to gas, the Clarks-
burg district AS coal available in
great quantities, there being approx
imately 100000 acres OF Pittsburg
coal averaging seven feet in thickness
within twenty-five miles of Clarks-
burg and ninety mines are now being
operated in this district, producing
100000 tons annually.
Averaging the undeveloped coal
areas at 10000 tons per acre, 1t is
conservatively figured that this dis
trict will have an abundance OF coal
for more than two centuries to
come.
Studying for moment some Of the
special openings which this section Of
fers at this time, 1t is important to
have in mind the fact that Clarks-
burg's industrial district Is close to
the greatest hardwood timber sup
ply In the East, and therefore should
be IN important manufacturing CEN
ter for woodworking plants.
Then, too. the abundance Of sand
for glassware destlnes this section to
become one OF the greatest glass
manufacturing centers in the coun-
try.
Clarksburg is also close to the
Pittsburg and Wheeling districts.
with direct railroad connection,
which enables 1t to draw materials
for plants making various iron and
steel products.
One OF the important factors which |
has had largely to do with Clarks-
burg's steady growth has been its
extensive and complete distribution
facilities. 1t, is on the east and
west main line of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, which gives it an ex-
ceptionally favorable location for
handling constantly increasing |
freight and passenger traffic over a
wide and important territory, en-
abling the products of its factories to
be quickly transported to the leading
markets OF the country.
All through passenger trains stop
at Clarksburg. and the local passen-
ger service Is supplemented by the
tnterurban electric lines of the Mo-
nongahela Valley Traction Company,
which operates over total mileage
Of 112 miles and serves the territory
north, south, east and west OF
Clarksburg.
A strong evidence OF the citys
large and growing activities Is the
extensive freight and passenger busl-
mess originating in the district, and
the Baltimore and Ohio rainlroad has
shown its keen appreciation OF the
future possibilities OF Clarksburg by
having its industrial department
closely cooperate with the local
board Of trade in their effort to at
tract new industries and aid estab-
lished ones to expand.
These large mill and manufacture
ing interests that have conferred in
and around ClarSsburg have natural
ly made this city community of ex-
ceptionally strong banks in proper
ton to its population. The follow
ing comparative statement covering
period of twenty years presents a
crease in revenue and the volume OF
puolhSSS ~ udoiSkSu uullA6 ILLS peri
cd:
Deposits. Resources.
1894 ....s 261.s2O $ 42O.S74
1904 80. 2.9o9,223 4,44S,s74I
1914 Jan. l 9.127.960 11.492.219
1915 Jan. 9,374,252 12,575,994
The coming of new industries, as
we'll as the expansion OF established
ones. has likewise brought about
considerable development in other
lines. During 1914 and 1915 at least
1000 new homes have been built,
representing an outlay of s1.250,-
900; six-story Office building has
been erected, costing 100000. while
other sstores and business blocks,
either new or enlarged, have been
provided at cost of about 100000.
There has also been constructed a
new high school. parochial school and
two modern ward schools. while two
other ward schools have been re-