The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-09


ottthis year, 2 ! 4 men at the Fats
mo1t Mining Machinery Co., drows
inSpaya envelopes Q otal u S27,-
670. 90 The payroll for November
and this month will be approxi-
niateIy the same. There g every.
reason to believe that this concern.
viii enjoy q good run Of business
during 1923. :
N. p. q 2. Co.
The average monthly payroll for
4, 122 employees Of the Monongahela
Power q Railway Co. for the pres,
emit year has been. S114, 500, or q
total payroll for the year of 81.
$4,000. This yearly payroll il I'm
excess oftthe payroll for the com
pany. in 1915 or $1,247,006, ,exclu.
sive OF the coal department of thu
company, which has since been dis
carded Including the coal depart.
ment, the payroll for 1919 was 81.
$4,000 for 1,24e employees. 1h,
total employees, exclusive Of tho
coal department, was 1901. The
total output OF power In 1919 was
0.313. 900 XVIII as compared To
1oS,563,000 for the present year.
The total capital expenditures for
the company In 1919 VICE. s1,s93,.
900 as compared to $500, 600 for tha
present year. The XVIII HOURS for
the present year and the capital ex.
pendittures are estimated figures,
The year ofi1923 promises to bs
a big one for the company, with a
large constructive program. Al.
thorization has already been given
for the installation Of two tiditior.
al boilers in the RivesviIle Power
plant, additional high tension,
switching equipment and transfer.
mers at Rivesville,. high tension
transmission lines from CSafton TO
Fleminston, FleniingtGe to- ClarkS.
burg and Clarksburg to ,Hutchin.
son, the coRstruction Of a substa-
ton at Pennington and another at
Clarksburg, the installation OF ar
additional boiler in the Parkers
burg power plant, together With
an additional stoker and othe:
equipment. The foregoing con
struction items, together with con.
struction OF additional high ten.
sion transmission lines sub-stations
and installation OF additional
switching equipment and transfer.
mers, which are under considera.
ton, and which In all probability
will be authorized early int1s2s,
constitute- q construction program
for 1923 aggregating over 5000,
900.
Wall Plaster CO.
There is little change 10 the sit.
uation at the Fairmopt Wall Plas.
ter Co. as compared to 1920. Ap.
proximately fifty people are en-
ployed at the plant with a monthly
payroll OF approximately 5000
The concern is looking forward to
q big year In 1928. based, Of course
on ire provision that business gen.
orally will follow the trend Of the
last six months. Ql
s Postoffiee Report. n
Financial transactions of all
kinds at the Fairmont postoffice
for the year 1922 will total close 70
$1,000 900, according TO John S.
Scott, postmaster. The stamp sales
alone have amounted to $10S,311.25.
t-i5 tielmlck Foundry.
At the present time there are
about ninety men employed at thu
Helmick Foundry on the Belt Line.
This is few In. excess of The. NUM-
Der Of men employed before the
slump in 1920. The majority OF thu
men employed are semEskllle1
workmen. The payroll at the fac.
tory runs from 10000 to $12, 900 =
month. The business outlook for
the winter months is good; accord.
ing to an official Of the company.
Business may taper off IA little next
summer, but the immediate outlook
for the 1923 business year is en-!
couraglng to say 1t Conservative
ly.
Falrntont Box. Ia 'i.
The last few months trade at the
Fatrmont Box Co. has been good,
establishing as high a mark as d.
any time in the history OF the plant.
The number Of men employed OF
the present time is just about the
same City as before, TIE SLUMP
came in 1920; Present Indications
are for good business in 1923.
There is generally a dullsperlod 10
the box manufacturing business the
first OF the year, but there will, be
no unusual break at the start Of
1929. R. H. Dollison, manager OF
the company, feels that there will
be an era Of good business condI.
tons for the aext five years a.
least The company is In position
to take care OF capacity, trade. A.
the present time the concern. is
about two weeks behind In its or.
ders. The average monthly pay.
roll is $4,000. s..Nl -
= Owens Bottle Co.
The Owens Bottle Co.. one OF the
largest industries IN the city, IS. de:
ing q capacity business at the prss
ent time andlhas been since Febru.
airy Of this year. All production
records were broken by. thu plant
this year, when bottles 10 the nuei.
Der Of 100000 gross were turned
out at the big plant on the East
Side. Imagine 100000 bottles.
Then imagine, a total OF that snuTn.
Der multiplied by 144. That shouN
be q strain on anyone's magma.
ton. But there Is. nothing imag:
mary about it4just PLAN cold, boz.
tied facts. Shipment records we're
broken einh August Yhan = the tnfnl