The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-09-15
INDUSTRIAL
FAIRMONT

tween the Willets Clay Company near
GOGGLES Corner and the Marion Planning
Mil. The Willet's people make clay
parts for glass-house tanks and at
present are electrifying their plant,
putting in their own transformer. This
will enable them to use current In
stead OF gas. The Underwood Produc-
er which stands near the furnaces out
side the factory building will undergo
thorough going over and cleaning out
for use wnen the gas gets low this
fall The Underwood gave good ser
vice last year and will be used again.
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Directly across the street from the
Willets factory stands q new plant
called the Fairmont Tool Company.
This plant covers half acre of ground
and is built Of corrugated iron about
40 by 60 feet. 1t consists Of one large
room with plenty of windows and is al
ready equipped with forging hammers
and one Mccoy Machinery Company
shaper and two small and one large
! furnaces for the making of mining
tools. The company consists of Rob
ert and G. E. Grantz, brothers, and
NJ. Grantz, father. Martin Schremm
has arrived from Pittsburg within the
last few days and will take charge Of
the edifice which occupies space in a
one room frame house 16 by IL, stand
ing next the street on East Park and
Short street. Today this office build
ing is being newly papered and with
| in couple Of days tho office furniture
will be installed. The office contains
| five windows and those in charge say
the new business of making miners
tools is to be an extensive one with
already some orders to start with. The
new company came from Pittsburgh
where they have had experience of
many years in the making Of such
tools and they are hoping for large
business. The dies will be ready in
week or two now after which every
thing will be in readiness for business.
| On the same side of the street with
| the new Fairmont Tool Company and
OH the lot directly beside 1t, stands a
new stone garage almost completed,
measuring 80 by so feet. This garage
has been built entirely by A. w. Flu
harty and his brother out of rock on
his own lot which has been broken and
put IN place by these two men. Mr.
Fluharty says it took him about two
months to get this rock broken and
ready for use and that the garage will
be finished in about two weeks now,
Mr.. Fluharty, route six, Fairmont, will
open for business soon after the COM
p!etion of his building and will repair
and furnish parts for automobiles. He
will also sell gasoline.
The Columbia Glass Company, owned
by A. Scalise, located between the
Marion Planning Mill and the Willet's
factory were busily at work today
making the usual ointment Jars. There
have been no changes or additions this
past summer. Scalise says he would
| like to get hold Of some boys and girls
of legal working age to help him. At
present time ne has about % men, col
ored and white, at work and is run
ming two tanks.
The Marion Planning Mill are doing
large business just now. The mill
! sounds especially busy from short
distance away and lumber Of all
shapes ond sizes is being turned out
/ fast to fill orders. A carload went to
/ Murray yesterday and one to Fair
view. Lumber for three new houses
at the fairgrounds which was furnish,
ed short time ago is ready for the
finishing now. c, E. Riggs is build.
ing a house On Meredith street and
ordered lumber from here. A school
house at Norwood is being built of
Marion planning Mill lumber. $4,000
feet of lumber has been ordered by
the Owens Bottle Company the last
! four weeks and is being used in the
repairing and building about the fac
tory, some Of the inside Of the old
Cuban producer which is to be made
into new Mold Shop.
A new carpenter and blacksmith
house is also to be built at the Owens
Bottle factory.
A new stucco residence is being
built next to 1909 Morgantown avenue
by Contractor A. o. Evans. 1t is to
contain eight rooms,
The two new pay-as-yau- enter
street cars with white ceilings and
straw seats which were put on the
East Side car line and which have
been sadly missed by East siders the
last few days, returned yesterday to-
their old route. The cars have been
a-vlsiting the Clarksburg fair.
The gigantic wall which the Dutch
are building across the narrow en-