St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-15
ADDITIONAL MINNEAPOLIS NEWS,
COST OF GLAssN1AKING.
Minneapolis M a l6es it More CheapIy
Than pittsburg.

minneapolis M a hes it More CheapIy
Than PittsburS.
A special committee from the St. Paul
chamber OF commerce which visited Mime
apolls on tour of inspection and investiga-
tion' went back thoroughly satisfied thai
glassware can be made in Minneapolis, and
consequently in st. Paul, cheaper than i'll
Flttsburg. For some time past the Manu-
facturers' Aid syndicate has been consider
ing the matter of the profit in Northwestern
elasSmaking, and yesterday afternoon the
committee Inspected the MINNEAPOLIS glass
works and was put in possession of the
data necessary to their calculations. Messrs.
y: IL. Llenau, Aid. Joseph Minea. Albert
M. Lawton, Mr.. Quinby and NJ. G. TnttIe
composed the party. The Investigation
was thorough and the results were consid-
cred reliable.
FUEL AND FREIGHTS.
The main point to be considered in local
glassmaking is the matter of freights and
i'll consideration Herewith, the question o.
breakage. The trade is here and to the
west and the theory is that glass can he
made here and laid down in local
and Western markets to good profit at
prices which PiUtsburg and Wheeling
cannot touch on account of freight rates.
The matter of breakage, variously estimated
at from lO TO 80 per cent, cuts cOnspicu-
Gus figure in the same calculations To
affect the freights, it has always been held
that Pittsburg, in the advantage of cheaD
fuel, had an even thing, and it is only now.
when 1t is known that St. Paul and Mime
apolis can more than meet the difference in
the cost OF sand, that profitable glaSs-making
was considered feasible Along the banks
OF the Mississippi is mine of sand, prac-
tlcally lnexhaustlble, which contains over
w per cent. OF pure silica, and which can
be laid down at any local factory at prices
ranging from 81 10 S1.50 per ton. which
scale could doubtless be greatly reduced.
North Minneapolis and the banks near
Minnehaha now furnish what is required.
and its quality has beyond question been
amply and thoroughly tested. The CHM
neys it makes are equal to good flint table
ware, and the chimney test is a crucial one.
BOXING AND STRAW
figure very conspicuously in the difference
| between Minneapolis and Pittsburg. The
former is 80 per cent. cheaper here. and
straw, which is bought here at 81, brings
S14 in Pittsburg. Secondhand barrels,
which are bought here for 10 cents, are
worth % to IS cents at Pittsburg, the differ
ence for Minneapolis showing a tremendous
reduction in the cost of glass making. An
other item is the disposal of cinder and
other waste, which here amounts to moth
ing, but in Pittsburg costs from 25 to 40
| cents ton. Boxes cost here from II to ID
cents, which in Pittsburg would bring from
Is to 25 cents, while sand, the large in
gredient in glass, costs not less than 81
ton delivered at Pittsburg. When better
terms are made. during lake navigation,
suitable coal can be laid down at Mnneap-
oils at $3.50 per ton, against SLIGO at Pitts
burg.
THE BOTTLE WORKS.
The committee called on Mr.. J. T. James
of the Minneapolis bottle works, and after
inspecting the samples of bottles, received
from him statement of expense, showing
he can make bottles at Is cents a gross
cheaper than the same ware can be made at
Pittsburg, with the freight charges
to be considered as increasing the amount
of difference. A carload contains 420 cases
or $40 gross of bottles, and figuring 10
cents per gross and $50 per car for freight
from Pittsburg. the difference on the car is
$111.50 in favor Of Minneapolis. Mr.
James pays 81. 10 per ton for sand at the
factory and S. rs for Illinois coal, effecting
a 25 per cent. reduction on the latter by re-
ducing it to gas for melting his glass in
tank. Boxing costs II to Is cents, by pur-
chasing lumber and making boxes at the
works, saving of 3 cents each being ef-
fected. Mr.. James is happy over his estab-
lishment and confident of the future of
glaSS-making in the Northwest.
THE CHIMNEY FACTORY
in South Minneapolis was then visited and
Supt. Krebs gave all the desired informa-
ton. Sand for their use is obtained from
Minnehaha at $3.50 per ton. and coal from
Ohio costs 81. 80 by rail or $3.50 by lake.
The comparative cost of material at these
works and at Pittsburg is shown in the fol-