The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-11-29
THE GLASS A
wHrEL1Ne ANp VICINITY:
A General Depression Rsported-What a'e
: Different Factories Here and Elsewhere
Are Doing In New warcs-The Table
Ware, Bottle and other Houses

glass business Is very much depressed
lust now. The cause OF this is yariously
explained. Ono manufacturer charges It
up 10 oyerproduction another 70 the dis
inclination Of jobbers md wholesalers 70
buy at the present juncture, and still an.
other TO the uncertainty Of the outcome
Of achnnge in administration. Any one
Of these causes Is OF sufficient CAVITY to
weigh down the trndc and nll Of them, it
is likely, contribute largely to the present
depression. Fort the Inst forty days come
manufacturers lave been seeking MI ex.
cuse TO shut down. hisprovocation has
been afforded In divers ways, but now
there Is an evident lesiie OH the part OF
ono 10 wait till the other setsthe example.
Onu or two factories have some new ware
and speclalties That arc in popular dc.
mand justiGllow und these help out won.
deriully in This slime OF need"
Hobbs, Brockunier ( Co. are making a
line Of very fine colorcd ware TINT Is creat.
ing n iurora in the business just now. 1t
is made in many colors but principally in
Ruby, 1snbina.yerie, canary, sapphire
and old gold. A very clever, indeed an
almost perfect imitation OF cut glass is
also one Of the recent novelties put out by
I this firm. i G
!. The Central Glass Company has its
three large furnaces again III operation
!. after q suspension OF ten days, caused by
!. a strike Of the boys. A nohby full set Of
ware, in imitation OF 4 logcabin, is the most
recent strike OF this company. 1t is very
! handsome and intensely popular. Nj.
II, L. Waddell, western salesman for this
company, has Just returned from tile West.
The North Wheeling Glass Worksis on
q full but trade is reported as .ratlicr dull.
- Mr.. r. W. Mc(iaw, for II long time sec.
r. rotary OF the Stcubenville Bottle Works,
Elas accepted Il situation with the Bellaire
Giablet Company, vice Il. j.. Riley, who
leaves after the first OF the month.
A, Bcllaire manufacturer said yesterday
. i'll reviewing the situation: 'Tllere is no
p%crceptible change in the situation in tho
!, glass business. 1t hAs been dull Tor several
months, and those in position to know
men who have visited the trade In all Sec
tons OF the c~ountry--are not expecting Il
e revival OF business before next spring.
d There may be n temporary revival Of the
glass trade. but it will he nothing but tenn
porary. None Of the glass factories are
doing q big paying bIainess Just now. In
fact, most OF them are talking seriously Of
stopping until there comes u stronger de.
demand for products. The present ont
look has nothing in it Mt all encouraging
/. to tho ~workingmen, and Others who de-
g pend upon uloir salaries for support, but
c there is nothing to justify the assertion
THAT this depression will be long con-
t tnAal. After the holidays trade may re-
yive."
'rhc depression ia tho window glass
works dcepens instead Of alearing up. In
deed, il " altogether likely that soliie. Il
not ILL.,, OF tbDm will shut down indef-
e nitely very sooH. It looks rs il 1t were
q very foolish to continue to TIL on in the
Q face, Of great losses and daily decreasing,
;. bus incss. Some @ ft!le factories hcreabouts
( have not booked a lluli dozen orders in
$ the last fortnight. The reason " patent.
n There is too much window glass and no
5 demand ior it.
l Mr.. NJ. Sheets, formerly secretary but
$ latterly travelling agent Of the Elson, has
V resigned his position and gone to Mckee
: Bros OF Pittsburgh, as Western salesman,
Mr.. Sheets is one Of the Oldest and most
experienced glass men in the West. anil
his new employers are to be congratulated
: upon their acquisition.
4 The pithridse Flint Glass company is
! running full witha handsome list Of oklp7s
Oh hand. Opal shaded are the principal
3 products Just now, although. . good trade
in light blown ware exists. Mr.. re. Win
( ship is absent through the Western cities
( and towns on q business trip.
Fba Ra(1airn yRatttn Vp~Es 10 nrnhn1,1t
{. the busiest establishment hcreaHnllts Just
now. Secretary Yost says: Two hive
t been md are now running 10 our illll ca
: pacity. Business is ali that We can ask.
Thep is Only one drawback, and that Is
} arc seandaiopsly low. No, the election is
don't think it will have. One good lea:
tire Of our business is the fact that We
) have large numbers Of orders for rroprie.
tary goods. eHah rs patent medicines,
pitfalls, druggists gaods, and many other
goods: Ave are making iaur. hundred diff
iercnt kinds OF ware. At tpreasant:We
have. over one thousand private places
from wllcl, to make private goods. The
trade i'm TASKS 'ljlaf been exceptionally
good thiS SUMMER and fall, and new goods
went South and West Wcthippnd -hne
Thousand gross at one time to. zone drnnH
Tho Hon. Homer. Hamilton, of Glove
land, who has heen receiving samples and
estimates from .vurj0us Window glass fac
tories, has awarded to the Quaker City
the contract for furnishing The exhibit OF
the State Of Ohio at the New Orleans Tx.
position. Mr.. Hamilton is the commits
sioncr OF Ohio ut Cleveland. Mention
was made last wcek OF the fact that this
award had been made, but tho p~artiru.
lars were not then known. yEySa
"Timc Works Wonders"
So does Browns Iron Bitters, the true
iron tonic and reStorer Of wasted constitu.
tons. II is not q whisky uppIa. 1t is not
a mere stilnulant. 1t enriclcs thin blood
and gives strength to weak constitutions.
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