The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16
FACTORY OPERATIONS
BRIEFLY REVIEWED
BY THE GLASSWO

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Considerable alarm was caused in
Fairmont by the high water In tho
Monongahela river resulting from
the heavy rains this week. The high
est stage, 26.5 feet, was reached at
/ o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
Much debris was swept down the
river but aside from the wrecking
OF few small boats OF little value,
the flood caused little or no damage
in Fairmont and vicinity.
Companies I and H OF the First
regiment OF the national guard, sta
toned at Falrmont. will be inspected
by state officers February IL and
IA, according to a message reaching
here from Charleston.
Bell telephone representatives this
week completed the CANVASS Of sub
scribers in Fairmont and Manning
ton to secure contracts at increased
rates as a result OF the proposed
elimination Of the dual phone SER
vice.
Three hundred and eleven dog IL
censes were issued In Fairmont dur
ing tho last six months.
After paying off the road contract
ors for work completed during 1916
there remains In the hands OF Sheriff
G. D. Conway $46,252.56 Of the
amount derived from the $500, 900
good roads bond issue voted In Fair
mont district Work planned for
the Locust avenue district will he
completed In the spring and paid for
out OF what remains of this fund.
The embargo on coal shipments
and tho shortage in the supply Of
cars which is estimated to BIO about
forty per cent Of the maximum allot-
ment OF 1850 per day has created
gloom among the coal operators OF
the Fairmont district.
Carl Greiger, OF Falrview, tool
dresser employed on the Musgroye
lease on Indian creek, was killed in
stantly while at work Thursday. He
fell accidentally against the bull
wheel and his neck was broken.
Judge W. S. Raymond, who has
been III Of la grippe. was able to
be on the circuit court bench yes
terday for the first time since last
Monday. Attorney Henry s. Lively
was elected temporary Judge by the
bar association to preside during
Judge Haymond's Illness.
Mrs. Jasper N. Smith died yester-
day at her home near Arnettsvlile.
The cost Of feeding prisoners in
Marion county during last year was
$11,232.2E. according to report
compiled In the office Of A. G. Mar
tin, clerk Of the Marion county court.
Fifty cents, per day Is allowed the
sheriff for feeding men confined in
the pail and sixty cents a day for
men employed on the county roads.
The Fairmont board of city affairs
Is asking bids for 800 street name
signs and 10000 aluminium figures
to be used for house numbers.
The Central West Virginia Coal
Operators Association held Its an
nual meeting In Fairmont this week.
Able discussions of freight rates, the
labor supply and the car supply fea-
tured the convention, which closed
with a banquet. C. H. Jenkins, of
the Hutchinson Coal Company, was
elected president; A. Isle White first
Vice president; r. B. Isner, second
vice president; c. ]. Ryan, treasurer;
D. R. Lawson, secretary. The prin-
clpal speakers at the banquet were
Samuel N. Taylor, of Pittsburg; ].
Walter Lord, attorney. of Baltimore;
A. b. Fleming, former governor of
West Virginia, and o. S. Mckinney. Y
The executive committee of the
Marion County Teachers Association
at a meeting held Thursday evening
selected Saturday, January 20, as the
date for the annual meeting of the
association. About 200 teachers will
probably attend the meeting.
F. c. Sturm has announced that he
is a candidate for mayor of Man
nington.
The five banking institutions Of
Fairmont and other banks in Marion
county elected officers and directors
for the coming year this week. Prac-
tically all Of the old officers were re.
elected.
Several children were overcome By
unburned gas last Sunday during the
session Of the Sunday school in the
Fafrview Methodist Episcopal
church.
The Women's Hospital Association
with a membership of flfty-five
women, was organized last Monday
afternoon to aid in increasing the ei-
fectiveness Of Cook hospital.
Twenty-three architects, including
some Of the ablest men in the United
States, have expressed their intention
Of entering the contest to supervise
the s350,000 hotel building which
Fairmont is planning to erect. Ten
tative plans must be submitted by
Wednesday, January 26, to the com