The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1869-04-10

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!. OTTAWA GLASS WORKS.
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East week We drew the sttsation II or ree-
pie to ths impostanes of shs inproysnRspf the
water power 1t Ottawa n means uf securing
the future growth and prosperity u our city.
We geyefhel somef fidsH of TIE .sxtsqt oflthe
pow.s VI ssuld = eads .,aiis t lsasibil-
ity Of tho enterprise aad showed the csapara-
lively small oatlay which il iavolvsd. =.
Today we proposes 70 oaI tAsse sttsntiou TO
anotAer subject, which is scsroely less important
in its bearing upon the fns<-e growth and pros.
ps,NssSy pNssSl ef fgear citya ygAwn9 4pTl
THE OTTAWA CLASS COMPANY
was organized ii the Ssni Il 1867. x few gentle.
men who had hsd some oouasCtioh with the glass
works At L. Sale, and had satisfied themselves
that, If there was mosey in the business at that
point, there could BE- still more money msae in
the manufacture Of glass at Osaws, came here
and proposed the Subject tos few Of our Eracti.
cal capitalists and business men. The matter
was stshsu hold Of insshe rigie spirit, end ia
few weeks the needed cxFstAl-$J0 ,eOO-was
subs,ribed, ana tAe work Of srscting the neces.
sary buildings At once commenced. The. con.
tract was let To Colwell, Clark 4. Co, and
though the work had to be done during the
seventies Of = hard winter, by the stipulated
ime-April ae--the GLASS Works were ready to
commence operations. - ''''.'l '''s'
The Compsry as thus organized elected the
following Bosrd of Directors: JD. Cation. Dr..
Jos. Stout l. H. Eames, Rev. G. II. Force and
I. d. Catlia.; and the Board Of Directors organ.
lied by the election Of J. D. Cation President !;
It'd. CsEE Secretary and Treassrer, and {. III.
Turner Superintendent.
The bsileings consisted Of furnace house,
large enough for two furnaces IF 10 pots each,
though bvs one furnace was erected a pottery
building, cwo stories high, with clay mill, SC. /;
natteaiHg house with furnace Of capacity to
fattsn fG 20 pots; a cutting house, packing
house, box factory, &e. In addition, the Com
pany is now erecting .'monkqyn furnace, as it
is called asr fattening glass esv svlsrge ,ss 4JxSU
inches-tae largest glass that can be made ey
blowing. and larger, We understand, than il nov
made anywhere else in the United States, except
plate glass 14
Blowing. as We have said, commenced on the
1st Of April last ysxx, aadi q the 1st inst We
had the footings for, the frst years operations.
These footings show, that the Company during
tho gear have manufactured $4,000 boxes of
glass, each box containing,5Q 20 square feet, equal
to 13s0,0 900 square feet of glass. This glass of
course varies in price according to quality, but
in the aggregate was sold tcr about $165, 900.
eThese has been no difficulty found in selling
the gaass. Its quality has been such as to give
II arst place in the nEkst, and sseA - to
denssstzste the value Of he saad Of which it il
uaa@ This sand, as our readers know, i Sosnd
il inskhsustibls quantities III around u, and is
bsaisVsd 10 b = good =, II mot better, than any
othar saad found in The Uaited States ior manu-.
fastssing glasa y #
Thselass has been mostly sold through IN q
gsncy in Chicago, and the only question a. to
the quantity that could be ssld vas - to how
srsss asAslths supply. EHaa the supply bssa ten
times what it was, the saies would have been
equally - prompt
OF tho t165,000, or thsreabouts, received scr
this saass $75,000 were,paid out to wsrkmen
in tAsasctoy; and thislis one point to which we
wish to call especial stteutioa. Suppose We had
10 glass factories At Ottawa then $750. .0O0a year
wsuld he paid to .wsrkmen; and al this money
would be spent in Ottawa, for groceries, provis.
ions, merchandise, &C., enough to maintain .
population of 10000 people.
And why not have 10 glass factories At Ottawa
as well q onep 1t is admitted TO be tho best
common glass made in the United States, sells
readily In any quantity, and pays good profit
on it's manufacture. The answer Of the question
brings us u another point. N8Ia33hf
s. The glass company during the year has con-
sumed about 5000 tons Of coal This coal had 70
be brought from La Salle, the cssl about Ottswa,
on account Of the iren and sulphur it contains,
being unsuited to- theeaaapufseture of glass;
The coal was brought from La. Sale upon tho
company's own cars Of which they have Ave, and
y side track aesr The factory npon which they
can switch their cara But the supply Of coal at
Peru and La Sale was found 50 uncertain, that